num_pages: 424
description: This is the second of three volumes which chart the history of the science fiction magazine from the earliest days to the present. The first volume Time Machines traced the development of the sf magazine from its earliest days and the creation of the first specialist magazine, Amazing Stories. Transformations takes up the story to reveal a turbulent period that was to witness the extraordinary rise and fall and rise again of science. Britain's foremost sf historian, Mike Ashley charts the sf boom years in the wake of the nuclear age that was to see the 'The Golden Age' of Science Fiction with the emergence of magazines such as Galaxy, Startling Stories and Fantastic, as well as authors like Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Frank Herbert . He then goes on to explore the bust years of 1954-1960 followed by the renaissance in the 1960s led by the new wave of British authors like Michael Moorcock and J.G. Ballard and the rise in interest of fantasy fiction, encouraged by Lord of theRings and the Conan
language: English
title: Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970
titlecomplete: Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 25
series: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines 
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Non-Fiction
publisher: Liverpool University Press