Pioneers of wonder
Subtitle: conversations with the founders of science fiction
By: Eric Leif Davin.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Science fiction, American -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.; Science fiction -- Authorship.
Description: "Through detailed research and exclusive interviews, Eric Leif Davin takes readers back to the 1920s and 1930s, when Hugo Gernsback, the "father of science fiction," founded the world's first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. Davin recaptures the "sense of wonder" that the early science fiction stories inspired in the minds of its first avid fans."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.