Astounding
Subtitle: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the golden age of science fiction
By: Alec Nevala-Lee
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780062571946
Subjects: Science fiction; History and criticism
Description: "Astounding is the landmark account of the extraordinary partnership between four controversial writers--John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard--who set off a revolution in science fiction and forever changed our world"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [499]-507) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Who goes there? (1907-1937); title: The boy from another world (1910-1931); title: Three against the gods (1907-1935); title: Two lost souls (1931-1937); title: Part II. Golden age (1937-1941); title: Brass tacks (1937-1939); title: The analytical laboratory (1938-1940); title: In times to come (1939-1941); title: Part III. The invaders (1941-1945); title: A cold fury (1941-1944); title: The war of invention (1942-1944); title: From "Deadline" to Hiroshima (1944-1945); title: Part IV. The double minds (1945-1951); title: Black magic and the bomb (1945-1949); title: The modern science of mental health (1945-1950); title: The Dianetics epidemic (1950-1951); title: Part V. The last evolution (1951-1971); title: A fundamental attack on the problem (1951-1960); title: Strangers in a strange land (1951-1969); title: Twilight (1960-1971).