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001 2007010957
003 DLC
005 20070412084448.0
008 070316s2007 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007010957
020 $a9780786430796 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aPS3513.E8668$bZ93 2007
082 00 $a813/.54$222
100 1 $aWestfahl, Gary.
245 10 $aHugo Gernsback and the century of science fiction /$cGary Westfahl.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co., Publishers,$c2007.
263 $a0705
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aCritical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ;$v5
520 $a"An examination of science fiction editor and author Hugo Gernsback's career, summarizing the science fiction theories of Gernsback and his successors, and for the first time offers detailed studies of his rarest periodicals. An analysis of his ground-breaking novel, Ralph 124C 41+: a romance of the Year 2660, is also offered"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aCremators of science fiction: Brian Stableford and John Clute on Hugo Gernsback and his legacy -- The popular tradition of science fiction criticism, 1926-1980 -- Wanted: a symbol for science fiction -- Peaks and valleys: Hugo Gernsback's career as a science fiction editor -- The evolution of modern science fiction: the textual history of Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124C 41+ -- "Man against man, brain against brain": the transformations of melodrama in science fiction -- Gadgetry, government, genetics, and god: the forms of science fiction utopia -- "The Gernsback continuum": cyberpunk in the context of science fiction -- Scientific adventures: Hugo Gernsback's career as a science fiction writer.
600 10 $aGernsback, Hugo,$d1884-1967$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aScience fiction$xHistory and criticism.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007010957.html