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Article: Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years.(Review)
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- Utopian Studies
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- January 1, 1999
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Everett F. Bleiler with the assistance of Richard J. Bleiler. Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years. Kent, Ohio: Kent State UP, 1998. xxx + 730 pp. $75.00.
EVERETT BLEILER, assisted by his son, has now produced the third, substantial volume in what he calls an "informal series" that began with The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (1983) and continued with Science-Fiction: The Early Years (1990). The first thought brought to mind by Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years is the hope that Bleiler's health permits the production of volume #4, which surely will be Science-Fiction: The Golden Age and will encompass John W. Campbell's first twelve years at Astounding, the ...