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Popular Fiction

Popular Fiction. History of Science Fiction. Early Science Fiction. H. G. Wells Hugo Gernsback and Amazing Stories Pulp SF John W. Campbell Jr. and the “Golden Age”. H. G. Wells. 1866-1946 Educated as Science Teacher Belief in Scientific Progress Short Stories Early Novels.

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Popular Fiction

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  1. Popular Fiction History of Science Fiction

  2. Early Science Fiction • H. G. Wells • Hugo Gernsback and Amazing Stories • Pulp SF • John W. Campbell Jr. and the “Golden Age”

  3. H. G. Wells • 1866-1946 • Educated as Science Teacher • Belief in Scientific Progress • Short Stories • Early Novels

  4. Hugo Gernsback • Born 1884-1967 in Luxemburg • Entrepreneur, founded popular science magazines Started Amazing Stories in 1926 • “Father of Science Fiction”

  5. John W. Campbell, Jr. • 1910-1961, B.A. in Physics • Author of early “super-science” stories • Wrote mature SF as “Don A. Stuart” • Became editor of Astounding Stories in 1937 • Encouraged Asimov, Heinlein, other leading writers • Technocratic SF

  6. Pulp Science Fiction • “Different Stories” • Edgar Rice Burroughs • Space Opera • Stanley G. Weinbaum • Pulp SF Conventions http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/8339/erb0000.html

  7. Science Fiction in the Fifties • Classic Films • Paperbacks • Sociological SF • Women Writers http://us.imdb.com/Posters?0043456

  8. SF in the 60s: The New Wave • Ellison and Dick • LeGuin and Tiptree • “British Invasion” • First Star Trek Voyages

  9. Modern Science Fiction Since 1970 • Star Wars and the SF Blockbuster Film • Mass Market SF • Cyberpunk • SF in the 21st Century

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