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Transformations
Mike Ashley
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Description for Transformations
Paperback. Presents the history of the science fiction magazines from the earliest days onwards. This title reveals the turbulent period that witnessed the extraordinary rise and fall and rise again of science. It discusses the emergence of magazines such as "Galaxy", "Startling Stories" and "Fantastic". Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
This is the second of three volumes which chart the history of the science fiction magazine from the earliest days to the present. The first volume Time Machines traced the development of the sf magazine from its earliest days and the creation of the first specialist magazine, Amazing Stories. Transformations takes up the story to reveal a turbulent period that was to witness the extraordinary rise and fall and rise again of science. Britain's foremost sf historian, Mike Ashley charts the sf boom years in the wake of the nuclear age that was to see the `The Golden Age' of ... Read more
This is the second of three volumes which chart the history of the science fiction magazine from the earliest days to the present. The first volume Time Machines traced the development of the sf magazine from its earliest days and the creation of the first specialist magazine, Amazing Stories. Transformations takes up the story to reveal a turbulent period that was to witness the extraordinary rise and fall and rise again of science. Britain's foremost sf historian, Mike Ashley charts the sf boom years in the wake of the nuclear age that was to see the `The Golden Age' of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
Condition
New
Weight
627g
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780853237792
SKU
V9780853237792
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About Mike Ashley
Mike Ashley has specialised in the history of science fiction and fantasy for over 30 years. He is the author and editor of over sixty books that in total have sold over a million copies worldwide.
Reviews for Transformations
I acquired a copy of your masterly Transformations a couple of days ago and I've been reading it almost non-stop ever since. It is a marvellous book... Page by page I find myself wanting to take all the magazines down from the shelves and read them again... A wonderful book. Robert Silverberg Ashley's study of hacks pounding ... Read more