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The Perversity of Things: Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering, and Scientifiction (Electronic Mediations)
Hugo Gernsback
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Description for The Perversity of Things: Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering, and Scientifiction (Electronic Mediations)
Paperback. Editor(s): Wythoff, Grant. Series: Electronic Mediations (Paperback). BIC Classification: DNF; DSK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 862.
In 1905, a young Jewish immigrant from Luxembourg founded an electrical supply shop in New York. This inventor, writer, and publisher Hugo Gernsback would later become famous for launching the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in 1926. But while science fiction's annual Hugo Awards were named in his honor, there has been surprisingly little understanding of how the genre began among a community of tinkerers all drawn to Gernsback's vision of comprehending the future of media through making. In The Perversity of Things, Grant Wythoff makes available texts by Hugo Gernsback that were foundational both for science fiction and ... Read more
In 1905, a young Jewish immigrant from Luxembourg founded an electrical supply shop in New York. This inventor, writer, and publisher Hugo Gernsback would later become famous for launching the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in 1926. But while science fiction's annual Hugo Awards were named in his honor, there has been surprisingly little understanding of how the genre began among a community of tinkerers all drawn to Gernsback's vision of comprehending the future of media through making. In The Perversity of Things, Grant Wythoff makes available texts by Hugo Gernsback that were foundational both for science fiction and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Electronic Mediations (Paperback)
Condition
New
Weight
862 g
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9781517900854
SKU
V9781517900854
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About Hugo Gernsback
Hugo Gernsback (1884-1967) was a Luxembourgish- American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher who founded the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in 1926. The annual Hugo Awards for the best works of science fiction and fantasy are named in his honor. Grant Wythoff is a postdoctoral fellow in the Society of Fellows in the Humanities and ... Read more
Reviews for The Perversity of Things: Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering, and Scientifiction (Electronic Mediations)
Each page is a small feast for the intellect. -Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress The quality of Wythoff's editorial work is outstanding, and it is well served by the clever typographical presentation of the book, pleasant to read, well indexed, and nicely illustrated. Thanks to this work, it should be possible to reframe the figure of Gernsback. ... Read more