Astounding Wonder : Imagining Science and Science Fiction in Interwar America /

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When physicist Robert Goddard, whose career was inspired by H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds, published "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes," the response was electric. Newspaper headlines across the country announced, "Modern Jules Verne Invents Rocket to Reach Moon," wh...

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Autor principal: Cheng, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2012]
Temas:
Literature and science > United States > History > 20th century.
Science fiction > Periodicals > History.
Science fiction, American > History and criticism.
Science in popular culture > United States.
Literature.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
American History.
American Studies.
Cultural Studies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction. "The Hope of Today and the Reality of Tomorrow": Popular Science, Popular Culture, and Science Fiction
  • PART I. CIRCULATION
  • 1. "Magazines for Morons": Pulp Magazines and the Emergence of Science Fiction
  • 2. Conversations from the "Backyard": Reading and Imagining Community
  • PART II. READING
  • 3. Discovering the Freedom of Facts: Fact, Fiction, and the Authority of Science
  • 4. Involving Adventure, Reassuring Romance: Engendering Science Fiction's Domestic Tranquillity
  • 5. Human Martians and Asian Aliens: The Racial Nature of Wondrous Worlds
  • 6. The Progress of Time: Einstein, History, and the Dimensions of Time Travel
  • PART III. PRACTICE
  • 7 "Fandom Is Just a Goddamn Hobby": The Industry of Fans and Professionals
  • 8 "We Want to Play with Spaceships": Popular Rocket Science in Action
  • Epilogue. Beyond the "Gernsback Continuum": Science Fiction's Community and Social Networks
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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