Hugo Gernsback, one of the most important editors and publishers of science fiction and a founder of the genre (along with Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne, and H. G. Wells), was born on 16 August 1884 in Luxembourg. At this time Poe had been dead...

Hugo Gernsback was an imaginative, insightful, and opportunistic American editor and publisher who not only introduced the first science fiction magazine (Amazing Stories, in April 1926), but the next six successive titles as well (Amazing Stories...

An American publisher, editor, and author, Gernsback is perhaps best known as the founder of the modern science fiction literary genre. It was his publication of Amazing Stories (1926) that gave him this distinction and drew Americans into reading...

Hugo Gernsback (August 16 1884 – August 19 1967), born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourg American inventor, writer and magazine publisher, best remembered for publications that included the first science fiction magazine. His contribution to the...

Called a genius by many, a prophet by others, Hugo Gernsback was certainly a man with a remarkable vision and unique perception of the world of science. First and foremost, Hugo Gernsback was a distinguished inventor with an extraordinary gift--the ability to...

9780786430796 Hugo Gernsback and the century of science fiction. Westfahl, Gary. McFarland & Co. 2007 273 pages $35.00 Paperback Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy; 5 PS3513 Westfahl (U. of California, Riverside)...