From its inception at the hands of Mary Shelley in 1818 (scholars nowadays unanimously agree that Frankenstein, or, The ...

Bibliographers do not always agree who should be listed as editor of any given issue of Amazing. For example, Gernsback was in control for the first three years, but Sloane performed all the editorial ...

Forrest J. Ackerman is one of the founders of science fiction fandom, particularly conventions and magazines, most notably ...

He founded Amazing Stories in 1926. Gernsback is regarded as the Father of Science Fiction. The magazine itself facilitated the development of the genre. Through this publication, Gernsback ...

Even those who remained close to their roots in magazine fiction found themselves newly prosperous as a result of the increased attention the bomb had brought to "that Buck Rogers stuff." For the ...