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Hugo Gernsback (/ ˈ ɡ ɜːr n z b æ k /; born Hugo Gernsbacher, August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was an American editor and magazine publisher whose publications included the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories.
Hugo Gernsback (born August 16, 1884, Luxembourg, Luxembourg—died August 19, 1967, New York City, New York, U.S.) was an American inventor and publisher who was largely responsible for the establishment of science fiction as an independent literary form.
Aug 18, 2017 · When expat Luxembourger Hugo Gernsback arrived in the United States in 1904, even he could not have predicted the impact his lush imagination and storytelling drive would have on the global...
Writing, publishing and inventing. Part 3. Merging science fiction into science fact. From the Skeptical Inquirer (via Looksmart ) comes a different take on Hugo, discussing his efforts to expose junk science: Hugo Gernsback, skeptical crusader.
Aug 16, 2019 · On August 16, 1884, Luxembourgian American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher Hugo Gernsback was born. Gernsback best known for publications including the first science fiction magazine.
Oct 4, 2012 · Hugo Gernsback’s predictions give us a look at the most radical of technological utopianism from the 1920s.
Jul 31, 2018 · Hugo Gernsback (1886-1967), the “Father of Science Fiction,” was an editor, publisher, author, scientist, and inventor, best known for his books Ralph 124C 41+ (1911) and Ultimate World (1958), and the magazines Modern Science (1908) and Amazing Stories (1927), the first science fiction pulp magazine. Through these publications, he ...
Gernsback, Hugo. Entry updated 13 May 2024. Tagged: Author, Editor. Working and perhaps eventually legal name of Luxembourg-born US inventor, author, editor and publisher Hugo Gernsbacher (1884-1967), who emigrated to America in 1904 to market his various minor inventions.
Jan 31, 2017 · Hugo Gernsback (1884-1967) has mostly vanished from our cultural memory, which is a pity, because he was an extraordinary man, and his influence on our modern age—electrical, science-permeated, and full of wonders—was outsized.
Aug 14, 2015 · Gernsback, born Hugo Gernsbacher, took to nicknames like a space-pig to cosmic shit: He was the “Father of Science Fiction” and “The Barnum of the Space Age” and, per H.P....
