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Hugo Gernsback (/ ˈ ɡ ɜːr n z b æ k /; born Hugo Gernsbacher, August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was a Luxembourgish American editor and magazine publisher whose publications included the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories.
Ralph 124C 41 +, by Hugo Gernsback, is an early science fiction novel, written as a twelve-part serial in Modern Electrics magazine, which Gernsback edited, beginning in April 1911. It was compiled into novel/book form in 1925. While it pioneered many ideas found in later science fiction, it has been critically panned for its "inept writing."
The magazine was nominated for the Hugo award (a readers' award, named for Hugo Gernsback) for best editor three times during his tenure (1970, 1971 and 1972), finishing third each time. [ 100 ] White's ability to attract new writers suffered because of the low rates he paid: one cent per word, as compared to three or five cents per word at the ...
In 1926, Hugo Gernsback launched Amazing Stories, the first magazine to publish only science fiction.The magazine was an immediate success, and in order to take advantage of its popularity Gernsback considered either increasing the frequency of Amazing Stories to twice a month, or taking the year's most popular stories from the magazine, and publishing them in an annual reprint edition. [1]
The Winter 1930 issue of Amazing Stories Quarterly.The cover art is by Wesso. [1]The first issue of Amazing Stories Quarterly contained a reprint of H. G. Wells' novel When the Sleeper Wakes, though for some reason Wells did not provide Gernsback with the revised text published in 1910 under the title The Sleeper Awakes; the text printed was that of the original 1899 edition. [1]
Experimenter Publishing was an American media company founded by Hugo Gernsback in 1915. [1] The first magazine was The Electrical Experimenter (1913–1931) and the most notable magazines were Radio News (1919–1985) and Amazing Stories (1926–2005).