The Perversity of Things Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering, and Scientifiction |
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| Author:
| Gernsback, Hugo |
| Editor:
| Wythoff, Grant |
| Series title: | Electronic Mediations Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5179-0085-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Grant Wythoffpresents a wide array of texts by famed writer, publisher, and inventor HugoGernsback that were foundational both for science fiction and emerging mediastudies. Through painstaking research and extensive annotations and commentary,Wythoff aims to reverse the widespread misunderstanding of Gernsback within thehistory of science fiction criticism, reintroducing us to Gernsback and theorigins of science fiction.
Grant Wythoffpresents a wide array of texts by famed writer, publisher, and inventor HugoGernsback that were foundational both for science fiction and emerging mediastudies. Through painstaking research and extensive annotations and commentary,Wythoff aims to reverse the widespread misunderstanding of Gernsback within thehistory of science fiction criticism, reintroducing us to Gernsback and theorigins of science fiction.