Astounding wonder : imagining science and science fiction in interwar America / John Cheng.
| Author/creator |
Cheng, John |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012. |
| Description | 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | "Magazines for morons": pulp magazines and the emergence of science fiction -- Conversations from the "backyard": reading and imaging community -- Discovering the freedom of facts: fact, fiction, and authority of science -- Involving adventure, reassuring romance: engendering science fiction's domestic tranquility -- Human martians and Asian aliens: the racial nature of wondrous worlds -- The progress of time: Einstein, history, and the dimensions of time travel -- "Fandom is just a goddam hobby": the industry of fans and professionals -- "We want to play with spaceships": popular rocket science in action. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-374) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011046739 |
| ISBN | 9780812243833 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0812243838 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS374.S35 C484 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |