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Hugo Gernsback: A Man Well Ahead of His Time Paperback – April 19, 2007
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- Print length700 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateApril 19, 2007
- Dimensions6 x 1.75 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101419658573
- ISBN-13978-1419658570
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- Publisher : BookSurge Publishing (April 19, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 700 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1419658573
- ISBN-13 : 978-1419658570
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- Dimensions : 6 x 1.75 x 9 inches
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Still, it is worth reading. Gernsback was a pivotal man in many respects and we can see the results of his work today in our continuing "American" experience. He just deserves better handling!
One glaring mistake (that I believe owes more to Gernsback partisanship than actual error) is the statement that Gernsback was given the "original" Hugo Award and proclaimed the "Father of Science Fiction".
The reality is - Hugo was given a special Hugo Award in 1960 for his contributions as the father of "magazine" science fiction; The Hugo awards predate 1960 by 7 years, so not only were they honoring Hugo for a contribution to SF (not the whole field), it wasn't the original; some 39 Hugo Awards had already been awarded previously.
And, not to put too fine a point on it, Hugo's "Hugo" was a "special committee award", not strictly a "Hugo" award.
Hugo Gernsback absolutely deserves recognition as the "Father of Magazine Science Fiction"; I'd even go so far as to say that he deserves recognition as the person who established the definition of the genre itself, but this book does itself no favors by proclaiming facts that are nor accurate, especially when their inaccuracy is so easily checked.
