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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Gernsback, Hugo (1884-1967)
Titre(s) : The perversity of things [Texte imprimé] : Hugo Gernsback on media, tinkering, and scientifiction / edited by Grant Wythoff
Publication : Minneapolis : University of Minnesota press, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-359 p.) : ill. ; 28 cm
Collection : Electronic mediations ; 52
Lien à la collection : Electronic mediations
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"In 1905, a young Jewish immigrant from Luxembourg founded an electrical supply shop
in New York. This inventor, writer, and publisher Hugo Gernsback would later become
famous for launching the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, in 1926.
But while science fiction's annual Hugo Awards were named in his honor, there has
been surprisingly little understanding of how the genre began among a community of
tinkerers all drawn to Gernsback's vision of comprehending the future of media through
making. In The Perversity of Things, Grant Wythoff makes available texts by Hugo Gernsback
that were foundational both for science fiction and the emergence of media studies.
Wythoff argues that Gernsback developed a means of describing and assessing the cultural
impact of emerging media long before media studies became an academic discipline.
From editorials and blueprints to media histories, critical essays, and short fiction,
Wythoff has collected a wide range of Gernsback's writings that have been out of print
since their magazine debut in the early 1900s. These articles cover such topics as
television; the regulation of wireless/radio; war and technology; speculative futures;
media-archaeological curiosities like the dynamophone and hypnobioscope; and more.
All together, this collection shows how Gernsback's publications evolved from an electrical
parts catalog to a full-fledged literary genre. The Perversity of Things aims to reverse
the widespread misunderstanding of Gernsback within the history of science fiction
criticism. Through painstaking research and extensive annotations and commentary,
Wythoff reintroduces us to Gernsback and the origins of science fiction"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Wythoff, Grant. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Gernsback, Hugo (1884-1967)
Science-fiction américaine
Médias -- États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781517900847. - ISBN 1517900840. - ISBN 9781517900854. - ISBN 1517900859
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45328951d
Notice n° :
FRBNF45328951
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
