The title of Keith Cooper’s “Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact” echoes that of Amazing Stories, a magazine founded in the 1920s that was the first to be devoted to ...

Arguably the inspiration for much science fiction traces back to classical mythology. Think of it—Earthlings abducted by beings from the sky, humans morphing into strange creatures, and events that ...

The father of pseudo-scientific fiction, he has started a number of pulp magazines such as Amazing Stories, Wonder Stories, etc. As a radio magazine publisher, he has given laboratory workers some ...

In 1926, Hugo Gernsback, a Jewish Belgian immigrant, created the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. Along with Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, he is referred to as the "Father of Science ...

This is the motto of Amazing Stories, the first magazine devoted entirely to science fiction. It’s a bold statement, and since being coined in 1925 it has largely been true. Wild predictions are ...