Title:
Astounding : John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of science fiction / Alec Nevala-Lee.
Author:
Nevala-Lee, Alec, author.
Publication Information:
©2018
New York : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2018]
Call Number:
PS374.S35 N48 2018
Abstract:
"Astounding is the landmark account of the extraordinary partnership between four controversial writers--John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard--who set off a revolution in science fiction and forever changed our world"-- Publisher's description.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780062571946
Physical Description:
532 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Prologue: Asimov's sword -- Who Goes There? (1907-1937): The boy from another world (1910-1931) ; Three against the gods (1907-1935) ; Two lost souls (1931-1937) -- Golden Age (1937-1941): Brass tacks (1937-1939) ; The analytical laboratory (1938-1940) ; In times to come (1939-1941) -- The Invaders (1941-1945): A cold fury (1941-1944) ; The war of invention (1942-1944) ; From "Deadline" to Hiroshima (1944-1945) -- The Double Minds (1945-1951): Black magic and the bomb (1945-1949) ; The modern science of mental health (1945-1950) ; The Dianetics epidemic (1950-1951) -- The Last Revolution (1951-1971): A fundamental attack on the problem (1951-1960) ; Strangers in a strange land (1951-1969) ; Twilight (1960-1971) -- Epilogue: beyond this horizon.
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