Gernsback
Americannoun
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Modern sf usually traces its origins to 1926, when Hugo Gernsback founded “Amazing Stories.”
From Washington Post
And it was a Jewish immigrant from Luxembourg, Hugo Gernsback, who started the first “scientific fiction” magazines in the 1920s and coined the term “science fiction.”
From Washington Times
A few pages later you can read Hugo Gernsback’s actual article announcing the formation of the Science Fiction League.
From Washington Post
He had convinced his father that Hugo Gernsback’s magazine Science Wonder Stories contained serious stuff, despite the covers’ motley depictions of space ships and aliens.
From Nature
Named for Amazing Stories editor Hugo Gernsback and awarded since 1953, the awards are one of speculative fiction’s biggest prizes.
From The Verge
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