Gernsback

[gurnz-bak]

noun

1. Hugo, 1884–1967, U.S. publisher and inventor, born in Belgium: a pioneer in science-fiction publishing.

Example Sentences

Modern sf usually traces its origins to 1926, when Hugo Gernsback founded “Amazing Stories.”

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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.”

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A few pages later you can read Hugo Gernsback’s actual article announcing the formation of the Science Fiction League.

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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.

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Named for Amazing Stories editor Hugo Gernsback and awarded since 1953, the awards are one of speculative fiction’s biggest prizes.

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