Science Fiction

David Kyle

Published by Hamlyn, hardcover with dustjacket, illustrated, 24 x 33 cm.

Featuring
The Master of the Age – Jules Verne
Flight into the Future – H.G. Wells
Stories of Amazing Wonders – Hugo Gernsback
The Analogical Brain – John W. Campbell

Contents
Preface 10
Introduction 10

The Wood and Feather Milleniums 12
Wonders from the Past Pre-19th Century

The Iron Age 20
The Great Victorian Adventure 19th Century

The Steel Generation 32
Into the 20th Century 1895-1920

The Silver Years 46
The Genre Genesis 1910-1926

The Golden Years 62
The Sense of Wonder 1926-1936

The Uranium Decade 96
Minds in Expansion 1936-1946

The Plastic Zenith 114
The Universe is International 1946-1956

lsotopic Moments 132
Behind the Scene 1930 on and up

The Alloy Now 144
New Waves in the Mainstream 1956-1969

The Future Future 158
The Time Spiral 1976, 1984 and 2001

Bibliography 170
Acknowledgements 170
Index 171