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Time's appraisal of the first WorldCon
The July 10, 1939 issue of Time featured a condescending and sarcastic look at the first-ever World Science Fiction Convention, sneering at the "pseudo-scientifics" as published in Thrilling Wonder Stories and the 16-20 year old boys who were the "jitterbugs" of the field. The reporter mocks readers' ambition to "see that the things we read in science fiction become realities." They are exceptionally articulate. Most of these magazines have letters columns, in which readers appraise stories. Sample: "Gosh! Wow! Boyoh-boy!, and so forth and so on. Yesiree, yesiree, it's the greatest in the land and the best that's on the stand, and I do mean THRILLING WONDER STORIES, and especially that great, magnificent, glorious, most thrilling June issue of the mosta and the besta of science fiction magazines. . . ." The Press: Amazing! Astounding! (via IO9) Imaginary WWI "Trench Destroyer" from Gernsback's Electrical ... Boing Boing: Hugo Gernsback: father of sf and early WiFi nut The Best of Sexology: Hugo Gernsback's Sex Mag - Boing Boing Obelisks of Erotic Gratification from 1930s Gernsback magazine ... Boing Boing: Futuro House: better living from the Gernsback Continuum Boing Boing: Hugo Gernsback explains gadgets, 1935...
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