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Hugo Gernsback. Hugo Gernsback ( / ˈɡɜːrnzbæk /; born Hugo Gernsbacher, August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was an American editor and magazine publisher whose publications included the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant that, along with the novelists Jules ...
Ralph 124C 41+. Ralph 124C 41 +, by Hugo Gernsback, is an early science fiction novel, written as a twelve-part serial in Modern Electrics magazine, which Gernsback edited, beginning in April 1911. It was compiled into novel/book form in 1925. While it pioneered many ideas found in later science fiction, it has been critically panned for its ...
The Isolator (helmet) "The Isolator" helmet. The Isolator was a helmet created by Hugo Gernsback in 1925 to reduce distractions. [1] [2] The Isolator was first introduced in the July 1925 edition of the American Physical Society magazine, with which Gernsback was affiliated. [1] [3] The helmet was first created using wood and felt. [4]
Amazing Stories is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback 's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances in other magazines, including some published by Gernsback, but Amazing helped define and launch a new genre ...
The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by the World Science Fiction Society. The Hugo is widely considered the premier award in the science fiction ...
Modern Electrics was created by Hugo Gernsback [1] and began publication in April 1908. [2] The magazine was initially intended to provide mail-order information for radio parts and to promote the amateur radio hobby, but it later became a vehicle for technology-based fiction stories. The first fiction appeared in the April, 1911 issue, and the ...
Experimenter Publishing was an American media company founded by Hugo Gernsback in 1915. [ 1] The first magazine was The Electrical Experimenter (1913–1931) and the most notable magazines were Radio News (1919–1985) and Amazing Stories (1926–2005). Their radio station, WRNY, began broadcasting experimental television in 1928.
The Electrical Experimenter was an American technical science magazine that was published monthly. It was established in May 1913, as the successor to Modern Electrics, a combination of a magazine and mail-order catalog that had been published by Hugo Gernsback starting in 1908. [1] The Electrical Experimenter continued from May 1913 to July ...