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Publication: Hugo Gernsback: Father of Science Fiction

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  • Publication: Hugo Gernsback: Father of Science FictionPublication Record # 585700
  • Author: Sam Moskowitz
  • Date: 1959-00-00
  • Publisher: Criterion Linotyping & Printing Co.
  • Pages: 32
  • Format:
    ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
  • Type: NONFICTION
  • Notes:
    • 'Criterion Linotyping & Printing Co., Inc. New York 1959' on the titlepage.
    • Most interior art is from early Gernsback magazine covers. See the tiles for earlier appearance.
    • Page 4 has a photo of Hugo Gernsback at age 75
    • An extensively rewritten version of the Moskowitz essay was later published in Explorers of the Infinite
  • External IDs:
    • OCLC/WorldCat: 1804862
    • Reginald-1: 10452
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Nonfiction Title: Hugo Gernsback: Father of Science Fiction • nonfiction by Sam Moskowitz

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