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Gateways to forever : the story of the science-fiction magazines from 1970 to 1980 / Mike Ashley.
Van Pelt Library PS374.S35 A775 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashley, Michael.
- Series:
- History of the science-fiction magazine, vol. III.
- Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 34.
- Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 34
- The history of the science-fiction magazine, vol. III
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, English--History and criticism.
- Science fiction, English.
- Science fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Science fiction, American.
- Science fiction--Periodicals--History.
- Science fiction.
- Science fiction--Periodicals.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 507 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool [England] : Liverpool University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- This third volume in Mike Ashley's four-volume study of the science-fiction magazines focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. It saw the end of the Apollo moon programme and the start of the ecology movement. This proved to be one of the most complicated periods for the science-fiction magazines. Not only were they struggling to survive within the economic climate, they also had to cope with the death of the father of modern science fiction, John W. Campbell, Jr., while facing new and potentially threatening opposition. The market for science fiction diversified as never before, with the growth in new anthologies, the emergence of semi-professional magazines, the explosion of science fiction in college, the start of role-playing gaming magazines, underground and adult comics and, with the success of Star Wars, media magazines. This volume explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this, from the death of Campbell to the start of the major popular science, magazine Omni and the first dreams of the Internet.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Goodbye to all That: The Old Gateways
- One Step...Forwards? 1
- The Gathering at the Gate 3
- The King is Dead... 6
- ...Long Live the King 17
- The Forgotten Editor 34
- How the Mighty Fall 59
- Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll 69
- The Anchor Mag 86
- New Blood, New Clothes 103
- Chapter 2 All This and Elwood Too: The Rival Gateways
- The Threat from Within 114
- The British Dimension 116
- Experiments in Orbit 127
- The Depths of Infinity 135
- From Nova to Quark 139
- Universe and New Dimensions 147
- The New Generations 155
- The Female Perspective 172
- The Elwood Factor 189
- Heroes and Villains 213
- The Threat from Without 224
- Chapter 3 Small but Dangerous: The Alternate Gateways 233
- Little Wonders 236
- The Fantastic Dimension 248
- Graphic Developments 259
- Rival Roles 271
- Spawn of the Weird 276
- Under Scrutiny 288
- Chapter 4 Back to the Future: The Final Gateways
- The Rise and Fall of Galileo 308
- A Fate Worse than Death 316
- The Cosmos Experience 323
- Asimov Triumphs 327
- Asimov Expansion 337
- Amazing Days 346
- Star Mags 356
- Super Science 365
- SF Destiny 378
- Chapter 5 Looking Back: The Gateways in Perspective 383
- Appendix 1 Non-English Language Science Fiction Magazines 393
- Appendix 3 Directory of Magazine Editors and Publishers 445
- Appendix 4 Director of Magazine Cover Artists 459
- Appendix 5 Schedule of Magazine Circulation Figures 479.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [482]-485) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1846310024
- 9781846310027
- 1846310032
- 9781846310034
- OCLC:
- 76798880
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