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... Center, and I had always been a space fiction nut, would spend all my money in high school, spare money, buying these little science fiction books and reading stories by Poul Anderson and ... had always assumed that the thought of humans traveling in space was exactly science fiction. You know, it was fiction; never going to come about. Suddenly the Russians did their Sputnik thing and ...

... your interest in science, and, specifically, in the work you've done in astronomy and cosmology. '''Carruthers:''' Well, my interest in space science and astronomy came about by reading science fiction comic books when ... of learning about math and science in general. '''Swanson:''' Did you have any heroes at the time when you were growing up? You mentioned you enjoyed science fiction. Were there particular writers that ...

... ''Mutiny in Space'' science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder G. Edward Pendray Gawain Edwards . Summer/Fall issues of ''Captain Future'' magazine includes ''The Man Who Awoke'' science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder Laurence E. Manning . The Winter issue of ''Science Fiction Quarterly'' publishes The Shot Into Infinity a science fiction story by German rocket pioneer ...

... of part two of his article “The End of the Rocket Society”, appearing in ''Astounding Science Fiction ''for September 1943. (The latter also describes the VfR's “Portable Stand.”) Jelnina and Rohrwild ... earliest known "countdown" for a space launch), George Griffith, The World Peril of 1910 (Apogee Science Fiction: Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2006.) pp 268-269. note 9 Jelnina and Rohrwild, pp ...

... 1920s he grew interested in science fiction and began a part-time career as a writer of short stories. His fiction appeared in Wonder Stories, one of the all-science fiction magazines published in New ... Pendray and his wife Lee Gregory Pendray. Almost all of this small group would write science fiction for Gernsback, but they would soon turn their hands to more practical work; the construction ...

... "left wondering whether there was really an event of such magnitude being televised or more science fiction," the Star commented. (W Star, 21 July 76, B-1) Commentary on the Viking spacecraft ... wrong place, charged columnist Art Buchwald in the Wash. Post. Buchwald reported his friend, a science-fiction buff, as saying the scientists were interested only in finding "a smooth place to set ...

... spaceflight, Shirley Jones. Celebrations in Star City for Gagarin. 362 - Society news BIS convention with science fiction slant. Astronaut lecture. Shirley Jones - obituary. New BIS members. Competition winners. 365 - - '''VOL. 53 NO ... Dwayne Day. 398 - Letters and emails World's first rocket patch. Half-hearted compromise. Embracing science fiction. Proud of our endeavours, Film poster. 402 - Dream makers of the future Kelvin Long. 404 ...

... group Hawkwind. This led to a continuing friendship and business relationship with Hawkwind and their science-fiction guru, world-famous author, Michael Moorcock. In 1987 Robert opened his own record label, Griffin ... as many other celebrities from different walks of life. A film about the history of science fiction and space exploration, directed and created by Robert, was one of the evening's highlights ...

... most successful early works, the two Romanoff novels and Outlaws of the Air . Scholars of science fiction have placed little importance on Griffith’s works, especially when compared to his more famous ... '' almost a century later. Master novelist Michael Moorcock would later call Griffith “the first professional science fiction writer” because he produced story after story, on demand, for his editors and publishers. George ...

... propulsion and author of the science fiction novel "Zero to Eighty". ''City of the Cosmic Rays'' a science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder Nathaniel Schachner appears in Astounding Science Fiction magazine. “Giant New Telescopic ...

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