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51 relations: Alf Landon, Arthur W. Saha, Astonishing Stories, Autobiographies of Isaac Asimov, Avon (publisher), Central Intelligence Agency, Columbia Publications, Communism, Communist Party USA, Cosmic Stories and Stirring Science Stories, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Damon Knight, David Kyle, Detroit, Donald A. Wollheim, Far-left politics, Fascism, Frederik Pohl, Future Science Fiction and Science Fiction Stories, Futurians, Hannes Bok, Harry Warner Jr., Howard Scott, Hugo Gernsback, Isaac Asimov, James Blish, John B. Michel, Judith Merril, KGB, Larry Shaw (editor), Left-wing politics, Leslie Perri, List of science fiction editors, List of science-fiction authors, New York City, Oswald Spengler, Pavilion Books, Popular Publications, Republican Party (United States), Richard Wilson (author), Right-wing politics, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Sam Moskowitz, Science fiction, Science fiction fandom, Science Fiction League, Technocracy, Trotskyism, Virginia Kidd, Walter Kubilius, ..., 1st World Science Fiction Convention. Expand index (1 more) »
Alf Landon
Alfred Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887October 12, 1987) was an American politician from the Republican Party.
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Arthur W. Saha
Arthur William Saha (October 31, 1923 – November 19, 1999) was an American speculative fiction editor and anthologist, closely associated with publisher Donald A. Wollheim.
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Astonishing Stories
Astonishing Stories was an American pulp science fiction magazine, published by Popular Publications between 1940 and 1943.
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Autobiographies of Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) wrote three volumes of autobiography.
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Avon (publisher)
Avon Publications was an American paperback book and comic book publisher.
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the United States federal government, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT).
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Columbia Publications
Columbia Publications was an American publisher of pulp magazines featuring the genres of science fiction, westerns, detective stories, romance, and sports fiction.
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Communism
In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.
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Communist Party USA
The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) is a communist political party in the United States established in 1919 after a split in the Socialist Party of America.
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Cosmic Stories and Stirring Science Stories
Cosmic Stories (also known as Cosmic Science-Fiction) and Stirring Science Stories were two American pulp science fiction magazines that published a total of seven issues in 1941 and 1942.
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Cyril M. Kornbluth
Cyril M. Kornbluth (July 2, 1923 – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians.
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Damon Knight
Damon Francis Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was an American science fiction author, editor and critic.
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David Kyle
David A. Kyle (February 14, 1919 – September 18, 2016) was an American science fiction writer and member of science fiction fandom.
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Detroit
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.
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Donald A. Wollheim
Donald Allen Wollheim (October 1, 1914 – November 2, 1990) was an American science fiction editor, publisher, writer, and fan.
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Far-left politics
Far-left politics are political views located further on the left of the left-right spectrum than the standard political left.
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Fascism
Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.
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Frederik Pohl
Frederik George Pohl Jr. (November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning more than 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna", to the 2011 novel All the Lives He Led and articles and essays published in 2012.
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Future Science Fiction and Science Fiction Stories
Future Science Fiction and Science Fiction Stories were two American science fiction magazines that were published under various names between 1939 and 1943 and again from 1950 to 1960.
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Futurians
The Futurians were a group of science fiction (SF) fans, many of whom became editors and writers as well.
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Hannes Bok
Hannes Bok, pseudonym for Wayne Francis Woodard (July 2, 1914 – April 11, 1964), was an American artist and illustrator, as well as an amateur astrologer and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry.
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Harry Warner Jr.
Harry Warner Jr. (December 19, 1922 – February 17, 2003) was an American journalist.
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Howard Scott
Howard Scott (April 1, 1890 – January 1, 1970) was an American engineer and founder of the Technocracy movement.
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Hugo Gernsback
Hugo Gernsback (born Hugo Gernsbacher, August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was a Luxembourgish-American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, best known for publications including the first science fiction magazine.
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Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.
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James Blish
James Benjamin Blish (–) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.
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John B. Michel
John B. Michel (1917–1969) was a science fiction author (sometimes publishing under the name Hugh Raymond) and editor associated with the Futurians, of which he was one of twelve founding members.
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Judith Merril
Judith Josephine Grossman (January 21, 1923 – September 12, 1997), who took the pen-name Judith Merril about 1945, was an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist, and one of the first women to be widely influential in those roles.
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KGB
The KGB, an initialism for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (p), translated in English as Committee for State Security, was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its break-up in 1991.
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Larry Shaw (editor)
Lawrence Taylor Shaw (9 November 1924–1 April 1985) was a Hugo Award-winning science fiction fan, author, editor and literary agent who usually published as Larry T. Shaw.
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Left-wing politics
Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy.
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Leslie Perri
Leslie Perri (died 1970) was the pen name of Doris Marie Claire "Doë" Baumgardt, an American science fiction fan, writer, and illustrator.
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List of science fiction editors
This is a list of science fiction editors, editors working for book and magazine publishing companies who have edited science fiction.
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List of science-fiction authors
Note that this partial list contains some authors whose works of fantastic fiction would today be called science fiction, even if they predate or did not work in that genre.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Oswald Spengler
Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler (29 May 1880 – 8 May 1936) was a German historian and philosopher of history whose interests included mathematics, science, and art.
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Pavilion Books
Pavilion Books Holdings Ltd is an English publishing company based in London.
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Popular Publications
Popular Publications was one of the largest publishers of pulp magazines during its existence, at one point publishing 42 different titles per month.
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
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Richard Wilson (author)
Richard Wilson (23 September 1920 – 29 March 1987) was an American science fiction writer and fan.
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Right-wing politics
Right-wing politics hold that certain social orders and hierarchies are inevitable, natural, normal or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics or tradition.
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Robert A. W. Lowndes
Robert Augustine Ward "Doc" Lowndes (September 4, 1916 – July 14, 1998) was an American science fiction author, editor and fan.
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Sam Moskowitz
Sam Moskowitz (June 30, 1920 – April 15, 1997) was an American writer, critic, and historian of science fiction.
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Science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.
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Science fiction fandom
Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community or fandom of people interested in science fiction in contact with one another based upon that interest.
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Science Fiction League
The Science Fiction League was one of the earliest associations formed by science fiction fans.
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Technocracy
Technocracy is a proposed system of governance where decision-makers are selected on the basis of their expertise in their areas of responsibility, particularly scientific knowledge.
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Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky.
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Virginia Kidd
Virginia Kidd (June 2, 1921 – January 11, 2003) was an American literary agent, writer and editor, who worked in particular in science fiction and related fields.
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Walter Kubilius
Walter Kubilius (November 22, 1918 – September 22, 1993) was an American science fiction (short fiction) writer.
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1st World Science Fiction Convention
The First World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) was held in the Caravan Hall in New York from July 2 to July 4, 1939, in conjunction with the New York World's Fair, which was themed as "The World of Tomorrow".
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurians
