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Tables of Contents for The Mechanics of Wonder
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
vii
The True History of Science Fiction: Introduction
1
36
`An Idea of Tremendous Import': Hugo Gernsback's Theory of Science Fiction
37
30
`The Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe Type of Story': Hugo Gernsback's History of Science Fiction
67
25
`This Unique Document': Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124C 41+
92
45
`A Lot of Rays and Bloodshed': Hugo Gernsback's Career as a Science Fiction Editor
137
27
`Carefully Projected Scientific Thought': Critical Voices between Hugo Gernsback and John W. Campbell, Jr.
164
15
`A Convenient Analog System': John W. Campbell, Jr's Theory of Science Fiction
179
26
`A Characteristic Symptom of This Stage of Evolution': John W. Campbell, Jr's History of Science Fiction
205
14
`A Full-View Picture of the World That Would Result': Robert A. Heinlein's Beyond This Horizon
219
35
`Can Openers, Cliches and Case Studies': John W. Campbell, Jr's Career as a Science Fiction Editor
254
33
`Slow Sculpture': Conclusion
287
32
Works Cited
319
22
Index
341