Hugo Gernsback Quotes

• Science-fiction ... can be defined as: Imaginative extrapolation of true natural phenomena, existing now, or likely to exist in the future.

  Hugo Gernsback

  Fiction, Natural, Imaginative

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• By 'scientifiction' I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story-a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision

  Hugo Gernsback

  Mean, Romance, Vision

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• What description of clouds and sunsets was to the old novelist, description of scientific apparatus and methods is to the modern Scientific Detective writer.

  Hugo Gernsback

  Sunset, Clouds, Novelists

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• I started the movement of SF in America in 1908 through my first magazine, 'MODERN ELECTRICS.' At that time it was an experiment. Science fiction authors were scarce. There were not a dozen worth mentioning in the entire world

  Hugo Gernsback

  America, Movement, Magazines

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