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1927 was a banner year for Amazing Stories. For Amazing's second year, Gernsback knew he would have to find more new writers with up-to-date science fictional ideas. And in 1927, Gernsback succeeded in spades, introducing not only a bumper crop of new authors and fresh stories, but also four brand spanking new tropes, to the nascent world of science fiction. In 1927 A. Hyatt Verrill's "Plague of the Living Dead," wasn't just another story of bloodthirsty zombies on the hunt, made more credible with a scientific rationale for their existence—it's the first such story ever! Pretty cool! But Gernsback was just getting warmed up. The 1927 Amazing Stories was also the first publication to introduce the work of the now-legendary fantasist H. P. Lovecraft to a mass audience. Though often mistaken as a writer of supernatural fiction, Lovecraft was actually a science fiction author, whose famed evil gods—the Great Old Ones such as Cthulhu, Azathoth, Yog-Sothoth, and Nyarlathotep—were not gods at all, but highly advanced aliens inspired by Lovecraft's readings of the new discoveries of Eddington, Einstein, and other early 20th century scientists. But Gernsback wasn't finished yet. He also in

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Author

Steve Davidson (Ed.); Jean Marie Stone (Ed.); Jack Williamson; Edmond Hamilton; H. P. Lovecraft; Clare Winger Harris

Publisher

Digital Parchment Services, Inc.

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781615086542

Category

work of fiction