A Requiem for Astounding
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
published in 1964 This is Alva Rogers' history of Astounding Science Fiction from its birth until turned into Analog in 1960.
In a review of the book, Mike Resnick described it as "an issue-by-issue study of the golden days of John W. Campbell, Jr.'s Astounding, in which Rogers' less-than-scintillating prose is more than compensated for by his boundless enthusiasm. He imparts that sense of almost unbearable anticipation he -- and so many other fans -- felt while waiting for each new issue, the agony of not knowing the end of a Heinlein or van Vogt serial for weeks on end. It's a lovely, nostalgic book, one that demonstrates exactly what fannish enthusiasm is all about."
| Fanhistory |
| This is a fanhistory page. Please add more detail. |
