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Hugo Gernsback – The Father of Science Fiction?

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Andrew Liptak in Books, Web Sites // 0 Comments

With Chicon-7 coming next month, I wanted to take a look at the man behind the main event: the Hugo Award ceremony.

Over on the Kirkus Reviews blog, I’ve got a brief history of the man called ‘The Father of Science Fiction’: Hugo Gernsback.

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About Andrew Liptak (180 Articles)
Andrew Liptak is a freelance writer and historian from Vermont. He is a 2014 graduate of the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop, and has written for such places as Armchair General, io9, Kirkus Reviews, Lightspeed Magazine, and others. His first book, War Stories: New Military Science Fiction is now out from Apex Publications, and his next, The Future Machine: The Writers, Editors and Readers who Build Science Fiction is forthcoming from Jurassic London in 2015. He can be found over at www.andrewliptak.com and at @AndrewLiptak on Twitter.
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