Hugo Gernsback's introduction to the first issue of Amazing Stories, 1926
by Cory Doctorow from on (#1P5A3)
When Hugo "Award" Gernsback launched Volume 1, Number 1 of Amazing Stories in April, 1926, he created the first magazine in the world solely devoted to science fiction stories: on the magazine's editorial page, Gernsback laid out his vision for the genre. (more")