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149
“insurmountable”: Ibid, p. 448.

150
“In brief: H.G. Wells, Experiment in Autobiography (New York: Macmillan, 1934), pp. 182-183.

151
“Would it: Bertrand Russell, “A Free Man’s Worship,” in Bertrand Russell, Mysticism and Logic (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday Anchor, 1957), p. 44.

152
“the cruel: Ibid.

153
“And God: Ibid, p. 45.

154
“Such, in: Ibid, pp. 45-46.

155
“Brief and: Bertrand Russell, op. cit., p. 54.

156
“It must: H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau, in Wells, Seven Famous Novels, p. 156.

157
“the little: Lord Dunsany, quoted by Lin Carter, ed., in his Introduction to his selected anthology of Dunsany stories, At the Edge of the World (New York: Ballantine, 1970), p. viii.

158
“the Third: Lord Dunsany, as in his collection, Tales of the Third Hemisphere (Boston: Luce, 1919).

159
“ ‘Once I: Lord Dunsany, “The Hashish Man,” in Dunsany, At the Edge of the World, p. 121.

160
“Let me live out my years: Jack London, Martin Eden (New York: Review of Reviews, 1912), opposite copyright page. This is an unacknowledged quotation from the poem “Let Me Live Out My Years” by John G. Neihardt.

161
“soft and: Jack London, “The Scarlet Plague,” in Groff Conklin, ed., Omnibus of Science Fiction (New York: Crown, 1952), p. 515.

162
“The gunpowder: Ibid, p. 523.

163
who was heavily influenced by London: our information about the influence of London on Burroughs is derived from Irwin Porges, Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan (New York: Ballantine, 1976), pp. 316, 437-438. Within a month of London’s death, Burroughs proposed to write a biography of London.

164
the pseudonym Normal Bean: Edgar Rice Burroughs, discussed in Porges, pp. 29, 32.

165
“Uncle Jack”: Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (New York: Ballantine, 1973), p. v.

166
“I am: Ibid, p. 11.

167
“a typical: Ibid, p. v .

168
“I could: Ibid, p. 77.

169
“As I: Ibid, p. 20.

170
“I was: Ibid.

171
“During the: Ibid, p. 62.

172
“She was: Ibid, p. 46.

173
“As he: Ibid, p. 29.

174
“ ‘You are: Ibid, p. 90.

175
“. . . In all: Ibid, p. 14.

CHAPTER 8: THE DEATH OF THE SOUL

176
“a great: entry under Wells, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition (New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911), Vol. 28, p. 514.

177
“ ‘Hello,’ said: Perley Poore Sheehan, The Abyss of Wonders (Reading, Pa.: Polaris Press, 1953), p. 188.

178
the most significant and influential was A. Merritt: our account of Merritt’s life is primarily based on materials contained in Sam Moskowitz, ed., A. Merritt: Reflections in the Moon Pool (Philadelphia: Oswald Train, 1985).

179
“our world: A. Merritt, The Moon Pool (New York: Collier, 1966), p. 204.

180
“In this: A. Merritt, The Metal Monster (New York: Avon, 1966), p. 9.

181
“gained a: A. Merritt, “A. Merritt—His Life and Times,” by A. Merritt and Jack Chapman Miske, in Moskowitz, ed., A. Merritt: Reflections in the Moon Pool, p. 344.

182
“garden of: Ibid, p. 345.

183
“which was: A. Merritt, letter to Wallace Palmer, dated January 14, 1929, in Moskowitz, ed., op. cit.

184
“ ‘I think: A. Merritt, The Moon Pool, p. 188.

185
“ ‘The Englishman: Ibid.

186
“Consciousness itself: A. Merritt, The Metal Monster, p. 116.

187
“For in: Ibid, p. 238.

188
“ ‘Fact! sanity!: James Branch Cabell, Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice (New York: McBride, 1922), p. 138.

189
“Serpentine proceeded: H.G. Wells, Men Like Gods, in 28 Science Fiction Stories of H.G. Wells (New York: Dover, 1952), pp. 39-40.

190
“And yet: Ibid, p. 263.

191
“center for: Eugene Zamiatin, We (New York: Dutton, n.d.) p. 86.

192
“I am: Ibid, p. 217.

193
“ ‘sole purpose: Karel Capek, R.U.R., in Bennett A. Cerf and Van H. Cartmell, eds., Sixteen Famous European Plays (New York: Modern Library, 1943), p. 741.

194
“ ‘a gasoline: Ibid, 742.

195
“ ‘Oh! Perhaps: Ibid.

196
“ ‘No. The: Ibid.

197
“From a wild: Edgar Allan Poe, “Dreamland,” in Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (New York: Washington Square/Pocket Books, 1940), p. 405.

198
“What do: H.P. Lovecraft, “From Beyond,” in H.P. Lovecraft, The Doom That Came to Sarnoth (New York: Ballantine, 1971), p. 87.

199
“The most: H.P. Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu,” in H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space and others (New York: Lancer, 1964), p. 45.

CHAPTER 9: EVOLUTION OR EXTINCTION

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0 “new sort: Hugo Gernsback, “A New Sort of Magazine,” Amazing Stories, April 1926, p. 3.

201
“extremely easy: Charles Agnew MacLean, editor of Popular Magazine, quoted in Irwin Porges, Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan (New York: Ballantine, 1976), p. 637.

202
“too bizarre: Ibid.

203
“If we: Hugo Gernsback, “Fiction Versus Facts,” Amazing Stories, July 1926, p. 291.

204
“Not only: Hugo Gernsback, “A New Sort of Magazine,” p. 3.

205
“The plain: Hugo Gernsback, “Editorially Speaking,” Amazing Stories, September 1926, p. 483.

206
“We knew: Ibid.

207
“The man: Hugo Gernsback, “Science Wonder Stories,” Science Wonder Stories, June 1929, p. 5.

208
“Extravagant Fiction: slogan printed on the editorial page of each issue of Amazing Stories beginning with April 1926, p. 3.

209
coined the word television: This is stated by Sam Moskowitz in his essay, “Hugo Gernsback: ‘Father of Science Fiction,’ ” in Moskowitz, Explorers of the Infinite (Cleveland and New York: World, 1963), p. 232. The article by Gernsback, published in Modern Electrics, was entitled “Television and the Telphot.”

210
“F.R.S.”: Amazing Stories, April 1926, p. 3. That Gernsback was a Fellow of the Royal Society was denied in a letter to Alexei Panshin from A.J. Clark, Deputy Librarian of the Royal Society, dated 8 October 1985.

211
invent the word scientifiction: Stated by Hugo Gernsback in his editorial, “$300.00 Prize Contest,” Amazing Stories, April 1928, p. 5.

212
“excellent science: introduction to Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Master Mind of Mars, in Amazing Stories Annual, 1927, p. 7.

213
“Hugo the: H.P. Lovecraft, quoted in L. Sprague de Camp, Lovecraft: A Biography (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1975), p. 282.

214
In February 1929, his printer: this account of the bankruptcy of Hugo Gernsback’s Experimenter Publishing Co. is largely based on Tom Perry, “An Amazing Story: Experimenter in Bankruptcy,” in Amazing Science Fiction, May 1978, p. 101.

215
“science fiction”: this phrase was used in Science Wonder Stories from the first issue in June 1929. See Sam Moskowitz, “How Science Fiction Got Its Name,” in Moskowitz, op. cit., p. 322.

216
“Prophetic Fiction: slogan printed on the editorial page of each issue of Science Wonder Stories beginning with June 1929, p. 5.

217
“The Future: slogan printed on the editorial page of each issue of Air Wonder Stories beginning with July 1929, p. 5.

218
“Amazing Stories! Harry Bates, “Editorial Number One,” in Alva Rogers, A Requiem for Astounding (Chicago: Advent, 1964), p. x.

219
“thought variant”: F. Orlin Tremaine, quoted in Alva Rogers, op. cit., p. 18.

220
In January, Startling Stories was created: Henceforth, for the sake of simplicity, magazine issues will be dated by their cover or off-sale date rather than their actual date of publication, generally one to three months earlier.

221
“Either you: Hugo Gernsback, “The Prophets of Doom” (unpublished address dated October 25, 1963), p. 2.

222
“To-day there: Sir James Jeans, The Mysterious Universe (New York: Macmillan, 1930), p. 158.

223
“Quantum mechanics: Albert Einstein, letter to Max Born dated December 12, 1926, quoted in Ronald W. Clark, Einstein: The Life and Times (New York and Cleveland: World, 1971), p. 340.

224
“Now my: J.B.S. Haldane, Possible Worlds (New York and London: Harper, 1928), p. 298.

225
“one morning: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1938), p. 13.

CHAPTER 10: MASTERY OF TIME AND SPACE

226
“Wells has: Hugo Gernsback, introduction to H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, in Amazing Stories, August 1927, p. 423.

227
“A being: Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men, in Stapledon, Last and First Men & Star Maker (New York: Dover, 1968), p. 13.

228
“Our aim: Ibid, p. 9.

229
“ethereal vibrations: Ibid, p. 236.

230
“Drenched for: Ibid, p. 243.

231
“general spiritual: Ibid.

232
“Recently an: Ibid, pp. 217-218.

233
“But one: Ibid, p. 246.

234
The principal author of The Skylark of Space: our account of the life of E.E. Smith is primarily based on the chapter on Smith in Sam Moskowitz, Seekers of Tomorrow (Cleveland and New York: World, 1966).

235
The Skylark of Space begins: The Skylark of Space has appeared in a number of variant forms. Where possible, reference is made to the most familiar edition, the Pyramid paperback, which is somewhat abridged. Where necessary, however, reference is made to the original magazine serial.

236
“Petrified with: E.E. Smith, The Skylark of Space (New York: Pyramid, 1958), p. 5.

237
“the wide: Ibid, p. 7.

238
“the firm: Ibid.

239
“ ‘That bath: E.E. Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby, The Skylark of Space, in Amazing Stories, August 1928, p. 392.

240
“ ‘She flies!’: Ibid, p. 414.

241
“ ‘A fellow: Ibid, p. 392.

242
“ ‘You are: E.E. Smith, Skylark Three (New York: Pyramid, 1968), p. 197.

243
“the object: E.E. Smith, The Skylark of Space New York: Pyramid, 1958), p. 37.

244
“At one: Ibid, p. 85.

245
“The scene: Ibid, pp. 87-88.

246
“Suddenly the: Ibid, p. 88.

247
“nothings”: Ibid, p. 90.

248
“ ‘Keep on: Ibid, p. 92.

249
“ ‘A strange: Smith and Garby, The Skylark of Space, Amazing Stories, September 1928, p. 548.

250
“Well clear: E.E. Smith, Skylark Three, p. 26.

251
“ ‘I’m scared: Ibid, p. 200.

252
“ ‘Know you: Ibid, pp. 51-52.

253
“ ‘Doctor Seaton: Ibid, p. 107.

254
“a genus: Philip Francis Nowlan, Armageddon 2419 A.D. (New York: Ace, 1972), p. 191.

255
“a vacuum: Ibid.

256
“the most: Ibid, p. 189.

257
“My formative: Edmond Hamilton, quoted in the introduction to Hamilton, “The Pro,” in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1964, p. 21.

258
“the gigantic: Edmond Hamilton, “Crashing Suns,” in Hamilton, Crashing Suns (New York: Ace, 1965), p. 8.

259
“ ‘For the: Ibid, p. 11.

260
“ ‘If we: Ibid, p. 13.

261
“etheric vibrations”: Ibid, p. 12.

262
“even more: Ibid, p. 15.

263
“They were: Ibid, pp. 24-25.

264
“ ‘It was: Ibid, p. 54.

CHAPTER 11: THE LAWS OF CHANCE

265
“The Skylark: John W. Campbell, in Dick Eney, ed., The Proceedings; Discon (Chicago: Advent, 1965), p. 124.

266
“What use” John W. Campbell, Invaders from the Infinite (New York: Ace, 1961), pp. 152-153.

267
“Tellus”: E.E. Smith, Galactic Patrol (New York: Pyramid, 1964), p. 42, et passim. Tellus was the Roman goddess of the earth. The adjective “Tellurian” is used as early as page 9 of the novel.

268
“lenticular jewel”: Ibid, p. 11.

269
“ ‘The Lens: Ibid, p. 15.

270
“the Savage”: Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (New York: Bantam, 1968), p. 104, et passim.

271
“The supernormals: Olaf Stapledon, Odd John (New York: Berkley, 1965), p. 190.

272
“The word: Ibid, p. 7.

273
“Despite the: E.E. Smith, Gray Lensman (New York: Pyramid, 1965), p. 45.

274
“I sometimes: Clifford D. Simak, quoted in Sam Moskowitz, Seekers of Tomorrow (Cleveland and New York: World, 1966), pp. 268-269.

275
“He-Who-Came-Out-of-the-Cosmos”: Clifford D. Simak, “The World of the Red Sun,” in Isaac Asimov, ed., Before the Golden Age (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1974), p. 206.

276
“150,000,000 galaxies: Donald Wandrei, “Colossus,” in Isaac Asimov, ed., op. cit., p. 461.

277
“He had: Ibid, p. 482.

278
“ ‘I do: Ibid, pp. 487-488.

279
“Her lips: Ibid, p. 497.

280
“Hawk Carse: Anthony Gilmore, “Hawk Carse,” in Astounding Stories, November 1931, p. 166.

281
“Sometimes I: H.P. Lovecraft, “The Whisperer in Darkness,” in Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space and others (New York: Lancer, 1964), p. 150.

282
“an older: C.L. Moore, “Shambleau,” in Moore, The Best of C.L. Moore (New York: Ballantine, 1975), p. 29.

283
“He knew: E.E. Smith, Galactic Patrol (New York: Pyramid, 1966), p. 223.

284
“Life there: Jack Williamson, The Early Williamson (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975), p. x.

285
“Here is: Jack Williamson, “Scientifiction, Searchlight of Science,” in The Early Williamson, p. xvi.