Description
Book SynopsisTransformations concludes with an examination of the new found interest in sf magazines during the late 1960s and the incredibly influential roles Star Treck , the film 2001: A Space Odyssey and, above all, the first manned Moon landing played in transforming the sf magazine.
Trade ReviewCapaciously researched yet incisively argued.
Times Literary SupplementAshley's study of hacks pounding away at typewriters, bullying editors and money-pinching publishers is a rich mine of information. When complete, his trilogy will undoubtedly form the definitive history of SF from the pulp to the paperback.
The GuardianI acquired a copy of your masterly Transformations a couple of days ago and I've been reading it almost non-stop ever since. It is a marvellous book… Page by page I find myself wanting to take all the magazines down from the shelves and read them again… A wonderful book.
Robert SilverbergTable of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter One: A Galaxy of Stars
- Chapter Two: Saturation and Suffocation
- Chapter Three: The Best of British?
- Chapter Four: Creative Chaos
- Chapter Five: Transformations
- Chapter Six: The Times they are a-Changing
- Chapter Seven: The New Wave
- Chapter Eight: Fantasy verses Reality
- Chapter Nine: Aftermath
- Appendix 1: Non-English Language Science-Fiction Magazines
- Appendix 2: Summary of Science-Fiction Magazines
- Appendix 3: Directory of Magazine Editors and Publishers
- Appendix 4: Directory of Magazine Cover Artists
- Select Bibliography
- Index
