Scientifiction One Hundred and One (episode 65)

About this episode

The episode celebrates the 100th anniversary of Amazing Stories, the first science fiction magazine, by exploring its debut issue from April 1926.

We're back. Waaaaaayyyy back, at the birth of science fiction. Or should that be "scientifiction"? We're celebrating 100 years of Amazing Stories , which was the world's first ever science fiction magazine. Join us as we romp through the magazine's debut issue from April 1926! That historic first issue is online, so please follow along and give it a skim. Find it here: https://archive.org/details/amazing_stories_april_1926/page/n1/mode/1up And check out the show notes on our website 101sf.blogspot.com

People in this episode

Host: Phil Nichols

Topics covered

• history of science fiction
• Amazing Stories
• birth of science fiction
• 1926
• first science fiction magazine

Keywords

• science fiction
• Amazing Stories
• 1926
• historical magazine
• first issue

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazing Stories

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