The Immortal Storm : A History of Science Fiction Fandom

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Reprint of the ed. published by Atlanta Science Fiction Organization Press, Atlanta Illustrated with photographs from the collections of Sam Moskowitz and Robert A. Madle Preface by A. Langley Searles Including an Index compiled by Jerry Burge and Carson Jacks A lively history of the science fiction movement, which started with a small group of devotees who shared a common enthusiasm—but whose differences kept them in almost continuous conflict. Many of those early fans subsequently became todays outstanding writers of science fiction.— Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, among others. Here we see them from the beginnings of their careers — their points of view, opinions, battles, some of which seem as violent as the interplanetary wars they later wrote about. Rarely has so careful and loving a record been written of so imaginative, contumacious and individualistic a group; rarely has a group (in moments of cooperation) produced so enviable record of achievement. Long out of print, this edition contains twelve pages of photographs plus a highly useful and comprehensive index. Title Copyright PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONTENTS LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS 1 INTRODUCTION 2 GERNSBACK AND THE FIRST ALL-SCIENCE FICTION PUBLICATION 3 THE BEGINNING OF ORGANIZED FANDOM 4 THE EMERGENCE OF THE TRUE FAN MAGAZINE 5 THE FANTASY FAN 6 WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES 7 SECONDARY FAN PUBLICATIONSs THE TFG AND ITS FOLLOWERS 8 THE SCIENCE FICTION LEAGUE 9 THE NEW ISA AND THE INTERNATIONAL OBSERVER 10 OTHER HAPPENINGS OF 1935 11 THE SFL-ISA SHOWDOWN 12 THE DECLINE OF THE SFL AND THE ISA’S BID FOR POWER 13 THE SCIENCE FICTION ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION 14 OTHER LOCAL GROUPS OF THE TIME 15 THE LAST DAYS OP FANTASY MAGAZINE 16 FURTHER CLUBS AND PROJECTS OF 1936 17 THE FIRST CONVENTION AND THE DEATH OF THE ISA 18 THE DARK AGES OF FANDOM 19 THE RISE OF BRITISH FANDOM 20 RENAISSANCE 21 THE NEW ORDER PROGRESSES 22 THE FANTASY AMATEUR PRESS ASSOCIATION 23 THE THIRD CONVENTION AND MICHELISM 24 THE AFTERMATH 25 THE WOLLHEIM-MOSKOWITZ FEUD 26 THE BACKGROUND IN EARLY 1938 27 THE FACTIONS ALIGN THEMSELVES 28 THE FIRST NATIONAL SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION 29 THE FAPA ELECTIONS OF 1938 30 THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICHELISM 31 THE GREATER NEW YORK SCIENCE FICTION LEAGUE 32 FANTASY NEWS AND NEW FANDOM 33 NEW FANDOM’S RISE TO POWER 34 THE OPPOSITION CRUMBLES 35 THE NEW FANTASY MAGAZINES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON FANDOM 36 THE ROLE OF THE QUEENS SFL 37 AMATEUR MAGAZINES OF THE PERIOD 38 MINOR DISSENSIONS 39 THE GREAT DRIVE TOWARD THE CONVENTION 40 THE CHARACTER OF THE OPPOSITION 41 THE FIRST WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION 42 OPINION RALLIES 43 BREASTING THE UNDERTOW 44 THE SECOND PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE 45 THE ILLINI FANTASY FICTIONEERS 46 THE FUTURIAN COMEBACK EPILOGUE INDEX