The Futurians: The Story of the Science Fiction "Family" of the 30's That Produced Today's Top SF Writers and Editors

by Damon Knight

Book Overview

With fifty illustrations, many never before published.The Futurian Society was founded in 1938 by thirteen science fiction fans; it never numbered more than twenty, including wives, girl friends and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0381982882
• ISBN13: 9780381982881
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: John Day Company, Incorporated
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Futurians

I'm a science fiction collector and I find this book a good reference to the early years of SF fandom.

If I could give it more stars I would

If your a fan of science fiction, and especially the early masters of sci-fi, I would recommend this book to you. It's a well written account of several legends (Asimov, Anderson, Kornbluth among others) and their interactions before they were famous and afterwards. Not only does it read like a novel because of Knight's style, but the interactions between the people are cause for the suspense that made me want to finish it in two days. The anecdotes and history of early sci-fi make this a must have for any fan.