Amazing Stories was an early science fiction magazine that began publishing with its April 1926 issue. It was started by Hugo Gernsback, for whom a prestigious science fiction award is named. I know I've heard of this magazine before and I may have read reprinted stories that first made its appearance there. As it is, I stumbled upon an archive with this magazine (and many others) and now there is one more thing, among many, that I like to do.
For some time now I've been reading archived copies of QST magazine, and I finished with the June 1922 issue last week. I'm fascinated with ham radio history, well all radio history for that matter, and one century ago things were radically different with radio. I then read the first two issues of Radio News, which was also published by Gernsback, and I decided to do a little bit of research on him.
I learned that not only was he a prolific publisher, but that some of his publications were of the "pulp" genre. That might sound derogatory to some folks, but in my case I had a curiosity about them so I found a "pulp" magazine archive on the net. I then downloaded the first two issues of Amazing Stories onto my Kindle, and you can now guess what I'm doing on some evenings.
I have read some compilations of the early science fiction stories that were assembled by Isaac Asimov. I have enjoyed reading them, with a favorite being "The Jameson Satellite" which was written Neil R. Jones in 1932. The story is about a professor preparing a satellite in 1958.....within one year of Sputnik, no less. I won't give away what this satellite was about but I guarantee you that you'll enjoy reading it, and you don't have to be an aerospace engineer to understand it.
I am almost finished with the inaugural issue of Amazing Stories. (I'm also a little late in exploring the Kindle that Sheila helped select.....I've had it for at least six months.) I did jump ahead to read the conclusion of a Jules Verne story that was in the May 1926 issue, and that one was a fun read.
I plan on going back to the radio magazines.
For the time being, it will be early science fiction.
