""By 'scientifiction,' I mean the Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story. A charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision.""
""But once granted the initial and closing extravagance, how closely the author clings to facts in between! How closely he follows, and imparts to his readers, the scientific probabilities of the universe beyond our earth, the actual knowledge so hard won by our astronomers!""
Amazing Stories debuted in April 1926 as the first magazine solely focused on science fiction, originally termed 'scientifiction' by publisher Hugo Gernsback. Gernsback aimed to combine romance with scientific fact and prophetic vision. The inaugural issue featured a cover painting of Jules Verne's 'Off On a Comet' and included a note acknowledging the story's absurd premise while emphasizing its adherence to scientific probabilities. Gernsback's innovation of compiling science fiction literature into one publication laid the groundwork for the genre's enduring popularity across various media.
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