Golden Age of Science Fiction

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literary period science fiction movement

The Golden Age of Science Fiction was a mid-20th-century era in which science fiction flourished as a popular and influential literary genre, marked by the rise of seminal authors, magazines, and classic works that shaped modern sci-fi.

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instanceOf literary period ⓘ
science fiction movement ⓘ
characteristic emphasis on hard science ⓘ
focus on space travel ⓘ
focus on technological progress ⓘ
optimistic view of the future ⓘ
problem-solving heroes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedBySource science fiction historians ⓘ
endTime 1950s ⓘ
mid-1950s ⓘ
field literature ⓘ
genreCharacteristic magazine-centered publication ⓘ
serialised novels ⓘ
short story dominance ⓘ
genreOf science fiction ⓘ
hasPart Astounding Science Fiction ⓘ
surface form: Astounding Science Fiction era

Campbellian era ⓘ
hasTheme atomic age concerns ⓘ
galactic empires ⓘ
post-war futures ⓘ
robots and artificial intelligence ⓘ
space opera ⓘ
influenced New Wave science fiction ⓘ
modern science fiction literature ⓘ
influencedBy Herbert George Wells ⓘ
surface form: H. G. Wells

Jules Verne ⓘ
earlier science fiction ⓘ
pulp magazines ⓘ
keyFigure A. E. van Vogt ⓘ
Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
C. L. Moore ⓘ
Clifford D. Simak ⓘ
Cyril M. Kornbluth ⓘ
E. E. "Doc" Smith ⓘ
Eric Frank Russell ⓘ
Frederik Pohl ⓘ
Fritz Leiber ⓘ
Hal Clement ⓘ
Henry Beam Piper ⓘ
Henry Kuttner ⓘ
Isaac Asimov ⓘ
Jack Williamson ⓘ
James Blish ⓘ
John W. Campbell Jr. ⓘ
surface form: John W. Campbell

L. Sprague de Camp ⓘ
Lester del Rey ⓘ
Murray Leinster ⓘ
Poul Anderson ⓘ
Ray Bradbury ⓘ
Robert A. Heinlein ⓘ
Theodore Sturgeon ⓘ
language English ⓘ
majorPublication Amazing Stories ⓘ
Astounding Science Fiction ⓘ
Galaxy Science Fiction ⓘ
Startling Stories ⓘ
Thrilling Wonder Stories ⓘ
Unknown magazine ⓘ
notableWork Childhood's End ⓘ
City ⓘ
Foundation ⓘ
surface form: Foundation series

I, Robot ⓘ
Lensman series ⓘ
Slan ⓘ
The Martian Chronicles ⓘ
The Skylark of Space ⓘ
The Weapon Shops of Isher ⓘ
startTime 1938 ⓘ
late 1930s ⓘ

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Astounding Science Fiction → influenced → Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of science fiction
Arthur C. Clarke → movement → Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ
Isaac Asimov → movement → Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ
Ray Bradbury → movement → Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ