Astounding Science Fiction

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Astounding Science Fiction was a highly influential American science fiction magazine, best known for shaping the Golden Age of the genre under editor John W. Campbell.

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instanceOf pulp magazine
science fiction magazine
acquiredBy Street & Smith
acquisitionYear 1933
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
editor Ben Bova
F. Orlin Tremaine
Harry Bates
John W. Campbell Jr.
surface form: John W. Campbell

Stanley Schmidt
editorEndYear John W. Campbell, 1971
editorStartYear John W. Campbell, 1937
emphasisUnderCampbell engineering realism
scientific plausibility
sociological speculation
format digest
pulp
formerName Astounding Stories of Super-Science
surface form: Astounding Stories

Astounding Stories of Super-Science
founder William Clayton
frequency monthly
genre fantasy
science fiction
goldenAgeOfScienceFictionRole major catalyst
influenced Golden Age of Science Fiction
surface form: Golden Age of science fiction
language English
laterTitle Analog Science Fact & Fiction
Astounding Science Fiction self-linksurface differs
surface form: Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact
notableAuthorPublished A. E. van Vogt
Clifford D. Simak
Hal Clement
Isaac Asimov
Jack Williamson
L. Ron Hubbard
Lester del Rey
Poul Anderson
Robert A. Heinlein
Theodore Sturgeon
notableSeriesPublished Foundation series (early stories)
Lensman series
surface form: Lensman series (serializations)
notableStoryPublished Deadline
Nightfall
Who Goes There?
publisher Condé Nast
surface form: Conde Nast Publications

Street & Smith
renamedAs Analog Science Fact & Fiction
renamingPeriod 1960s
startPublicationMonth January
startPublicationYear 1930
subjectFocus hard science fiction

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psychohistory firstAppearance Astounding Science Fiction
this entity surface form: Astounding Science Fiction magazine
Foundation firstPublicationMedium Astounding Science Fiction
this entity surface form: Astounding Science Fiction magazine
Nightfall firstPublishedIn Astounding Science Fiction
The Currents of Space firstPublishedIn Astounding Science Fiction
Golden Age of Science Fiction hasPart Astounding Science Fiction
this entity surface form: Astounding Science Fiction era
Astounding Science Fiction laterTitle Astounding Science Fiction self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact
Golden Age of Science Fiction majorPublication Astounding Science Fiction
Astounding Award for Best New Writer namedAfter Astounding Science Fiction
psychohistory publisherOfFirstAppearance Astounding Science Fiction