The Jewish futurism Lab

Episode 13: How a Jewish Immigrant Named Hugo Created Sci-Fi


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Before science fiction was a genre, Hugo Gernsback was already building the infrastructure for it: radio magazines, hobbyist communities, wild speculative stories, and the first publication devoted entirely to imagining tomorrow. A Jewish immigrant from Luxembourg, he launched Amazing Stories in 1926 and quietly trained a generation of readers and writers to think in futures, […]
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The Jewish futurism LabBy Mike Wirth