Astounding
by Alec Nevala-Lee, Sean Runnette · first published 2018
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"Astounding is the landmark account of the extraordinary partnership between four controversial writers--John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard--who set off a revolution in science fiction and forever changed our world"--
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There's a recent history book out called "Astounding" by Alec Nevala-Lee if people are interested in how the the science fiction scene in the 1930s and 1940s brought together scientists and mystics, including Jack Parsons, the JPL rocket scientist who also…
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