The Fortean influence on science fiction : Charles Fort and the evolution of the genre /

Charles Fort was an American researcher from the early twentieth century who cataloged reports of unexplained phenomena he found in newspapers and science journals. A minor bestseller with a cult appeal, Fort's work was posthumously republished in the pulp science fiction magazine Astounding St...

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Main Author: Boyle, Tanner F. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
Series:Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 73.
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Summary:Charles Fort was an American researcher from the early twentieth century who cataloged reports of unexplained phenomena he found in newspapers and science journals. A minor bestseller with a cult appeal, Fort's work was posthumously republished in the pulp science fiction magazine Astounding Stories in 1934. His idiosyncratic books fascinated, scared and entertained readers, many of them authors and editors of science fiction. Fort's work prophesied the paranormal mainstays of science fiction literature to come, including UFOs, poltergeists, strange disappearances, cryptids, ancient mysteries, unexplained natural phenomena and everything in between. Science fiction authors latched on to Fort's topics and hypotheses as perfect fodder for science fiction stories. Writers like Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein, H.P. Lovecraft and others are examined in this exploration of Fortean science fiction, a genre that borrows from the reports and ideas of Fort and others who saw the possible science-fictional nature of our reality.
Physical Description:viii, 180 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781476677408
1476677409