Hugo Gernsback Quotations

What description of clouds and sunsets was to the old novelist, description of scientific apparatus and methods is to the modern Scientific Detective writer.

Let it be understood, in the first place, that a science fiction story must be an exposition of a scientific theme and it must be also a story.

You have a perfect right to use your imagination as you will in developing the principles, but the fundamental scientific theory must be correct.

Don't drag in television. It is worked to death and there are so many better appliances you can use in your stories.

I started the movement of SF in America in 1908 through my first magazine, 'MODERN ELECTRICS.' At that time it was an experiment. Science fiction authors were scarce. There were not a dozen worth mentioning in the entire world

By 'scientifiction' I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story-a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision

Science-fiction ... can be defined as: Imaginative extrapolation of true natural phenomena, existing now, or likely to exist in the future.