The radium age

摘要

We think we know science fiction. There were the 'scientific romance' years that stretched from around the mid-1860s to 1903, after which H. G. Wells lost his touch. And there was the 'golden age', from 1934 to the mid-1960s. But between those periods - and overshadowed by them - was a fascinating era that gave us such enduring memes as the berserk robot, the tyrannical superman and the sinister telepath.