Hugo Gernsback - August 16, 1884
Sci-Fi 5
English - August 16, 2021 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.26 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture literature entertainment film history sciencefiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Why are the Hugo Awards, science fiction's top honor, called the Hugo Awards? We introduce you to Hugo Gernsback, inventor, dreamer, and publisher of speculative fiction, and how much influence he had on an entire genre of fiction, on today's Sci-Fi 5!
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Written by Thomas A. Kozak
Hosted by Ryan Myers
Music by Devin Curry