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< | <blockquote> Campbell’s defense of science fiction amid critical claims that the genre consisted of little more than escapist imaginings, a common late-1950's perception sustained by the monster-and-space-suit covers of pulps and comic | ||
books lining newsstand shelves a decade earlier. The real escapist literature, | books lining newsstand shelves a decade earlier. The real escapist literature, | ||
he maintained in a 1959 editorial, was fiction published in popular, slick-paper magazines and consumed by mainstream readers unaware of the implications of technological advancement. “It happens that science fiction’s | he maintained in a 1959 editorial, was fiction published in popular, slick-paper magazines and consumed by mainstream readers unaware of the implications of technological advancement. “It happens that science fiction’s | ||