Gateways to Forever

Mike Ashley has specialised in the history of science fiction and fantasy for over fifty years. He is the author and editor of over 130 books that in total have sold more than a million copies worldwide. He received the Science Fiction Research Association's Pilgrim Award in 2002 for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science-fiction scholarship.

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
Chronology
Chapter One: Goodbye to all That: The Old Gateways
One Step...Forwards?
The Gatherings at the Gate
The King is Dead...
...Long live the King
The Forgotten Editor
How the Mighty Fall
Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll
The Anchor Mag
New Blood, New Clothes
Chapter Two: All This and Elwood Too: The Rival Gateways
The Threat from Within
The British Dimension
Experiments in Orbit
The Depths of Infinity
From Nova to Quark
Universe and New Dimensions
The New Generations
Select Bibliography
Index
The Female Perspective
The Elwood Factor
Heroes and Villains
The Threat from Without
Chapter Three: Small but Dangerous: The Alternate Gateways
Little Wonders
The Fantastic Dimension
Graphic Developments
Rival Roles
Spawn of the Weird
Under Scrutiny
Chapter Four: Back to the Future: The Final Gateways
The Rise and Fall of Galileo
A Fate Worse than Death
The Cosmos Experience
Asimov Triumphs
Asimov Expansion
Amazing Days
Star Mags
Super Science
SF Destiny
Chapter Five: Looking Back: The Gateways in Perspective
Select Bibliography
Index