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The relationship between the 1930s and the Golden Age of Science Fiction.

Science fiction itself was exciting, but the periods of science fiction were even more exciting. One of these periods happen to be the Golden Age, this time period was not just important to the science fiction world but the world in general. The Golden Age of science fiction was an era in which the science fiction genre gained public attention and many classic science fiction stories were published. The reason for this was because at this time of point(1930’s) people had so much stress to relieve because of what the economy was going through, so authors used this as an advantage to make their science fiction stories even more interesting. John W Campbell Jr used quotes in his story "Who Goes There?" to describe things that you wouldnt expect to have described in such ways. "If McReady was a man of bronze, Norris was all steel. His movements, his thoughts, his whole bearing had the quick impulse of a steel spring. His nerves were steel hard, quick acting swift corroding'. This quote doesnt represent stress but, people who survived through the hard times of the 1930's were described somewhat like this.The stress was coming from the fall of the stock market in 1933, which caused not just individuals but the whole economy money issues. At this point of time the 1930’s were being described as an abrupt shift to more radical, conservative lifestyles, as the economy was trying to find solutions to make things better. Authors started using real life stress in their stories, this made science fiction more interesting because science fiction is usually based upon a human conflict and solved with a human solution. This only meant one thing, use the real life conflict (stock market) and input a human solution and many science fiction authors strived to do just that. Science fiction is a topic for imaginative minds to create stories that help the reading audience to get a better understanding of the science fiction genre. The Golden Age was a time of struggle for the people there and the situations happening around them, that’s exactly how the definition of science fiction relate to the definition of the Golden Age. Science fiction is a story built around people, with conflict, and solved with a human solution, which wouldn't happen without science fiction's unique content. See the 1930's linked to the science fiction world in many ways it had human problems and human solutions, and that is what science fiction is made up of.
 * By: Angelia Ellis**