Question: Which literary term did magazine publisher Hugo Gernsback coin in 1926?
Answer: “Scientifiction.” Gernsback used the tongue-twister to describe the stories in his new magazine Amazing Stories, defining it as “a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision.” The term never caught on, so he re-coined “science fiction” in 1929, and that one stuck. Sci-fi’s most prestigious prize, the Hugo Award, was named after him.
