Nelson sends over this great piece from AmericanHeritage Magazine that was first published in 1989 written by the great Fredrick Pohl. The blurb is itself astoundingly exciting which tells you something about the article. Here is the blurb, click the article title or the permalink for the complete article.
A leading science-fiction writer traces the course of sci-fi in America from its beginnings when a few kids met in a drugstore to its present state as a powerful, worldwide literary movement
