1950s Science Fiction Loved Neanderthals, Feared Polio
Did you know we made scientific advances in the last half century? It amazed me, too. Step back into a carefree world of spaceships, human-neanderthal orgies, and polio as I pick up a fifty-five-year-old copy of Astounding Science Fiction. The November 1954 issue begins with a big swing-and-a-miss by editor John Campbell, who writes in…