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Hugo Gernsback? That son of a bitch. I never dealt with him, not with the rates he paid. Every time I see someone being awarded a Hugo I see the biggest fraud, swindler, chickenshit fucking scoundrel ever in the business. He's the only editor I've ever known, or known of, who so fully deserved these understatements of mine.
- E. Hoffman Price, Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods! edited by Richard Wolinsky, p.9
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