Star Trek: Discovery – a Review
Magnificent. I loved the way this one began. I was very impressed that someone just didn’t return to the cookie cutter Star Trek that was Read More
Author: G. W. Thomas
Helping Out a Friend: The Science Fiction of Tom Curry
This post begins: Tom Curry (1900-1976) has won his place in the Pulps as a Western writer, the main author of the Rio Kid Magazine Read More
Phillip Wylie and the End of the World
This June I had a lot of fun writing about George Allan England’s “June 6, 2016” (www.michaelmayadventureblog.com/2016/06/june-6-2016-predictions-and.html). In that piece I compared England’s version of Read More
Ithaqua: The Wendigo and the Walker on the Winds
August Derleth has been praised or reviled as an editor and posthumous collaborator of H. P. Lovecraft but I think Mythos fans often forget he Read More
Etheridge & Peters: Supernatural Policemen
Thorp McClusky (1906-1975) was of that breed of Weird Tales writer who gained a small audience during the time of the magazine’s publication, but fell Read More
Bolos: Relics of War
Keith Laumer (1925-1993) holds an unusual place in the history of Science Fiction. During his life he never received the laurels that he deserved, never Read More
The Fane Brothers Mysteries by John Creasey
If you’re a John Creasey fan, you will know the names: Baron, Toff, West and Palfrey, along with Department Z. What I didn’t know was Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 1: The Baboon-Demon of Stygia
Right from the first Conan story, “The Phoenix on the Sword” (Weird Tales, December 1932) Howard populates his Fantasy world with evil creatures drawn from Read More
Planetary – A Comic Book Series For People Who Don’t Read Comic Books
Guest blogger Calvin Heighton Planetary is an American comic book series created by writer Warren Ellis and artist John Cassaday, and published by the Wildstorm Read More
Enter the Arcade
I am not a modern gamer. I wish I could get into games like Halo or Call of Duty because I am sure they would Read More