Edgar Rice Conan Verne in Seven Pages
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne and maybe just a dash of H. Rider Haggard, and all in seven pages. Ace Magazines published Read More
Category: Adventure
Abner J. Gelula: Scientifictionist
Abner J. Gelula (1906-1985) was one of the early scientific hobbyists who wrote occasional “Scientifiction” stories. According to his “Meet the Author” he was based Read More
Coming Next Week: Sword & Sorcery Round Table Podcast
Early next week we will be releasing Session #1 of the Dark Worlds Quarterly Sword & Sorcery Round Table podcast with Scott Oden, John R. Read More
Sword & Sorcery Break & Enter
There is a small group of Sword & Sorcery tales that involve a hero in a break & enter into a wizard’s domicile. This is Read More
Howard Browne’s Tharn
The Tharn novels were but a moment in the career of Howard Browne. Browne (April 15, 1908 – October 28, 1999) began as a writer Read More
Two Complete Science-Adventure Books
Two Complete Science-Adventure Books was a Pulp published by Wings Publishing Co. from 1950 to 1954. Most SF novels are short (about 60,000 words) at Read More
The Many Mirrors of Tuzun Thune
“The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune” first appeared in Weird Tales in September 1929. It received an illustration by Hugh Rankin. (Rankin signed it DOAK because Read More
Manly Wade Wellman Part 4 (1950-1959)
If you missed Part3 (Late 1940s) Manly Wade Wellman’s career continued on in the Pulps, but slowly over the years he transitioned into the historical Read More
Science Fiction Across the Genres
Science Fiction runs the gamut as it burns across the genres. You might think an SF story has to be robots, spaceships, time travel or Read More
Yellow Peril in the SF Pulps
The Pulps did not invent the idea of “The Yellow Peril”. Science Fiction had been promoting this racist fear since at least 1880 and Last Read More