
Sword & Sorcery Cliche #4: The Barbarian Who Hates Magic
In 1982, Gary Gygax of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fame gave us the character class “The Barbarian” in The Dragon #63 (July 1982). One of Read More
In 1982, Gary Gygax of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fame gave us the character class “The Barbarian” in The Dragon #63 (July 1982). One of Read More
Literary types may act proud over the slang in Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange or the linguistic hybrids of Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake but fanboys and girls Read More
When radio became big across America in the late 1920s, there were those who worried it would kill pulp magazines. The magazines quickly adapted though Read More
It’s funny what you get remembered for. My most famous piece in terms of reader response, links and general hubbub is called “Writing Flash Fiction.” Read More
When Harry Bates and the Clayton chain created Astounding Stories of Super-Science in 1930 they did not have the technophilic drive of Hugo Gernsback or Read More
The 1950s was an odd time for Science Fiction. After decades of robots and space travel and time machines and external battles, the struggles went Read More
The prequel to John Christopher’s Tripods trilogy, When the Tripods Came (1988) was a nice addition to a series that all ready has a classic Read More
If you read a lot of old SF mags like I do, you will surely come across names you aren’t familiar with. A quick look Read More
Strange Worlds #8 (August 1952) featured a Joe Kubert drawn comic called “The Abduction of Henry Twigg”. Unfortunately the writer is not known though it Read More
The earliest publications of H. P. Lovecraft were in amateur magazines like The Vagrant, so we have to wait until Weird Tales starts in 1923 Read More