The Evolution of the Monster Story
The Monster Story has changed. As with all genres and sub-genres this happens over time. But the more they change, the more they stay the Read More
Category: Science fiction
Knight’s Science Fiction of the Thirties
A list of 1930s Science Fiction Anthologies is a pretty short. Zero. Nada. Zip. The first real SF anthology was Raymond J. Healy and J. Read More
The Avenger Part 3 – Ron Goulart and Jack Kirby
If you missed the last one… The 1970s saw a renewed interest in the Pulps of long gone decades. Much of this was driven by Read More
The Visual History of the Banth
Clinton Peetteeimmortalized the image of the hero astride the back of a lion caught in a titanic struggle. That was for the cover of All-Story Read More
The Definition of Sword & Sorcery
I don’t waste much time on defining Sword & Sorcery but it seems to be a thing again on the Internet. Men like Lin Carter Read More
The Wolf-Men by Frank Powell
It is odd for me to stumble onto a book that is thrill after thrill. Most old books have good bits but plenty of dull Read More
Top Ten Doc Savage Novels For Halloween
Lester Dent (and the other Kenneth Robeson’s who penned the Doc Savage super-sagas) was always conscious of a certain atmospheric need in a good story. Read More
Willard E. Hawkins, High Mountain Scribe
Willard E. Hawkins (1887-1970) was a Pulp writer, an editor and newspaperman from Colorado. He didn’t write exclusively for the fantastic Pulps, selling Westerns and Read More
Beyond the Vortex
If you missed the last one… The idea of vortex as a place of danger dates back to mythology. Jason and the other Argonauts had Read More
Miles Breuer, Noble Amateur
Miles J. Breuer, M. D. (1889-1945) was an early Science Fiction writer as well as a doctor from Lincoln, Nebraska. He was a acolyte of Read More