The Early Jack Williamson: 1928-1933
Jack Williamson might be the longest working Pulp SF writer in history, writing from 1928 (“The Metal Man”, Amazing Stories, December 1928) to The Stonehenge Read More
Category: Science fiction
Four Color Dragons
The dragon of Western culture was a chimera of parts with the body of a crocodile, the wings of a bat and the neck and Read More
The Fiend Without a Face and Amelia Reynolds Long
A few days ago I wrote about invisible monsters in Weird Tales. Little did I know that one of those tales was the basis of Read More
Invisible Monsters in Weird Tales
Invisible monsters in Weird Tales would be a long list if I included every reference to “invisible bonds” or the feeling of being watched by Read More
Winged Humans
If you missed the last one… The idea that people will encounter aliens out in space that have wings is an obvious Christian-based concept. In Read More
The Dark Worlds Podcast: Neither Beg Nor Yield
We talk with Jason Waltz from about his upcoming Sword & Sorcery anthology, NEITHER BEG NOR YIELD. G.W. Thomas and M.D. Jackson are joined by Read More
Ice Planets
If you missed the last one… Ice Planets are part of the Space Opera landscape. Whether your first one was Star Trek‘s Sarpeidon (1969), Star Read More
The Lost Cities of Mars
If you missed the last one… I am currently reading Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars (1973). It features Ilionis, “…the long-lost and extremely Read More
Still More Bronze Age Plant Monsters IV
If you missed the last one… The Bronze Age has the benefit of all the collective plant monsters of the Golden and Silver Ages before Read More
J. J. Allerton: Pulp Phantom
Our history of the Science Fiction Pulps is often as shaky as our knowledge of the dinosaurs. We know much more about the giants of Read More