The Fate of Science Fiction According to Barry N. Malzberg
Below is an editorial called “The Malzberg Predictions” from E-Genre Weekly, July 20, 2001. by G. W. Thomas I just finished Barry N. Malzberg’s book, Read More
Category: Science fiction
The Science Fiction of Francis Flagg
Francis Flagg is not a name that falls from the lips when people talk about the early Science Fiction writers like E. E. Smith or Read More
Serpents of the Air
Technology can date a story faster than Captain Kirk can hook up with a Venusian barmaid. One day the story is plausible, the next… A Read More
An Interview with Michael May
Michael May is a fiction author, blogger, and podcaster. He’s the writer of Kill All Monsters, a graphic novel co-created with artist Jason Copland and Read More
Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Eternal Lion
Frank Frazetta was the perfect artist to capture the danger and majesty of Burroughs’ lion creatures. An author can become identified with certain motifs. This Read More
The Plant Monsters of Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Hamilton was one of the great originators of Science Fiction. What he did not create himself, he used in new ways. He gave us Read More
The Case of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1808-1849) is the father of the mystery story, the inventor of psychological horror, and an early writer of science fiction. His works Read More
Reptisaurus the Terrible
Reptilicus (1961) had a weird dual quality that followed it from the silver screen to the comic book pages. The initial film was shot in Read More
Jules de Grandin, Pulp Superstar
Who was the most popular author of Weird Tales in its four decades in publication, from 1923 to 1954 ? H. P. Lovecraft, the creator Read More
O Green Man: The Visual History of the Thark – Part 2
In our first installment we looked at the birth of the thark and the magazine, book hardcover images as well as the first comics. Our Read More