The Terror Garden: Carl Jacobi Style
The Terror Garden has specimens by Carl Jacobi (1908-1997). They illustrate how long and productive Jacobi’s career was. Dating from 1932 to 1985, this Weird Read More
Category: Space Opera
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
Pulps & Movies & Comics, Oh My!
Pulp magazines and movies were big at the same time making the crossover a logical idea. The consumer in the 1930s and 40s had a 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
Giant and Killer Insects in the Pulps
Giant and killer insects have long been part of Science Fiction. Giant and deadly insects go back to the Science Fiction’s king of monsters, H. Read More
Top Ten Favorite Edgar Rice Burroughs Monsters
My top ten monsters from Edgar Rice Burroughs don’t come from Tarzan. The vine-swinger had some great adventures but for the most part the most Read More
The Weird War Tales of Alex Nino
The Weird War Tales of Alex Nino may seem like an odd choice of subject. Isn’t Alex Nino the artist who did all those mind-bending Read More
Dark Worlds Podcast 3: Allen Steele Talks Captain Future
Our third episode of the Dark Worlds Podcast is live! This month we talk with multiple award winning science fiction writer Allen Steele about how Read More
Omha Abides
Omha Abides was a novel I had never noticed before. I stumbled across a copy at a used bookstore and had to have it. The Read More
Beyond the Farthest Star: The Comic
If you missed the last one… Beyond the Farthest Star (1942) is not Edgar Rice Burroughs’ most famous book. In fact, it is a bit Read More