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
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The Tomb From Beyond – Lovecraftian Legacy I
“The Tomb From Beyond” by Carl Jacobi is that unusual item, a weird tale in a Science Fiction magazine. Hugo Gernsback published it in Wonder Read More
Carl Jacobi, Master of the Weird Tale – Part 1
Carl Jacobi (1908-1997) has been called a Weird Tales also-ran but that is to miss so much about this fascinating writer. He was very much Read More
Atlantis: The Pulp Years – Part 1: 1910-1920s
Atlantis flourished during The Pulp Years, 1923-1954. In L. Sprague de Camp’s Lost Continents (1954) he discusses the romantic novels of the 1880-90s, then follows Read More
The Plant Monsters of Amazing Stories: 1929-1939
If you missed the Plant Monsters of Astounding… The Plant Monsters of Amazing Stories (from 1929-1939) give us the story of two editors: T. O’Conor Read More
Hugo Gernsback’s Plant Monsters
If you missed Plant Monsters in Weird Tales (now expanded) go here… Hugo Gernsback’s Plant Monsters begin even before Science Fiction had a name. He Read More
Giant Ants of the Pulps
Precursors Giant Ants of the Pulps seems like a no-brainer, right? Of course the Pulps were crawling with mad scientists creating giant bugs, or ones Read More
Lost Worlds of the Pulps
The lost worlds of the Pulps began almost immediately after a certain book. The Lost World (1912) by Arthur Conan Doyle, oddly, signaled the end Read More
A Tale of Two Cousins: B. Wallis & George C. Wallis
A tale of two cousins concerns the early Science Fiction writers: Bruce Wallis and his cousin, George C. Wallis. Early critics thought the two men Read More
Abner J. Gelula: Scientifictionist
Abner J. Gelula (1906-1985) was one of the early scientific hobbyists who wrote occasional “Scientifiction” stories. According to his “Meet the Author” he was based Read More