Jules Verne in Amazing Stories
On the backs of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, the two giants of Science Fiction, Hugo Gernsback built Amazing Stories. These two pioneers of Read More
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The Sons of Edgar Rice Burroughs
The sons of Edgar Rice Burroughs must have felt some inkling of pressure from the public to continue in their father’s footsteps. Successful children of Read More
The Trial of Robot A-1
1939 saw the trial of two robots: first, Adam Link and then Robot A-1. It was a strange time for jurisprudence. Mechanical men were filling Read More
The Return of Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback’s Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances in Read More
Introducing…For the First Time…Robots
We take robots for granted. Watching any Science Fiction show or movie, robots appear and we assume all kinds of things. Science Fiction is a Read More
Giants of Science Fiction
Giants of Science Fiction can mean either the greats who wrote SF, or as in this case, the giants that appear in Science Fiction tales. Read More
Mythos Sites: Nan-Matol
This post is brought to you by The Book of the Black Sun by G. W. Thomas, a mandala of Cthulhu Mythos fiction featuring a Read More
Dinosaurs in the Pulps
Dinosaurs belong to the Pulps. If you’re like me you grew up with dinosaurs. Any show, any cartoon, any comic, any book with a dino Read More
The Fantastical Fantasy Writer: Geoff St. Reynard
Robert W. Krepps (1919-1980) produced Science Fiction and Fantasy under the more romantic name of “Geoff St. Reynard” for two publishers in particular, Ray A. Read More
The Creatures of Neil R. Jones: Part One
Neil R. Jones (1909-1988) may be remembered as the man who coined the word “astronaut” but he deserves so much more in the annals of Read More