The Incredible Shrinking Pulps
The Pulp era played with many older ideas from Science Fiction’s earliest days. The concept of shrinking so small to pass into other worlds was Read More
Tag: Howard V. Brown
Giant Insects in the Comics: Bees
The idea of gigantic bugs including bees began with H. G. Wells’s The Food of the Gods (Pearson’s Magazine, December 1903-June 1904). Wells applied it Read More
Space Invaders!
If you missed the last one… We all remember the video game Space Invaders if you are over fifty. But you’d need to be a Read More
Knight’s Science Fiction of the Thirties
A list of 1930s Science Fiction Anthologies is a pretty short. Zero. Nada. Zip. The first real SF anthology was Raymond J. Healy and J. Read More
Alberta Connections to Pulps and Comics
On August 19th I gave this talk to an audience at the Central Alberta Fanfest. I figured after all that research, why not make a 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
The Aliens of Gerry Carlyle, Interplanetary Huntress
Gerry Carlyle is a famous SF character created by Arthur K. Barnes. In the best “Bring’em Back Alive” tradition, she is the Interplanetary Huntress who Read More
Welcome to the Human Zoo
If you missed the last one… Welcome to the Human Zoo! This old SF idea has been bugging me for a while. How old is Read More
Adventures Underground
Adventures Underground! What an amazing place to tell a story. Jules Verne chose it well when he wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth Read More
Plant Monsters of the 1930s: Odds & Ends
If you missed Plant Monsters of Amazing Stories…. For our last post on the Plant Monsters of the 1930s, we offer a potpourri of various Read More