The Tin Robot – An Evolutionary Search
When I read old comics, especially those based on cartoon characters I notice robots. Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, they all encounter Read More
Tag: John Wyndham
John Wyndham’s Planet Plane and The Sleepers of Mars
John Wyndham’s Planet Plane (The Passing Show, May 2-June 20, 1936) and its sequel “The Sleepers of Mars” (Tales of Wonder #2, March 1938) form Read More
A Science Fiction Double Feature
The iconic lyrics to the opening song of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, “Science Fiction Double Feature” does a great job of summarizing the favorite 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
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction
Let’s be honest. Most Science Fiction comics don’t rise above the level of the rickety Space Opera. Planet Comics was an old comic that tried Read More
Plant Monsters in Weird Tales
Plant monsters were a natural for Weird Tales. The Pulp featured all types too, from the romantic in “The Woman of the Wood” by A. Read More
Science Fiction Under the Sea
When Harry Bates and the Clayton chain created Astounding Stories of Super-Science in 1930 they did not have the technophilic drive of Hugo Gernsback or Read More
When the Tripods Came
The prequel to John Christopher’s Tripods trilogy, When the Tripods Came (1988) was a nice addition to a series that all ready has a classic Read More
Link: Star Begotten: A Monstrous Rebuttle
Star Begotten by HG Wells is one of those novels that you rarely see. The science fiction people tend towards the early stuff: The Time Read More
Alien Space Bats!
This post begins: I recently heard that ASB is a neologism used by writers of Alternate History Science Fiction. The term refers to an implausible Read More