In the Land of the Monkey-Men
This post is brought to you by Strange Adventures, a collection by G. W. Thomas. This companion volume to Strange Detectives takes the action out Read More
Tag: Michael Crichton
Victorian and Edwardian Dinosaurs
I saw 65 last night and enjoyed the dinosaurs in it thoroughly. As to be expected there were Jurassic Park moments in it, but not Read More
Gorillas and Apes in Weird Tales
Gorillas and Apes in Weird Tales seems like a common occurrence but in 279 issues it only happened a handful to times. That handful gave Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Fish-Men of Arctica
“Fish-Men of Arctica” by John Miller Gregory appeared in the hard-to-find Miracle Science and Fantasy Stories (June-July 1931) from Adventure House. This Pulp lasted two 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
Link: The Top of the World: The Fiction of Ian Cameron
A bad movie can scar the reputation of a good book for many years. One such is The Lost Ones (1960), better known as Island Read More
The Monster Genre II
My obsession with monsters is well known. You can dribble on about H. G. Wells and Socialism, his work for Humankind until you’re blue in Read More
Of Footprints and Fearsome Beasts: The Yeti, Bigfoot and Sasquatch in Media
To begin with this piece is going to look at Yeti, Bigfoot and Sasquatch stories in as many mediums as we can squeeze into such Read More