H. P. Lovecraft Recommends….
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Tag: Sam Moskowitz
Lin Carter: The Clark Ashton Smith Collabs
Lin Carter wrote eight Clark Ashton Smith Collabs over fifteen years. Each couplet appeared in its own distinct publication. The first two were sold to Read More
Gods of the North
“The Gods of the North” originally appeared in The Fantasy Fan, March 1934, a fanzine published by Charles Hornig. The story was rejected by Farnsworth Read More
Henry Kuttner Part 2 – 1940-1941
If you missed The 1930s… Henry Kuttner married Catherine Lucille Moore in 1940. (The Internet is light on exact dates. Henry doesn’t mention being married Read More
Space Opera from the Big Four: The Raider of the Spaceways
“The Raider of the Spaceways” is an odd debut in Science Fiction. It wasn’t Henry Kuttner’s first story (his nineteenth) but it was his first Read More
Sam Moskowitz’s “Uncrowned Masters” (1940)
Sam Moskowitz’s “Uncrowned Masters” (1940) appeared in Fantascience Digest #12 (January-February 1940), so exactly eighty-one years ago. Moskowitz was twenty years old when he wrote Read More
The Homo Sol Trilogy of Isaac Asimov
The Homo Sol trilogy by Isaac Asimov was his first series of more than two stories. In The Early Asimov, Ike talks about how the Read More
To Kiss or Kill? The War on Sentiment
Unless you’ve read L. Sprague de Camp’s biography of H.P. Lovecraft or Sam Moskowitz’s Under the Moons of Mars (1970), you might not know that Read More
Edmond Hamilton’s Interstellar Patrol
Space Opera The term “Space Opera” was coined in 1941 by Wilson “Bob” Tucker, SF fan and writer. Obviously old “Bob” was not a fan Read More
Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed and May Not Care
In our last segment I mention four great stories I would want you to enjoy. This time the sentiment is more, well if you don’t Read More