Miles Breuer, Noble Amateur
Miles J. Breuer, M. D. (1889-1945) was an early Science Fiction writer as well as a doctor from Lincoln, Nebraska. He was a acolyte of Read More
Tag: Startling Stories
Winged Humans
If you missed the last one… The idea that people will encounter aliens out in space that have wings is an obvious Christian-based concept. In 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
Adam Link in the Comics
Adam Link was an important Science Fiction creation. It should be no surprise that he ended up in comic books. It didn’t hurt that Otto Read More
Plant Monsters of the 1950s
If you missed the 1940s… With the Plant Monsters of the 1950s we see the last of the Pulps and the transition to digest-sized SF. Read More
Home is the Hunter
If you missed the last one… As Robert Louis Stevenson said in “Requiem”… “Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from Read More
The Dead Planet
If you missed the last one… Our survey of old Science Fiction themes continuous with the Dead Planet. This idea is a world that was Read More
Condemned to the Prison Planet!
If you missed the last one… Condemned to the Prison Planet! Those words send a chill down anyone’s spine. Whether it is Chateau D’if, Rura 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
Carl Jacobi, Master of the Weird Tale – Part II
If you missed Part 1… The 1950s saw the passing of the Pulps and Weird Tales in particular. Because of this Carl Jacobi’s work becomes Read More