Menace on Mercury: 1930s
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Tag: Wonder Stories
Invisibility in the Pulps: 1933-1939
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Asteroids -The 1930s
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The Legacy of the Tripods
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The Incredible Shrinking Pulps
This post is brought to you by Whispers of Ice and Sand, a collection of Space Westerns and Space Opera. The planet Utukku is covered Read More
Festus Pragnell: British Enthusiast
Festus Pragnell (1905-1977) was a retired English policeman from South Hampton who wrote when unemployment gave him time to ponder ideas. What we would call Read More
Invisibility in the Pulps: 1931-1932
If you missed the last one… Invisibility has become a familiar idea to the Pulps by 1931. It appears with some explanation (usually involving atoms) Read More
Invisibility in the Pulps: 1930
If you missed the last one… The 1930s saw invisibility become one of the major themes in Science Fiction Pulps. The last post covered an 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
Space Pirates!
If you missed the last one…. Space pirates are a given in any system where goods are transported between planets. Like the buccaneers of old, Read More