Link: Espers in Space: Edmond Hamilton’s Legion of Lazarus
The 1950s was an odd time for Science Fiction. After decades of robots and space travel and time machines and external battles, the struggles went Read More
Category: Adventure
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: The Fangs of Tsan-Lo: Man’s Best Monster
Jim Kjelgaard always had one theme that was closest to his heart: training dogs. It should be no surprise then that he made the big Read More
The Sentient Trees of Science Fiction
The idea of sentient trees in Science Fiction had become one of the genre’s silly old cliches by the 1960s. John Wyndham’s The Day of Read More
Link: How To Get Your Name on a Magazine
Magazines have been around for over 350 years. The first general interest magazine in English was The Gentleman’s Magazine, beginning in 1731. Magazines with people’s Read More
Link: The Green Splotches
Ever see one of those stories that appears in all the anthologies, but you’ve never read it? For me that was “The Green Splotches” by Read More
We’ve Updated the Bookstore!
I’d like to thank M. D. Jackson for spending several hours making our bookstore more interactive. If you haven’t seen it already, he has added Read More
The Monsters of the Space Legion
Jack Williamson wrote The Legion of Space for F. Orlin Tremaine’s Astounding Stories, April-August 1934. In that novel a group of brave Earthmen face off Read More
Raymond Z. Gallun, Science Fiction Innovator – Part 1
Raymond Zinke Gallun (1911-1994) (pronounced Ga-Loon) was as important and brilliant a Science Fiction writer as many others who came out of the Golden Age Read More
Link: Lance Hale, or It’s Hard to Become a Jungle Lord
Lance Hale (originally by John Hampton) begins his career in Silver Streak Comics #2 (January 1940). In the jungle, the tall redhead is captured by Read More