Captain Meek & Doctor Bird
Part Sherlock Holmes, part Professor Challenger, Doctor Bird faced sixteen encounters with the strange and fantastic and inspired such characters as Doc Savage. Captain Sterner Read More
Category: Pulp Magazines
Science Fiction as Social Commentary
Despite its far flung settings and futuristic subjects, the best SF still has ties to the here and now The very best science fiction, whether Read More
Cave Men (and Women) & Dinosaurs
By M.D. Jackson and G. W. Thomas Researchers have discovered a brand new species of human ancestor buried deep inside a South African cave system. Read More
Helping Out a Friend: The Science Fiction of Tom Curry
Tom Curry (1900-1976) has won his place in the Pulps as a Western writer, the main author of the Rio Kid Magazine stories as well Read More
Big Brain Aliens
Aliens have big heads. Big heads mean big brains. Makes sense, right? Or does it? With the increase in understanding of our ancestral roots, we Read More
Ithaqua: The Wendigo and the Walker on the Winds
August Derleth has been praised or reviled as an editor and posthumous collaborator of H. P. Lovecraft but I think Mythos fans often forget he Read More
Etheridge & Peters: Supernatural Policemen
Thorp McClusky (1906-1975) was of that breed of Weird Tales writer who gained a small audience during the time of the magazine’s publication, but fell Read More
Bolos: Relics of War
Keith Laumer (1925-1993) holds an unusual place in the history of Science Fiction. During his life he never received the laurels that he deserved, never Read More
The Fane Brothers Mysteries by John Creasey
If you’re a John Creasey fan, you will know the names: Baron, Toff, West and Palfrey, along with Department Z. What I didn’t know was Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 1: The Baboon-Demon of Stygia
Right from the first Conan story, “The Phoenix on the Sword” (Weird Tales, December 1932) Howard populates his Fantasy world with evil creatures drawn from Read More