Jack Williamson’s “The Alien Intelligence”
If you missed the last one… Our Strange Adventures series continues with Edmond Hamilton’s good buddy, Jack Williamson. Jack would pen several fantastic adventure novels, Read More
Category: Science fiction
Edmond Hamilton’s The Lake of Life
This post is brought to you by Strange Adventures, a collection of world-spanning Horror-Adventure tales coming out in early 2025. Like Edmond Hamilton, I enjoy Read More
The Day of the Dragon
Science Fiction and Fantasy has always been on a seesaw. At one time it is considered to be worthy of the word “literature” and then Read More
Captain Dexter Ames in Planet Comics
Planet Comics was a sister publication to Fiction House’s quarterly Pulp, Planet Stories. It began in January 1940 and ran for seventy-eight issues, ending in Read More
The Incredible Shrinking Pulps
The Pulp era played with many older ideas from Science Fiction’s earliest days. The concept of shrinking so small to pass into other worlds was Read More
Space Heroes of the Golden Age
The Space hero began in the Pulps with characters like Hawk Carse and John Hanson but were quickly adopted into the newspapers with the advent Read More
Space Opera: A Ramble
Brian Aldiss once said in an anthology called Space Opera (1974): “Science fiction is for real. Space Opera is for fun. Generally.” And for the Read More
Arthur J. Burks Part 10: 1936
If you missed the last one… Another 5.5 stories a month. Arthur J. Burks was one of the “million-word-a-year” men and this consistent production Read More
Some Odd Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery Comics III
If you missed the last one… I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but I always let out a girlish cry of delight when I stumble Read More
Arthur J. Burks – Part 8: 1934
If you missed the last one … 1934 saw Arthur J. Burks get to work, writing about 4.5 stories a month. The majority of these Read More