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
Category: Space Opera
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
Link: Moon Laughs: Comedians in Space
Comedians in the ’40s and ’50s had comic books. They were good publicity, plus you didn’t have to do any of the work. Other people Read More
Link: Close to the Edge: Albums For Science Fiction Fans
I think the first sign that you’re “getting old” is you start wishing everything was the way it “used to be.” In most things, I Read More
Link: Scott Rand in the Worlds of Time
Comics in the late 1930s and early 1940s were a mixed bag. Having spectacular names, promising great entertainment inside, they were generally collections of stock Read More
Link: The Hundred Year Test
Can you name one sports record from 1917? Football, baseball, hockey, anything? And to make it harder, a record that stands to this day? I Read More
Link: The Call From Beyond: H. P. Lovecraft and Clifford D. Simak
HP Lovecraft shows up in the darnedest places. His influence is obvious in Weird Tales, but outside that magazine you had to look harder in Read More
Hal K(ertan) Wells, Science Fiction Dabbler
Hal Kertan Wells (1899-1979) was a Pulpster who wrote largely for the Mystery and Shudder Pulp magazines along with Detective, Western and Sports stories. (He Read More
The Scale of the Fantastic
The following is presented partly as an explanation of what I see as valid material for this blog. Do you think of Sherlock Holmes as Read More