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
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Link: A Bike on the Moon: The Science Fiction of Mickey Spillane
There was one job in comics that was lower than the guy who cleaned the ink pens. That poor fool was the one who had Read More
The Fiction of A. Merritt: The Moon Pool
Abraham Merritt was not a full-time pulp-slinger like many of the greats. He wrote in the early days of the Pulps, like Edgar Rice Burroughs, Read More
A Literary History of the Werewolf
The werewolf of the last 100 years is largely the product of Hollywood. The first big werewolf film was The Werewolf Of London (1935) starring Read More
The Strange Moon Saga of Edgar Rice Burroughs by D. K. Latta
American writer, Edgar Rice Burroughs, was a prolific creator of pulp and adventure stories. Burroughs wrote — as he himself would admit — for the Read More
More Than Just Silver Underwear: The History of Space Opera
The term “Space Opera”, used to define a certain branch of Science Fiction, was coined by Wilson Tucker in 1941. It was not meant to Read More
The Legacy of the Tripods
H. G. Wells changed Science Fiction forever when he gave readers the first invasion of Earth by an alien race. (Along with this idea, he Read More
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
The Early Jack Williamson: 1928-1933
Jack Williamson might be the longest working Pulp SF writer in history, writing from 1928 (“The Metal Man”, Amazing Stories, December 1928) to The Stonehenge Read More
Hugo’s Monsters: Creatures from Wonder Stories
Jack Williamson’s fascinating tale from February 1932, “The Moon Era” got me wondering about what other monsters Hugo had published in Wonder Stories. Surely there Read More