Astro-Adventures: A Blaster from the Past
The 1980s saw the pinnacle of small press magazines that began back in the 1930s as fanzines and improved over the decades as copying technology Read More
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American Heroic Fantasy Graphic Novels
The term “Graphic Novel’ was coined in November 1964 by Richard Kyle in the pages of the fanzine, Alpha-Cappa. It started to get more traction Read More
Just Add Monsters: Conan Rewrites
L. Sprague de Camp found himself in the position of editor and collaborator on the Conan series after 1951, when he read Conan the Conqueror. Read More
Link: Hawk Carse
The author of “Hawk Carse” was one of the Age of Wonder’s great mysteries. Who was Anthony Gilmore? The answer turned out to be Harry Read More
Sword & Sorcery Favorites You Might Have Missed III
This go-round we are going to focus on old stuff. The range is 1929 to 1970. As always you might look at my selection and Read More
Everything Old Is New Again
It shouldn’t surprise me but it always does. You write what you think is a new idea into a story only to find out someone Read More
British Fantasy Comics (1955-1984)
We are going to take some liberties on this one. Many of the comics I will mention here were more historical than Fantasy but appeal Read More
Raymond Z. Gallun, Science Fiction Innovator – Part 2
Part 1 if you missed it. After the 1930s, Raymond Z. Gallun moved away from John W. Campbell and Astounding, only occasionally appearing there. Instead Read More
Three Sword & Sorcery Novels You May Have Missed
The Fallible Fiend by L. Sprague de Camp (1973) originally appeared in Fantastic (December 1972 and February 1973). It is the first of the Novaria 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