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
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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 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
Festus Pragnell: British Enthusiast
Festus Pragnell (1905-1977) was a retired English policeman from South Hampton who wrote when unemployment gave him time to ponder ideas. What we would call Read More
Invisibility in the Pulps: 1931-1932
If you missed the last one… Invisibility has become a familiar idea to the Pulps by 1931. It appears with some explanation (usually involving atoms) Read More
The Robots of Strange Adventures
If you missed the last one… Strange Adventures was a DC Science Fiction anthology comic that ran from August-September 1950 to October-November 1973 and two Read More
Slave Ships From Space
If you missed the last one… The Science Fiction Pulps loved the idea of space slavery. Space pirates and other villains could steal your ship Read More
Space Operas You Might Have Missed I
We often think of Space Opera as a clunky old-fashioned style of space adventure from “Before the Golden Age”, so the 1930s. Its roots can Read More
Space Opera from the Big Four: The World With a Thousand Moons
If you missed the last one…. Last time we looked at an unusual tale from Henry Kuttner who didn’t write many space operas. This time Read More