“Bumheads!” Big Brain Aliens: A Gallery
M. D. Jackson wrote about big-brained aliens awhile back but I thought it would be fun to look at some of those covers that gave Read More
Tag: Amazing Stories
Jules Verne in Amazing Stories
On the backs of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, the two giants of Science Fiction, Hugo Gernsback built Amazing Stories. These two pioneers of Read More
The Sons of Edgar Rice Burroughs
The sons of Edgar Rice Burroughs must have felt some inkling of pressure from the public to continue in their father’s footsteps. Successful children of Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Walter Kateley Style
Walter Kateley was an early Science Fiction writer who got his start with Hugo Gernsback’s Amazing Stories, then moved onto his Wonder Stories while still Read More
The Trial of Robot A-1
1939 saw the trial of two robots: first, Adam Link and then Robot A-1. It was a strange time for jurisprudence. Mechanical men were filling Read More
The Return of Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback’s Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances in Read More
Introducing…For the First Time…Robots
We take robots for granted. Watching any Science Fiction show or movie, robots appear and we assume all kinds of things. Science Fiction is a Read More
Giants of Science Fiction
Giants of Science Fiction can mean either the greats who wrote SF, or as in this case, the giants that appear in Science Fiction tales. Read More
Mythos Sites: Nan-Matol
Nan Matol is special to the Cthulhu Mythos. This ruined city in the Western Pacific, resting on the largest of the Caroline Islands, is a Read More
Dinosaurs in the Pulps
Dinosaurs belong to the Pulps. If you’re like me you grew up with dinosaurs. Any show, any cartoon, any comic, any book with a dino Read More