Fantastic Jungle Adventures
East of Suez, some hold, the direct control of Providence ceases; Man being there handed over to the power of the Gods and Devils of Read More
Tag: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Link: The Radio Man: Questions & Answers
Edgar Rice Burroughs was a master of the jungle and interplanetary adventure. It is only natural he should have imitators. The most famous (or perhaps Read More
The Evolved Man of the Early Pulps
Science Fiction fans laugh (along with everybody else) when they watch Pinky and the Brain. But SF fans laugh just a little louder. The story Read More
The Land Unknown (1957)
The Land Unknown Trailer Director: Virgil W. VogelCast: Jock Mahoney and Shirley PattersonShawn SmithWilliam ReynoldsHenry BrandonDouglas KennedyPhil Harvey An expedition to the Antarctic discovers a Read More
Link: The Top of the World: The Fiction of Ian Cameron
A bad movie can scar the reputation of a good book for many years. One such is The Lost Ones (1960), better known as Island Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Fawcett Style II
“Mary Marvel’s Rescue at the North Pole” (Mary Marvel #5, September 1946) saw two brothers work together on this strange tale of the North Pole. Read More
Link: Skull the Slayer: Polemic or Pulp?
1975 saw two things happen almost simultaneously. Marv Wolfman came to Marvel comics and he created Skull the Slayer. Who? Yes, Skull was not the Read More
A Sax Rohmer Gallery
Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) (1883-1959) was as flamboyant a portrayal of an author as you could hope to find. A man of mystery, Read More
The Pellucidarian Dinosaur & Other Forms of Transport
In the last segment on riding beasts we focused largely on Barsoom and Amtor, or Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars and Venus, and similar types of Read More
Link: Tarzan, Jungle Detective
Tarzan of the Apes has had a long literary life. Originally published in 1914 in Tarzan of the Apes, the jungle lord was featured in Read More