Link: Wait Here While I Describe the Eldritch Horror: Weird Tales Radio?
You learn the strangest things when you read “The Eyrie,” the old letter column in Weird Tales. Like that a boyish Julius Schwartz was a Read More
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Alien Space Bats!
I recently heard that ASB is a neologism used by writers of Alternate History Science Fiction. The term refers to an implausible idea based on Read More
V. E. Thiessen & the Leigh Brackett Mystery
In the Winter 1948 issue of Planet Stories, Leigh Brackett published one of her more famous space opera stories, “The Beast-Jewel of Mars”. The tale Read More
Edmond Hamilton Comics: 1950
1950 saw Edmond Hamilton settle into his regular schedule of writing comics. Each month he would produce several scripts for different DC titles, jumping from Read More
Leigh Brackett, Queen of Space
Leigh Brackett was one quarter of Space Opera’s Big Four (Edmond Hamilton, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore. These four were actually two married couples who Read More
Edmond Hamilton Comics: 1940s
Edmond Hamilton was a comic book writer in the 1940s to 1960s. He wasn’t alone. Julius Schwartz, Mort Weisinger, Otto Binder, Alfred Bester, Henry Kuttner, Read More
The Plant Monsters of Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Hamilton was one of the great originators of Science Fiction. What he did not create himself, he used in new ways. He gave us Read More
Five Things I Like About Fantastic Story Quarterly
Fantastic Story Quarterly, then Fantastic Story Magazine, was published by Best Books Inc. from the Winter of 1950 to the Spring of 1955. It is Read More
Going to the Dogs – Two Beginnings
It’s not often you get to see how a writer begins his or her career. The exception is in wonderful books like The Early Del Read More
Robot Pulp History in 24 Covers
The first Pulp magazine to offer robot stories was not a purely Science Fiction mag but Weird Tales, which featured the first robotic brain, giant Read More