The Islands of Hugo Gernsback
The Islands of Hugo Gernsback takes us in a slightly different direction than our last trip. Last time it was Weird Tales and terror tales. Read More
Tag: Edmond Hamilton
Golden Age Islands of Terror!
Golden Age Islands of Terror! Not your vacationing hotspot but a physical cage for bad things to happen in. Islands offer the Horror/Suspense writer a Read More
The Leopard Men in the Comics
Tarzan and the Leopard Men might not have been Edgar Rice Burroughs’ best Tarzan novel. In fact, it might have been his worst. Richard A. Read More
The Beast Plants: Monstrous Adventures
The Beasts Plants always appear in monstrous adventures. It is part of the formula from the beginning. And it makes sense. Giant, man-eating plants don’t Read More
The Meteoric Carl Selwyn
The Meteoric Carl Selwyn was a space opera writer who specialized in Science Fiction. This adjective is apt since he went from unknown to one Read More
More Silver Age Plant Monsters
If you missed the last one… More Silver Age Plant Monsters, because they just never seem to run out! Here’s a baker’s dozen more botanical Read More
Nat Schachner & Arthur Leo Zagat: Starting Out Together
Nat Schachner & Arthur Leo Zagat were a writing duo that got their start in the Gernsback magazines. How they met and began writing together Read More
Startling Stories and A. Merritt
If you missed the last one… Startling Stories and A. Merritt had a similar relationship as did the Ray A. Palmer Pulps. Since Startling published Read More
Fantastic Adventures and A. Merritt
A. Merritt inspired a sub-genre of Science Fantasy we might call “Fantastic Adventures”. His placing of his novels like The Face in the Abyss and Read More
The Vampire Master and Other Tales of Horror
The Vampire Master and Other Tales of Horror (2000) was Edmond Hamilton’s seventh collection. Like his first, it was intended to present Hamilton as horror Read More