The Masters of Fantasy by Neil Austin
“The Masters of Fantasy” by Neil Austin was a biography feature that ran in Famous Fantastic Mysteries from August 1947 to April 1950. In all, Read More
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Some Odd Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery Comics
If you missed the last one… Here are some odd Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery comics you might have missed. All the big companies (Marvel, Read More
Henry Hasse Part 2: 1950s and Beyond
If you missed the first part… The second half of Hasse’s career showed moments of production followed by large gaps. He wrote his only novel Read More
The Other Other Mr. Wells: Basil Wells
Basil Eugene Wells (1912-2003) was a hobbyist SF writer, working at a zipper factory in Pennsylvania for thirty years as well as farming. He wrote Read More
John W. Jakes – Part 1: The Pulp Years
John William Jakes made publishing history in 1974 with the Kent Family Chronicles. He created a whole new publishing category. What he had done that Read More
Charles Beaumont, Artist!
Like Damon Knight, Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) began his career in the fantastic as an artist. Of course, he wasn’t known as Beaumont yet but by Read More
The Strangest Science Fiction Titles
Science Fiction has an advantage when it comes to titles. You can make them as crazy as you like and editors probably won’t complain. Despite Read More
The Early Asimov or Eleven Years of Trying
The Early Asimov or Eleven Years of Trying (1972) is my second favorite Isaac Asimov collection. The first is Before The Golden Age (1974), an Read More
The Magazines of Sword & Sorcery
Sword & Sorcery is published in many places but the magazines listed here, though not always big publications, were important to the sub-genre. Many of Read More