Arthur J. Burks – Part 8: 1934
If you missed the last one … 1934 saw Arthur J. Burks get to work, writing about 4.5 stories a month. The majority of these Read More
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Festus Pragnell: British Enthusiast
Festus Pragnell (1905-1977) was a retired English policeman from South Hampton who wrote when unemployment gave him time to ponder ideas. What we would call Read More
Giant Insects in the Comics: Bees
The idea of gigantic bugs including bees began with H. G. Wells’s The Food of the Gods (Pearson’s Magazine, December 1903-June 1904). Wells applied it Read More
Henry Hasse Part 1: 1930-1940s
Henry Louis Hasse (1913-1977) began in Science Fiction fandom, writing letters to his favorite magazines: Wonder Stories, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales and Astounding Stories. His Read More
Henry Kuttner’s Fan Letters to Weird Tales
Henry Kuttner wrote fan letters to Weird Tales for eight years before he transitioned from fan to professional. Kuttner would sell his first story to Read More
The Early Eando Binder
Eando Binder was a great Science Fiction pseudonym, being odd and perhaps just a little futuristic. The truth is it simply meant E. and O. Read More
Stanley G. Weinbaum: Science Fiction Superstar
Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902-1935) was the first superstar of Science Fiction. His debut story, “A Martian Odyssey”, appeared in Hugo Gernsback’s Wonder Stories in July Read More
Frank Belknap Long – Part One: 1920-1939
Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994) had a career that spanned seven decades. He began in the pages of Weird Tales, and was actually H. P. Lovecraft’s Read More
Fantasy Fiction: An Oasis of the Fifties
Fantasy Fiction was a Pulp magazine that ran for only four issues from March to November 1953. It was produced by Future Publications, the publisher Read More
The Author With a Thousand Heads: Round-Robins
Doc Savage had an adventure called The Thousand Headed Man in 1934. The Thousand Headed Man guards a lost city in the jungle. This piece Read More