Plant Monsters of the 1950s
If you missed the 1940s… With the Plant Monsters of the 1950s we see the last of the Pulps and the transition to digest-sized SF. Read More
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The Plant Monsters of Amazing Stories: 1929-1939
If you missed the Plant Monsters of Astounding… The Plant Monsters of Amazing Stories (from 1929-1939) give us the story of two editors: T. O’Conor Read More
Magic Versus Science: Campbellian Fantasy After 1943
Unknown Worlds of Science Fantasy Unknown Worlds was an important magazine for Fantasy fiction. Before its run between 1939 and 1943, the fantastic genre was Read More
Vikings on a Rampage!
Vikings on a rampage always means fun. The idea of a barbarian warrior suddenly showing up in a shopping mall or on the White House Read More
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949)
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949) was an SF anthology by Leo Marguiles and Oscar J. Friend. The way the editors open the book it Read More
The Ballantine Fantasy Series by Per. J. Okerstrom
Late in the summer of 1968 the publishing team of Betty and Ian Ballantine recognized that the success of their edition of J. R. R. Read More
The Abduction of Henry Twigg: A Portal Fantasy
Strange Worlds #8 (August 1952) featured a Joe Kubert drawn comic called “The Abduction of Henry Twigg”. Unfortunately the writer is not known though it 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
Link: Dreamer’s World: A Tribute to Normal Bean
Edmond Hamilton wrote seventy-nine stories for Weird Tales and amongst them are several classics including “Thundering Worlds,” “Day of Judgment,” and “He That Hath Wings” Read More
Wan Tengri in Conan the Barbarian
Flame Winds was a Sword & Sorcery novel written by Norvell W. Page back in the Pulp days of John W. Campbell. It appeared in Read More