Invisibility in the Pulps: 1931-1932
If you missed the last one… Invisibility has become a familiar idea to the Pulps by 1931. It appears with some explanation (usually involving atoms) Read More
Tag: Harl Vincent
Invisibility in the Pulps: 1920s
The original idea of something or someone being unseeable, usually because of a scientific discovery or a rare color in nature, dates back before H. Read More
The Lost Cities of Mars
If you missed the last one… I am currently reading Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars (1973). It features Ilionis, “…the long-lost and extremely Read More
Home is the Hunter
If you missed the last one… As Robert Louis Stevenson said in “Requiem”… “Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from Read More
Condemned to the Prison Planet!
If you missed the last one… Condemned to the Prison Planet! Those words send a chill down anyone’s spine. Whether it is Chateau D’if, Rura Read More
Adventures Underground
Adventures Underground! What an amazing place to tell a story. Jules Verne chose it well when he wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth Read More
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
The Plant Monsters of Astounding
If you missed the Plant Monsters of Hugo Gernsback, go here… The Plant Monsters of Astounding continues our look at 1930s Science Fiction. Weird Tales Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1931
If you missed 1930…. Argosy in the 1930s had no problem with Science Fiction or Horror or more often “fake” Horror, where the truth proves Read More
The Prowler of the Wastelands: Vincent and Van Vogt
“The Prowler of the Wastelands” by Harl Vincent shows a tenuous link between its author, Harl Vincent and the later work of A. E. van Read More