Paul Dallas: Fifties’ Flame
Paul Dallas (1921-1984) was a radio broadcaster from the UK who moved to America and wrote Science Fiction for three brief years. All of his Read More
Tag: Howard Browne
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
Lost Worlds of the Pulps
The lost worlds of the Pulps began almost immediately after a certain book. The Lost World (1912) by Arthur Conan Doyle, oddly, signaled the end Read More
Howard Browne’s Tharn
The Tharn novels were but a moment in the career of Howard Browne. Browne (April 15, 1908 – October 28, 1999) began as a writer Read More
Alexander Blade: Invisible Author
Alexander Blade! The name explodes with excitement. Now imagine a writer who has produced stories for decades, appeared in different magazines, even different kinds of Read More
Kings of the Sci-Fi Pseudonyms
In Science Fiction, it was quite acceptable to write prolifically and sell stories under a number of nom de plums. This was a practical necessity Read More
Astro-Adventures: A Blaster from the Past
The 1980s saw the pinnacle of small press magazines that began back in the 1930s as fanzines and improved over the decades as copying technology Read More
Toka the Jungle King or How to Edgar Rice Burroughs
Ray A. Palmer, editor of Fantastic Adventures, was always on the look-out for a good Edgar Rice Burroughs clone. He published the actual ERB in Read More
The Veiled Woman or Let Me Spillane it to Yah!
In a previous article I talked about how Robert Leslie Bellem had attempted to blend Science Fiction with a murder mystery before Isaac Asimov. In Read More