D. D. Sharp: One Hit-Wonder?
Drury Dubose Sharp (1886-1960) is remembered for one story “The Eternal Man”, his second he sold. It appeared in Science Wonder Stories, August 1929. He Read More
Tag: Hugo Gernsback
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
The Strangest Northerns: The Menace of Mastodon Valley
“The Menace of Mastodon Valley” by Kenneth Gilbert (1889-1973) is one of the strangest Northerns I have ever read. Gilbert is best remembered as a Read More
George B. Beattie: A Brief Glimpse
George B. Beattie was an English writer of Science Fiction. He produced only four stories for Hugo Gernsback. We know very little about GBB, though Read More
Abner J. Gelula: Scientifictionist
Abner J. Gelula (1906-1985) was one of the early scientific hobbyists who wrote occasional “Scientifiction” stories. According to his “Meet the Author” he was based 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
Giant and Killer Insects in the Pulps
Giant and killer insects have long been part of Science Fiction. Giant and deadly insects go back to the Science Fiction’s king of monsters, H. Read More
S. P. Meek: Science Fiction Adventure Writer
Captain S. P. Meek (1894-1972), if you were to look him up on Google, would most likely come up as the author of Jerry, the Read More
Jules Verne in Amazing Stories
On the backs of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, the two giants of Science Fiction, Hugo Gernsback built Amazing Stories. These two pioneers of Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Walter Kateley Style
Walter Kateley was an early Science Fiction writer who got his start with Hugo Gernsback’s Amazing Stories, then moved onto his Wonder Stories while still Read More