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
Tag: John Christopher
Ice Planets
If you missed the last one… Ice Planets are part of the Space Opera landscape. Whether your first one was Star Trek‘s Sarpeidon (1969), Star Read More
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
Michael C. Norton’s The Blizzard
Michael C. Norton’s The Blizzard (1988) is the first in what will be a long summer of 1980s Horror novels. The people to blame are Read More
When the Tripods Came
The prequel to John Christopher’s Tripods trilogy, When the Tripods Came (1988) was a nice addition to a series that all ready has a classic Read More
The Furies & Other Killer Bees
Sometimes cover art haunts me. The image of a large wasp attacking a human stayed with me for decades even though I never had a Read More