Moon Maids
Exploration and adventures on our Moon have been around for a while but there is a special place for beautiful women who come from that Read More
Tag: Otis Adelbert Kline
Sloane’s Second-Hand Robots
If you missed the last one… Thomas O’Conor Sloane (1851-1940) was seventy-seven years old when he assumed the helm of Amazing Stories. His son, John, Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1928-1929
If you missed the last one… 1928 and 1929 show a real improvement over the previous years for serials. This is largely in part to Read More
Weird Tales Day
Yesterday was Weird Tales Day. The one hundredth anniversary of the first issue of Weird Tales hitting the newsstands. The first Pulp magazine dedicated to Read More
Snake Gods & Were-Serpents II
Last year I wrote about “Snake Gods and Were-Serpents” with stories like Frank Belknap Long’s “The Were-Snake” and A. Merritt’s “The Snake Mother”. Turns out 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
Top Ten Most Prolific Authors in Weird Tales
The most prolific authors in Weird Tales are names you know. You don’t appear a hundred times and not get noticed. Still, the question remains, Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1935-1936
If you missed the last one… 1935 marks a change in the roster of authors. Familiar names like Otis Adelbert Kline, Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster, Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1933
If you missed 1932… 1933 promised some good novels (not as good as 1932) with plenty of sequels. For the Pulp writer, getting a successful Read More