The Incredible Shrinking Pulps
The Pulp era played with many older ideas from Science Fiction’s earliest days. The concept of shrinking so small to pass into other worlds was Read More
Tag: Ray Cummings
The Strangest Northerns: Frozen in Fear!
If you missed the last one… The strange Northern often features something from the past frozen in ice to be released on unsuspecting people. The Read More
Invisibility in the Pulps: 1930
If you missed the last one… The 1930s saw invisibility become one of the major themes in Science Fiction Pulps. The last post covered an 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
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1924-1925
If you missed the last one… 1924-1925 proved a good two years if you liked novel serials with four by Edgar Rice Burroughs, two by Read More
Space Pirates!
If you missed the last one…. Space pirates are a given in any system where goods are transported between planets. Like the buccaneers of old, Read More
Winged Humans
If you missed the last one… The idea that people will encounter aliens out in space that have wings is an obvious Christian-based concept. In Read More
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
The Robots of Space Adventures
The robots of Space Adventures appeared in three ages of comics. Charlton began the comic in July 1952 (to compete with DC’s Strange Adventures) with Read More
Welcome to the Human Zoo
If you missed the last one… Welcome to the Human Zoo! This old SF idea has been bugging me for a while. How old is Read More