Space Invaders!
If you missed the last one… We all remember the video game Space Invaders if you are over fifty. But you’d need to be a Read More
Tag: Raymond Z. Gallun
Knight’s Science Fiction of the Thirties
A list of 1930s Science Fiction Anthologies is a pretty short. Zero. Nada. Zip. The first real SF anthology was Raymond J. Healy and J. Read More
Hugo’s Monsters: Creatures from Wonder Stories
Jack Williamson’s fascinating tale from February 1932, “The Moon Era” got me wondering about what other monsters Hugo had published in Wonder Stories. Surely there Read More
The Derelicts of Space
If you missed the last one…Castaways of Space… Derelicts of Space is one of my favorite themes in Science Fiction. Those abandoned old ships could Read More
Hugo Gernsback’s Plant Monsters
If you missed Plant Monsters in Weird Tales (now expanded) go here… Hugo Gernsback’s Plant Monsters begin even before Science Fiction had a name. He Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1931
If you missed 1930…. Argosy in the 1930s had no problem with Science Fiction or Horror or more often “fake” Horror, where the truth proves Read More
The Sea Stories of Frank Belknap Long
The Sea Stories of Frank Belknap Long form a short phase at the beginning of his career when he wrote largely for Weird Tales. FBL Read More
Plant Monsters of the Golden Age: Space Terrors
If you missed the last one…. Science Fictional Horror tales have their own small niche in the larger spectrum of speculative fiction. It sadly has Read More
The Devilman of the Deep
“The Devilman of the Deep” was an eight-part serial in the British story paper, Scoops. Some historians consider Scoops to be the first all-Science Fiction Read More
Before Star Trek There Was Pulp!
Before Star Trek there was Pulp! Here are three dozen different ideas seen on Star Trek the original series, Star Trek The Next Generation and Read More