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
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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
Plant Monsters of the 1930s: Odds & Ends
If you missed Plant Monsters of Amazing Stories…. For our last post on the Plant Monsters of the 1930s, we offer a potpourri of various Read More
The Aliens of Penton & Blake
John W. Campbell gave us the aliens of Penton & Blake in a series of five stories. Campbell, who was the star of super-science fiction, Read More
The Islands of Hugo Gernsback
The Islands of Hugo Gernsback takes us in a slightly different direction than our last trip. Last time it was Weird Tales and terror tales. Read More
Sword & Sorcery Superheroes II: Hulk vs. Kronak
Hulk vs. Kronak! “The Sword and the Sorcerer” is not a 1980s film but another episode of Sword & Sorcery superheroes from Marvel. The Incredible Read More
Lost Worlds of the Pulps
The lost worlds of the Pulps began almost immediately after a certain book. The Lost World (1912) by Arthur Conan Doyle, oddly, signaled the end 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
Asimov’s Golden Age
It is usually difficult to point to one book and say definitively, “That book changed me.” It is usually a gradual process with many books Read More