Pulps & Movies & Comics, Oh My!
Pulp magazines and movies were big at the same time making the crossover a logical idea. The consumer in the 1930s and 40s had a Read More
Pulp magazines and movies were big at the same time making the crossover a logical idea. The consumer in the 1930s and 40s had a Read More
Fred Saberhagen’s Berserkers began in obscurity. But their irrepressible power could not be denied. They were survivors of aeons. They would even out-live the magazine Read More
If you miss Part 1… I’m going to do a lot of moppy whingeing here so if you don’t feel like it, I understand. Old Read More
Let’s be honest. Most Science Fiction comics don’t rise above the level of the rickety Space Opera. Planet Comics was an old comic that tried Read More
The word “robot” came to us from the 1920 play “R. U. R.” by Karl Capek. Capek’s robots are actually androids who rebel against their Read More
In January 1930, Science Fiction pulps changed forever. At the time, no one would have paid much attention to Astounding Stories of Super-Science, or as Read More
Hollywood is searching for icebergs. I don’t mean a pointless sequel to Titanic, but story ideas that have a long, unseen history behind them. I Read More
I was recently ruminating with my cousin about how our kids, now all in their twenties, don’t want the legacies we have gathered. Legacies? Millions Read More
It made sense when Science Fiction went to the stars that the brave men and women who plumbed the depths of space would need weapons Read More
Jack Williamson wrote The Legion of Space for F. Orlin Tremaine’s Astounding Stories, April-August 1934. In that novel a group of brave Earthmen face off Read More