Henry Kuttner Part 6: 1950-1958
If you missed last time…. The final phase of Henry Kuttner’s career saw some big changes. A final “Lewis Padgett” tale for Astounding in 1953 Read More
Tag: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Two Heroic Fantasy Classics: Poul Anderson
Fantasy in the 1950s Poul Anderson wrote two classic Fantasy novels pretty much one after the other. Three Hearts and Three Lions appeared in F&SF, Read More
John W. Jakes – Part 1: The Pulp Years
John William Jakes made publishing history in 1974 with the Kent Family Chronicles. He created a whole new publishing category. What he had done that Read More
The Cappen Varra Stories of Poul Anderson
The Cappen Varra Stories of Poul Anderson had a lengthy career spanning forty-four years. (Only Fritz Leiber’s two rogues, Fafhrd & Grey Mouser, have had Read More
Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed VIII
Sword & Sorcery Stories You May Have Missed VIII…hm. I’ve been reviewing Sword & Sorcery tales for a while now. And I am always surprised Read More
Steffan B. Aletti in the Lowdnes Magazines
Steffan B. Aletti in the Lowdnes magazines of the late 1960s is a good example of the renewed interest in H. P. Lovecraft and the Read More
Magic Versus Science: Campbellian Fantasy After 1943
Unknown Worlds of Science Fantasy Unknown Worlds was an important magazine for Fantasy fiction. Before its run between 1939 and 1943, the fantastic genre was Read More
Manly Wade Wellman Part 5 (1960-1979)
If you missed Part 4 and the other sections, check them out. They have been expanded with new letters, links and information. Manly Wade Wellman Read More
Sword & Sorcery Break & Enter
There is a small group of Sword & Sorcery tales that involve a hero in a break & enter into a wizard’s domicile. This is Read More
The Terror Garden: The Growing Terror
The Terror Garden has looked at plant monsters in past posts. Today it is “The Growing Terror” from Suspense #19 (June 1952). (And as I Read More