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
Tag: Virgil Finlay
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1922-1923
If you missed 1921… 1922 saw a tapering off of fantastic material. 1921 had offered thirty pieces while both 1922 and 1923 only just under Read More
Fantasy in the Argosy: 1921
If you missed the last one… 1921 began with the same pattern as the previous year, with small stories getting illustrations while the big ones Read More
The Exiles of Space
In previous posts we looked at Derelicts and Castaways in Space, so why not the very popular Exiles of Space? The idea of being sent Read More
The Tomb From Beyond – Lovecraftian Legacy I
“The Tomb From Beyond” by Carl Jacobi is that unusual item, a weird tale in a Science Fiction magazine. Hugo Gernsback published it in Wonder Read More
Carl Jacobi, Master of the Weird Tale – Part 1
Carl Jacobi (1908-1997) has been called a Weird Tales also-ran but that is to miss so much about this fascinating writer. He was very much Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1920
The Fantastic in the Argosy in the 1920s makes sense after looking at Argosy in the 1930s. If you missed the 1930s, go here. No Read More
Adventures Underground
Adventures Underground! What an amazing place to tell a story. Jules Verne chose it well when he wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth Read More
Druidic Magic in the Pulps
There are exceptions to the villain rule, of course. Bran Mak Morn, the Robert E. Howard character, is not afraid of Gonar’s magic. In “The Read More
Plant Monsters of the 1940s
If you missed the last one… The 1940s saw a variety of Science Fiction and Horror magazines use plants in different ways. Sometimes they were Read More