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Tag: Amazing Stories

  • THE MEN AND THE MIRROR (1973) by Ross Rocklynne

    This time out, we have a single author collection of short fiction by SF Pulps stalwart, Ross Rocklynne (real name Ross Louis Rocklin, February 21, 1913 – October 29, 1988). Rocklynne was very active in the SF magazines from the early-1930s up until the mid-1950s, when he disappeared off the scene for more than a…

  • THE RED PERI (1952) by Stanley G. Weinbaum

    [L]ast time out, I had a look at one of the oldest and most valuable SF books in my collection, the original 1949 Fantasy Press US 1st Edition hardcover of A Martian Odyssey and Others, which contained a dozen of the best pieces of short fiction written by classic 1930\’s SF author Stanley G. Weinbaum.…

  • THE RED PERI (1952) by Stanley G. Weinbaum

    Last time out, I had a look at one of the oldest and most valuable SF books in my collection, the original 1949 Fantasy Press US 1st Edition hardcover of A Martian Odyssey and Others, which contained a dozen of the best pieces of short fiction written by classic 1930\’s SF author Stanley G. Weinbaum.…

  • BUG-EYED MONSTERS edited by Anthony Cheetham

    [T]his is a nice little anthology, containing ten stories (more accurately NINE stories and one radio play adaptation) spanning thirty years 1938-1968. It is edited by Anthony Cheetham, with whom I am totally unfamiliar. TITLE: BUG-EYED MONSTERS EDITED BY: Anthony Cheetham CATEGORY: Short Fiction SUB-CATEGORY: Anthology FORMAT: Hardback, 280 pages PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson, London,…

  • Remembering Frederik Pohl (1919-2013)

    Back in June, this blog marked the first anniversary of the sad and untimely death of one of my favourite SF authors, Iain M. Banks, who we lost to cancer last year at the age of only 59. This month marks the first anniversary of the death of yet another of my favourite SF authors,…

  • Remembering Frederik Pohl (1919-2013)

    Back in June, this blog marked the first anniversary of the sad and untimely death of one of my favourite SF authors, Iain M. Banks, who we lost to cancer last year at the age of only 59. This month marks the first anniversary of the death of yet another of my favourite SF authors,…

  • THE GREAT SF STORIES VOL. 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg

    TITLE: ISAAC ASIMOV PRESENTS THE GREAT SF STORIES VOL. 1 (1939) EDITED BY: Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg CATEGORY: Anthology SUB-CATEGORY: Short Fiction FORMAT: Paperback, 432 pages PUBLISHER: DAW Books, New York, 1st Printing, March 1979. Those are the various general details, and here\’s a listing of the contents: Introduction by Isaac Asimov \”I,…

  • PLANETS OF WONDER edited by Terry Carr

    TITLE: PLANETS OF WONDER – A TREASURY OF SPACE OPERA EDITED BY: Terry Carr CATEGORY: Short Fiction SUB-CATEGORY: Anthology PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, 1976 FORMAT: Hardback, 1st Edition, 189 pages, ISBN: 0-8407-6526-6 CONTENTS: Introduction by Terry Carr \”Dust of Gods\” by C. L. Moore (Weird Tales, August 1934) \”We Guard the Black Planet!\”…

  • Comics and Sci-Fi: A Marriage Made in Heaven

    One day a guy who works at the local comics shop (hi Chris!) made a comment that left me completely dumbfounded. He stated that he didn\’t like SF. He didn\’t like to read it, or to watch it, either on TV or at the movies. After I\’d picked my jaw up from the floor, I…