Wonder Histories, August 1929: Masterminds of the Air
Air Wonder Stories’ second issue features another round-up of aviation news and now includes a review column
Wonder Histories, August 1929: Pools of Strange Science
“He had said that if her husband really loved her, he would see that every desire of her life was granted.”. Read more of this retro-review to find out why.
Wonder Histories, July 1929: Taking to the Air
Air Wonder: Sea Wonder: Space Wonder, Land Wonder, Farm Wonder, Factory Wonder – might have been pulp titles we’d see if Gernsback’s plans had come off
Wonder Histories, July 1929: New Worlds of Science
A vast ocean liner points down towards us, its stern in the sky and its prow a short distance from the ground. At first glance an observer might assume that the ship is plummeting from the stratosphere and about to crush the two unfortunate figures standing below. On closer inspection, however, it is revealed that […]
Wonder Histories, June 1929: Gernsback is Back
“I can truthfully say that I have learned more about Time, Space, Motion, Astronomy, Fourth Dimension, and the countless other mysteries of the Universe while reading magazines of science fiction than through any other means that I know of”
Amazing Histories, April 1929: Goodbye Gernsback
Following the bankruptcy, Gernsback is forced to give up the helm. Here is a review of the last issue published under his editorship.
Amazing Histories, March 1929: Rogers Returns
A man in exotic green-and-white garb recoils at the sight of a large spherical device hovering through the air. The purpose of the machine is not entirely obvious, but the fact that it is passing over the prone bodies of five men indicates hostile properties: the man in green had best be careful, lest he […]
Amazing Histories, Winter 1929: Gernsback’s Last Quarter
As a medium for the presentation of new ideas, Scientifiction is unsurpassed. It is the cement which unites scientific fact and fancy; the outlet for the idealistic mind
Amazing Histories, February 1929: Non-Human Worlds
Spaceships, Dinosaurs, Aliens and Beam Weapons. It doesn’t get more science-fictiony than that!
Amazing Histories, January 1929: Atlantis, Venus and a Frozen Earth
Pseudonymous intrigue in this 1929 issue of Amazing Stories
Amazing Histories, December 1928: Venusian or Venerian?
Venerian? Venusian? Join the debate in this review of the December, 1928 issue of Amazing Stories
Amazing Histories, Fall 1928: The Fourth Quarter
Science has made hardly a single step that scientifiction has not foretold. And science, in return, has disclosed a million new and startling facts, to serve as wings for the scientifiction author’s brain.
Astounding Histories, June 1930: Creatures from Below
Why are there dinosaurs on the lunar surface?
Astounding Histories, May 1930: Humanity’s Evolution
In 1930 Astounding Stories was a new publication, edited not by John W. Campbell but by Harry Bates
Astounding Histories, April 1930: Venusian Vampires and Marine Monsters
The fourth issue of the magazine the Astounding Award (for Best New Author) is named.
Astounding Histories, March 1930: Brigands and Vandals
Capt. S.P. Meek & Ray Cummings lead of this third installment of a pulp icon.
Astounding Histories, February 1930: Heroes and Villains
The February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science has hit the newsstands.
Astounding Histories, January 1930: Stories of Super-Science
Amazing Stories’ early rival gets some love with this review of its very first issue
Amazing Histories, November 1928: As Above, So Below
A review of one of Amazing Stories’ most iconic issues
Amazing Histories, October 1928: To the Moon, Mars, and Beyond
So the time is not distant when it will be possible for us to witness a ball game a thousand miles away.
Amazing Histories, September 1928: A Symbol for Scientifiction
A contest to search for a “symbol for scientifiction”
Amazing Histories, Summer 1928: The Third Quarter
The editors realize that, this being your publication, you, the reader, have certain ideas, not only about this publication, but about scientifiction as well.
Amazing Histories, August 1928: Space Opera Takes Off
Amazing Stories’ most collectible issue, featuring the birth of Space Opera and the origin of Anthony ‘Buck’ Rogers.
Amazing Histories, July 1928: The World’s a Stage
Scientific investigations conducted at the Gernsback offices…and a report on the July, 1928 issue of the magazine
Amazing Histories, June 1928: Beyond the Visible
Gernsback experiences myth becoming reality; H.G. Wells, David H Keller, Baron Munchhhausen’s adventures and more round out this 1928 issue of the magazine
Amazing Histories, Spring 1928: The Second Quarter
“We believe that America will in time, become known as the hotbed of scientifiction…” Hugo Gernsback, 1928
Amazing Histories, May 1928: Inventions and Invertebrates
A cautionary editorial about predicting the future of technology; giant octopi in print, presaging giant creature films, and more
Amazing Histories, April 1928: The Second Anniversary
Clair Winger Harris, HG Wells, Gernsback, and an appeal to design a symbol for “Scientifiction”
Amazing Histories, March 1928: Sun and Moon
Doris Sutherland continues her review of Amazing Stories’ early history. including letter column praise for H.P. Lovecraft’s The Colour Out of Space.
Amazing Histories, Winter 1928: The First Quarter
Gernsback introduced Amazing Stories Quarterly when readers begged him to take the magazine weekly. Here’s the first issue.