Since there’s no super-cool fannish letter column yet in this, the second issue of the magazine ever, and since I do not really feel like reading the huge amount of copy included in a typical 1930’s magazine ad — of which there are a gazillion in the issue — this is the end of [...]
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We’ve finally come to the last story in the February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science: “The Thief of Time” by Captain S.P. Meek, aka Sterner St. Paul Meek. Yes, we’ve already had a story by him in this issue, “Into Space”, under another pseudonym.
This story, like the other one, relies on a [...]
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The February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science is coming close to its end, as the next-to-last story, “Mad Music” makes its final bow!
You can find out where to find more stories by Anthony Pelcher at ISFDB and Fictionmags.
“Mad Music”, Part 2
32:24.
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The penultimate story in the February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science begins with a crash. So if stories about building collapses in New York City bother you, this isn’t the story for you. (But I guarantee the stuff that happens in this story is pretty different.)
Part 1 of “Mad Music”.
16:37.
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The February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, with the final chapter of the serial novel The Beetle Horde. It’s a long, slow race against time and the beetles, but we just might win….
If you enjoyed this story, there are many more works out there by Victor Rousseau Emanuel and his other pseudonyms. [...]
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The February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, with the penultimate chapter of the serial novel The Beetle Horde.
What were our heroes doing all this time while Australia writhed beneath the beetles’ wrath? Find out!
Chapter 10: At Bay.
21:36.
UPDATE: Link fixed. Sigh. Either I can’t type, or the Electronics Fairy hates me.
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The February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, and so does the serial story of The Beetle Horde. This time, the story heats up and the world takes notice!
Chapter 9: The Trail of Death.
15:47.
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The February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, and so does the serial story of The Beetle Horde.
Chapter 8: Recaptured.
21:20.
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The February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science finally continues (at least a little), as we resolve that cliffhanger from the previous issue. But that’s not the end of the dangers our heroes must face!
Chapter 7: Through the Inferno.
19:42.
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The bonus tracks of the first half of this serial novel, from the issue right before the February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, conclude. There’s a “continued in the February number” cliffhanger coming up, so it’s time for a desperate escape attempt and a chase scene… but wait, there’s more!
Don’t worry. I won’t make [...]
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The bonus tracks of the first half of this serial novel, from the issue right before the February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, continue as we find out that Dodd is the Polycarp of monotreme mavens.
Chapter 5: Doomed!.
18:32.
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The bonus tracks of the first half of this serial novel, from the issue right before the February issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, continue as we find out what a scientist can get up to, all alone underground with a ravening horde of giant beetles.
Hint: It ain’t all-beetle productions of Shakespeare.
Chapter 4: Bram’s Story.
17:17.
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The bonus tracks from the previous issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continue, as the beetles hold a roundup.
Chapter 3: Ten Miles Underground.
15:27.
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The bonus tracks from the previous issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continue, as our intrepid Antarctic explorers find themselves in a place of wonder and peril.
Chapter 2: Beetles and Humans.
15:45.
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As you know, I’ve been reading the February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science. But that issue contains the concluding part of a serial which began in the January issue. I know that only having one part of a serial is an integral part of the old science fiction magazine experience. But speaking as [...]
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