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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The February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, with a fairly short story called “Into Space”, one of two in this issue by Captain Sterner St. Paul Meek (under two different pseudonyms).
Science having progressed, you probably don’t want to use this story to help you with your physics homework. But everything is related [...]
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The February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, and so does “Creatures of the Light”. It’s time for a thrilling conclusion, and there’s nothing science fiction loves better than building a world and then taking it apart….
You can find more stories by Sophie Wenzel Ellis at ISFDB and FictionMags.
“Creatures of the Light”, Part [...]
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The February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, and so does “Creatures of the Light”. Time to visit the Baby Lab, and bring new meaning to “growing up too fast”.
“Creatures of the Light”, Part 3.
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The February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, and so does “Creatures of the Light”, as Northwood learns the danger lurking in Dr. Mundson’s ship.
“Creatures of the Light”, Part 2.
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The February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, with “Creatures of the Light” by Sophie Wenzel Ellis.
(Yes, that’s a woman, writing under her own name. It did happen, you know. The mystery pulps were chock full of women writers. Why the SF pulps got so weird about women writers’ names, I don’t [...]
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, February 1930, continues, with the conclusion of “The Corpse on the Grating” by Hugh B. Cave.
Hugh Cave was both prolific and long-lived. Generous of his time and energy to younger writers and to pulp fans, he is much missed. I am proud to present this small part of his enormous output. [...]
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, with “The Corpse on the Grating” by Hugh B. Cave. It’s a very Sherlockian story of science fiction, horror, and adventure on the streets of London. (I’m starting to wonder whether “science fiction, horror, and adventure” were on the sheets soliciting stories for the new magazine.)
“The Corpse on the Grating”, [...]
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The February 1930 issue of Astounding continues, with the the exciting ending of “Spawn of the Stars”.
This has been a surprisingly contemporary story in many ways: a 9/11 vibe, radiation worries, cattle mutilations…. OTOH, the alien propulsion system was not there just for decoration, and that’s something most contemporary writers couldn’t care less about. [...]
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The February 1930 issue of Astounding continues, and so does this tale of alien invasion. The aliens keep coming despite their losses, and so do the humans despite the odds against them.
“Spawn of the Stars”, Part 3
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The February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, as our hero faces dire peril and the strange invaders. It gets grimmer.
Part 2, “Spawn of the Stars”
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My reading of the February 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science continues, with Part 1 of a thrilling yarn of interplanetary invasion! (The whole story appears in this issue. I think it’ll take about four half-hour parts to get it read.)
“Spawn of the Stars”, Part 1
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The second issue ever of Astounding Stories has been placed online by Gutenberg, after adventures in copyright clearance that would probably make strong men shudder and weep! (For the uninitiated, the old Street and Smith magazine contents have been more legal and money trouble to potential reprinters than a tort lawyer with a grudge.) But [...]
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The Ultimate Weapon ends with a giant space battle, winner take all… maybe!
Chapter 12 and Epilogue
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The Ultimate Weapon continues, as our hero loses hope in the face of the alien onslaught. But sometimes things are darkest before the dawn….
Chapter 11
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