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more about #pulp AEchinoderm: My Italian grandma would get a kick out of a book titled "Son of Retro Pulp Tales" with an octopus on the cover. more » disatess: Go out and find "monstrous" it`s a horror collection, make sure you read about the 65 foot Vampire !!! more » gorehound: Iown around 150 - 200 pulps inmy archives. you can see some of these here in my personal pulp gallery http://www.bigmeathammer.com/gallery.htm more » alphanumeric1971: The moment I read the title I though of Futurama's "Anthologies of Interest!!!" more » SnehalMarten: I don't see why Fu Manchu couldn't be reworked into something cool. Warren Ellis did it with "Hark" in Planetary. Although, I would keep the broken E... more » Allen_Richards: It's been ages since Lansdale has edited an anthology, I want to say at least a decade. I'd have to check my collection, but I'm pretty sure that RAZZ... more » Franklin Harris: "Son of Retro Pulp Tales will be available any day now directly from Subterranean Press..." Good to know. I pre-ordered it ages ago, it seems. The fi... more » SuprabhaIguana: I can attest to the truth of the background of Harlan's story, though I haven't seen his intro to this book. The editor at Bantam who looked at it di... more » Belabras: Sounds fantastic! Adding to the book queue now. more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Yes! More shooting and exploding monsters! more » Roklimber: I think it won't surprise most frequent io9 readers that I disagree with this article. "I don't mean to disparage hard science fiction, because done w... more » kolacek: I want to know why Walter can't get REAL Frankenberry cereal. Can't he just slip over to Earth-1 and buy some? Huh? Double You Tee Eff. I want some an... more » James Foreman: Fake/fun mad science is what I prefer over hard science - I love that there's a show on TV about it. But why does it have to be a snorefest like Fring... more » GraceButes: While I can agree that the "science" part of the show doesn't need to be real or plausible, at least the actual human parts of the show should make se... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Also, it's a continuing weekly TV show that follows American Idol. It's not trying to be Important and Serious and Truthful, it's trying to regularly ... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: It's scientifiction, is what it is. You got your mad scientist (good) vs. mad scientist (evil) who were buddies, your beautiful heroine, your wisecrac... more » tudza: So why don't they just call it magic and stop annoying people? more » phildini: I would appreciate the science more if there weren't quite so much science negativity. Science is involved in finding the solution, but its also almos... more » van_line: the whole glass recording thing, doesn't that have to do with egyptian pottery and that it has sounds recorded on them. somebody help me out. more » Charax: Soft sci-fi works when it's not bothering to explain things. When it tries to (like Peter's "sound waves trapped in glass" thing) it just sounds stupi... more » -
#bookreview
"Son of Retro Pulp Tales" Delights In Cheap Thrills
Joe R. and Keith Lansdale present another collection of stories recalling those hard-boiled cheap thrills from the first half of the last century. Hearken back with us now to yesteryear in Son of Retro Pulp Tales! (Subterranean Press).
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#rant
Why Bad Science is Good on Fringe
Though the science on Fringe is head-slappingly fake, somehow the series makes real science exciting. The show is like a pulpy 1920s serial, and its fantastic plotlines are far more appealing than hard scifi "realism." More » -
#captionthis
Caption This Classic Wally Wood Illustration
What in space is this guy saying to this woman? What are they doing out in space without helmets? And what are those guys saying from behind their space-doorway? Post your thoughts below. More » -
#scifiart
Pulp SF Book Covers That Channel Pure Id
The greatest pulp science fiction book covers aren't just trashy, they're lurid: filled with half-naked squirming and misplaced eyes, with Prince's man/woman glyph bursting out. Here's a gallery of some of our demented favorites. More » -
#conceptart
His Eyes Were Filled with the Loneliness of Space
Goodnight to Edward "Edd" Cartier, an amazing pulp scifi illustrator who contributed to "The Shadow" as well as countless book covers, who passed away on December 25. -
#pulpart
I Always Wear High Heels to Visit the Moon
Over at Spanish pulp blog El Desván del Abuelito, they've got some terrific covers from what look like early 1960s science fiction comics from a series called "El Mundo Futuro" (world of the future). This is one of my favorites, whose title roughly translated means "It will happen tomorrow!" I love the man in his suit and the lady in high heels, hiking on the moon or perhaps an alien planet. And then, they come upon this scary alien statue! We've got a couple more amazing moments from this comic below. More » -
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#art
Luchadores... In Space!
Here's the cover illustration for the story "D-3 Base De Monstruos" by Spanish artist Jose Luis Sampedro Macias, who drew dozens of covers for the pulp magazine Luchadores del Espacio, plus tons of pulp paperbacks, in the 1950s. Despite (or maybe because of) being unable to see the work of American artists of the time, Jose Luis brings his own bright style to the pulp-art standbys of bug-eyed monsters, women and flying saucers. His work features prominently an amazing gallery of 1950s Spanish pulp science fiction covers, uploaded by El Estratografico. A few more of our favorites, after the jump. More »
