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    1950s Science Fiction Loved Neanderthals, Feared Polio

    Retro Illustrations of Monsters at Work and Play

    A Case of Spontaneous Combustion from 1916?

    Forbidden Planet Movie Won't Be Retro After All

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    Image of capnrob capnrob
    11/15/09

    In reply to 1950s Science Fiction Loved Neanderthals, Feared Polio
    Well, on one point, I must comment, here; I don't remember when Campbell and Hubbard had their falling out, so I can't attribute the content here to the ol' barefaced messiah's influence, but 1954 is smack dab in Campbell's crackpot period - Astounding published the first Dianetics article in May, 1950. At some level, then, Campbell's predictions are less likely to be reasoned extrapolation of the future, and more likely to be Campbell attempting to legitimize one of his pet theories. I have nothing but respect for his contribution to the field - I can't think of a single person who had more influence on the genre - but taking what Campbell wrote in his editorials as a reflection on the state of the era, or even on the state of the genre at that time ... is not necessarily the best idea. #astoundingsciencefiction
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    11/15/09

    @capnrob: Agreed. Campbell was astoundingly important to the growth of the Science Fiction field but alienated many of his colleagues and associates when he championed such psuedo-science as the Dean Drive or the Heironymous Device. Asimov and Bester wrote about encounters with Campbell that sound truly disturbing.

    Then again, you can still meet some very influential people at any Con today who seem like they might have a layer of tin foil in their hats. Let's face it, we are an odd bunch. #astoundingsciencefiction
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/15/09

    @Grey_Area: But I don't think any one person nowadays is as influential as Campbell was back then. #astoundingsciencefiction
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    Image of capnrob capnrob
    11/15/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Michael Bay thinks he is, I betcha. #astoundingsciencefiction
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    11/16/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Give me time. #astoundingsciencefiction
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    10/01/09

    In reply to Retro Illustrations of Monsters at Work and Play
    That "Midnight Snack" illo has an amazing Jim Woodring vibe. Super cool. These posts are great, Lauren.
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    10/01/09

    In reply to Retro Illustrations of Monsters at Work and Play
    It's like J. Otto Seibold and Gary Baseman had an unholy child.
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    Image of vulcanized vulcanized
    10/01/09

    In reply to Retro Illustrations of Monsters at Work and Play
    These are great. Lauren, I love all these illustrators you've been featuring. Keep 'em coming!
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    10/01/09

    In reply to Retro Illustrations of Monsters at Work and Play
    Reminds me of Samurai Jack.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    03/17/09

    In reply to A Case of Spontaneous Combustion from 1916?
    "presumably in Washington, D.C."


    presumably? you've got a picture of the exact same building taken from the exact same corner later in the article clearly labled as in D.C. there's nothing to be presumed here, that's where the building is and has been since it opened in 1877.


    "We may never be sure what our anonymous archivist really meant by that."


    paper combusts, no further expliation appears necessary.

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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    03/17/09

    In reply to A Case of Spontaneous Combustion from 1916?
    Um, there's nothing supernatural about spontaneous combustion... Happens all the time at wood-pulp plants, for example.


    I expect this happened in paper storage, paper always biodegrades, producing heat - put too much in a pile, fail to cool the room, and presto!


    Been a while since I said this, but this is really pushing the envelope, here. Or is it "Urban Fantasy"?

    -Kle.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    03/17/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: That was my thought -- a building full of paper that's being made into money, a bunch of oil, no sprinkler system -- FWOOSH!


    But it's much more fun to picture a dude in a snappy hat (a fedora, judging by the guys on the street) with a handlebar mustache going up in flames. Very syfy.

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    Image of B B
    03/17/09

    In reply to A Case of Spontaneous Combustion from 1916?
    It was caused by a Terminator who was sent back in time.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    03/17/09

    In reply to A Case of Spontaneous Combustion from 1916?
    Parasite Eventide?
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    Image of reekon reekon
    03/17/09

    In reply to A Case of Spontaneous Combustion from 1916?
    I think somebody just wanted to get rid of the adjacent building.


    And from the looks of the new pic, it seems they wanted a park.


    So maybe it's acutally an arson incident? dun-dun-dduuunnn..

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    03/17/09

    @reekon: that's not a park, it's actually just a bit of greenery in front of present day holocaust museum. so the fire was obviously caused by time traveling Jews.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    03/17/09

    In reply to A Case of Spontaneous Combustion from 1916?
    "Retro Pyrokinesis" is a tag that needs much more content assigned to it.


    And I'm going with an engraver suddenly bursting into flames. In my imagination, he's wearing a derby hat and sporting an handlebar moustache.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/17/09

    @AngryEddy: "My word! I seem to be on fire!"


    "Hmm... indeed, Sir Chucklebritches, indeed."

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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    03/17/09

    @crashedpc: "Yes, yes, quite excruciating really."
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    03/17/09

    @AngryEddy:

    "Well done old chap! You are combusting faster than a horseless carriage!"
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/17/09

    @Belabras, Apocalypse Troll: *locomotive horn in the background*
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    Image of cletar cletar
    03/17/09

    @AngryEddy: "Great Kaiser's Mustache! My Pantaloons are ablaze! Get on the wireless and fetch the Anticombustion Brigade, with all due alacrity!"
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    03/17/09

    @cletar: Four men in straw boaters and striped shirted begin to sing in perfect harmony:

    "Sweet Adeline, my Adeli-AAAAAAAAGH!!

    AAAAAAAAGH!! AAAAAAAAGH!! AAAAAAAAGH!!"
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/17/09

    @Grey_Area: BBQ Quartet?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/17/09

    In reply to A Case of Spontaneous Combustion from 1916?
    Nice tag... "retro pyrokinesis". Reminds me of the old-school game "Blood"... "It burns it burns it burns aaaaaaaaagh!"
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/10/08

    In reply to Forbidden Planet Movie Won't Be Retro After All
    The only remake I can truly recommend is The Thing.
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    Image of Son of Tezby Son of Tezby
    11/10/08

    In reply to Forbidden Planet Movie Won't Be Retro After All
    Honor the classic SF of the 50s by making brand new movies based on unfilmed novels and short stories from the period.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/10/08

    @I&I: Why, that's so crazy it just might work!
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/10/08

    In reply to Forbidden Planet Movie Won't Be Retro After All
    JMS can best honor Forbidden Planet by changing the names of all the characters, ships, and planets. Then change all the actions. Then change the name.
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