On the News Stand Variant: Pulp Rivalry

Amazing Stories started this whole thing in 1926.  (I’m ignoring Weird Tales and The Thrill Book because neither was a “science fiction” magazine.)  In 1929 Gernsback lost his publishing empire to bankruptcy and later that […]

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AMAZING NEWS: September 10th, 2023

Tiny humans still entertaining anthropologists; India’s moon landing; Edelman’s pic from the 51st Worldcon; astronauts return; Fanzine scanning; new Di Filippo release; Garcia makes a case for fanzines; Hunt Valley Inn closing; Star Wars going “from bad to worse” and chickens get dino legs!

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