Tag Archives: science fiction

Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on September 14, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 Allied Artists film “The Atomic Submarine,” with Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey, Paul Dubov, Bob Steele, Victor Varconi, Joi Lansing, Selmer Jackson, Jack Mulhall, Jean Moorhead, Richard Tyler, Sid Melton, Ken Becker, … Continue reading →

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Dec. 1, 1907: L.A. Author Writes of Life in the Hollow Earth (No Sign of Lizard People)

Posted on December 1, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Dec.1, 1907 Los Angeles The Times runs a small blurb on writer Willis George Emerson, noting that the National Magazine has begun serializing a new story, “The Smoky God.” The Times notes: … Continue reading →

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Mechanical Engineer Publishes First Book

Posted on July 5, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. Hard at work as a mechanical engineer during the day, the former naval aviation researcher still finds time to do a little writing. At the moment … Continue reading →

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Black Mask, Weird Tales, Amazing Stories and Spicy Stories on the Internet!

Posted on July 31, 2014 by lmharnisch

Imagine my surprise to discover that Archive.org has added a large collection of pulp magazines such as this August 1920 issue of Black Mask, the legendary mystery magazine that published so many hardboiled writers, including Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Cornell … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Amazing Stories,’ March 1944

Posted on March 1, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 1944: “Amazing Stories,” featuring “It’s a Small World” by Robert Bloch. courtesy of Archive.org.

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