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The Art of "The Moon Maid"
"The Moon Maid," the first of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Moon trilogy, was in Argosy All-Story Weekly as a five-part serial, from May 5 through June 2, 1923. As such, it would have been on the newsstand at...
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The Art of "The Moon Men"&"The Red Hawk"
"The Moon Men" was originally published as a four-part serial in Argosy All-Story Weekly, from February 21 to March 14, 1925. It's really the center of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Moon trilogy, not because...
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And Now for Something Completely Different . . .
Not long ago, I wrote about Robert Sheckley and his short science fiction novel The Status Civilization (1960). Now I have reason to write about Sheckley again. That has come about in an unexpected...
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Otis Adelbert Kline (1891-1946)
Laborer, Compositor, Pressman, Salesman, Manufacturing Chemist, Advertising Manager, Songwriter, Music Publisher, Silent Movie Scenarist, Writer of Plots for Skits and Revues, Author, Manuscript...
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Otis Adelbert Kline-Three Questions
Three questions have come up in my reading and writing about Otis Adelbert Kline:Question #1: Which came first, Kline or Burroughs?When I wrote about Maza of the Moon (1930) on November 13, 2021, I...
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Tam, Son of the Tiger on the Cover of Weird Tales
Otis Adelbert Kline wrote two long serials for Weird Tales. "Tam, Son of the Tiger" came first. It was in six parts, from June/July to December 1931. Next came "Buccaneers of Venus." It was also in six...
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Buccaneers of Venus on the Cover of Weird Tales
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDb) lists three books in the Venus series written by Otis Adelbert Kline. These are under the name of the main character, Grandon:First is The Planet of...
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The Dragoman on the Cover of Oriental Stories
Otis Adelbert Kline wrote or co-wrote seven stories of a character called the Dragoman published in Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine. Six of these were his work alone. He wrote a seventh,...
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Allen S. Kline (1893-1971)
Otis Adelbert Kline was born on July 1, 1891, in Chicago, Illinois, the older of two sons born to Louis A. Kline (1864-1938) and Ora K. (Sides) Kline (1870-1949). The younger brother, Allen Sides...
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Otis Adelbert Kline's Family
E. Hoffman Price described the family of his friend and co-author, Otis Adelbert Kline:First, "Curley"--Mrs. Kline, smooth and lovely and soft-voiced and gracious, her youthful face seeming ever...
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Merry Christmas!
May Your Holiday DreamsTake Flight!Merry Christmas fromTellers of Weird Tales!
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The New Weird Tales Story
Pulp Hero Press has released an expanded and enhanced edition of The Weird Tales Story, originally edited by Robert Weinberg and published in 1977. The editor of the new edition is Bob McLain....
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100 Years of "The Outsider"
This year is the 100-year anniversary of the composition of "The Outsider" and the 95th anniversary year of its initial publication. H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was of course the author. He wrote "The...
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Why Weird Tales?
Weird Tales was in trouble during that first year. The magazine that never dies almost did in 1924. Otis Adelbert Kline (1891-1946) stepped in to edit the triple-sized, first anniversary issue,...
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Three New Pages
Happy New Year and best wishes to everyone for a better, healthier, and more prosperous 2022.I have added three new pages to Tellers of Weird Tales. They are:Why Weird Tales?-The entire text of an...
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Readings Over Christmas No. 1-Mention My Name in Atlantis by John Jakes
I read a lot last year. Book No. 51 was Mention My Name in Atlantis by John Jakes (Daw Books, 1972). Mr. Jakes' book is a kind of mock epic. The lead character and narrator is a Falstaffian figure...
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Readings Over Christmas No. 2-The "Lomokome" Papers by Herman Wouk
On the Monday after Christmas we drove all the way to the top of the great state of Indiana. We ate lunch in a local restaurant, visited a local museum, and shopped at a national chain, Half Price...
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Marvin Kaye (1938-2021)
Né Marvin Nathan KatzAuthor, Journalist, Editor, Publisher, Anthologist, Teacher, Magician, Actor, Comedian, Playwright, Stage DirectorBorn March 10, 1938, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDied May 13, 2021,...
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Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990)-Part One
Author, Poet, Essayist, Bibliographer, Editor, Publisher, Newspaper Staff Worker, LibrarianBorn December 20, 1918, Bridgeport, ConnecticutDied January 28, 1990, New Haven, ConnecticutJoseph Payne...
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