If a man could see the end of his act, the end that comes at the far end of Time, and know what it meant—would men be greater than gods?—Editor’s opening to C. L. Moore’s “Greater Than Gods” in Astounding Jul 1939 C. L. Moore had cut her teeth on interplanetary fiction. Yet the syntax … Continue reading “Greater Than Gods” (1939) by C. L. Moore→| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
No, not the Mercury Zephyr some of you remember from the late 1970’s into the early 1980’s, but the one before that – the pre-war Lincoln Zephyr. Today, I present this forlorn example from 1939, which was midway though the model’s 7-year run of 1936-42. The photos I have used thus far in this series…| J. P.'s Blog
When the Red Army crossed into eastern Poland in September 1939, a new chapter of suffering began for countless Polish citizens. Families were awakened in the middle of the night by the pounding of…| Justice-4-Poland.com
“You’ll find it by sunset only, my lady,” Guy of Garlot had told her with a sidelong grin marring his comely dark face. “Mists and wilderness ring it round, and there’s magic in the swamps about Hellsgarde. Magic—and worse, if legends speak truth. You’ll never come upon it save at evening.”—C. L. Moore, “Hellsgarde” in … Continue reading “Hellsgarde” (1939) by C. L. Moore→| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
Strange Stories (1939-1941) was one of the rivals that rose during a fantasy boom in the waning years of Farnsworth Wright’s term as editor of Weird Tales. While many of the rivals had little in the way of style to offer, there was one thing they did that WT didn’t—pay. The magazine had gone a … Continue reading “Miracle in Three Dimensions” (1939) by C. L. Moore→| Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
String-King Adrian Babbacombe is a self-made man. Born to be lord of the manor, he ran away from his country-estate and started working in a London factory while in his teens. This shocked his pare…| a hot cup of pleasure
Recovered Books by Boiler House Press continue their admirable work of bringing out G.E. Trevelyan’s novels and sent me Trance By Appointment back in March. I read it in July and I’m fi…| Stuck in a Book
September 17th: “We had a picnic lunch on the way by a stream, sparkling in hot sunshine. I felt oddly oppressed with my memories.... No one had ever been over the same terrible course twice with such an interval between.... Fisher, Wilson, Battenberg, Jellicoe, Beatty, Pakenham, Sturdee, all gone! ‘I feel like one, Who treads alone, Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed!’” The post The Churchill Day Book, 1939: “What Price C...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
If this had been an old house, with creaking wood, and dark shadows, and heavily panelled walls, there might have been an eerie feeling. But this house was the essence of modernity. There were no dark corners – no possible sliding panels – … Continue reading →| Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
“Car and Bus Routings and Stops, Downtown” All aboard the time machine again…let’s head back to Indianapolis of 1940 to look at how we were maneuvering to and from home and downtown. This map is from Dreher’s Simplex Street and House Number Guide of the City of Indianapolis. Now that most everyone has a gps... Read More The post Public Transportation in 1940 Indianapolis appeared first on Historic Indianapolis.| Historic Indianapolis
