Posts Tagged ‘sci-fi’

DARK MISCHIEF: Theodore Sturgeon’s Sinister Fables

Posted by on December 24th, 2009 at 12:01 AM

Like the fables of John Collier or A.E. Coppard, the Narratives of Theodore Sturgeon unite the folklore themes of unlimited moral privilege (via wish fulfillment) and the potential malignancy of Nature, with a wry, sly, moral skepticism; centering in stories …

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Kuttner’s Cosmos

Posted by on December 14th, 2009 at 1:00 PM

Frisky, coolly ingenious, both crassly blunt, and insidiously suggestive: Henry Kuttner’s fantastical modem-day fables illumined the pages of John W. Campbell’s Unknown Worlds magazine (extra-literate pulp fantasy) during its deplorably short life (1939-1943).

In interviews, Kuttner professed admiration (with perhaps …

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