John W Campbell – New Pulp Tales

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing IV – The Thing

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Shoggoth, The Thing, The Thing from Another World, Who Goes There?

Nothing reveals an artist’s talent quite like telling a story which has been told before. Lovecraft began a theme of alien Antarctic horror, and Campbell spun those elements into a new narrative. The Thing from

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing III – The Thing from Another World

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, Howard Hawks, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, The Thing, The Thing from Another World, Who Goes There?

Where John Carpenter fans might find Who Goes There? familiar, like coming home after a long absence, its 1951 adaptation is more like viewing the story through a funhouse mirror: anything recognizable is distorted, and

The Pulpy Prehistory of The Thing II – Who Goes There?

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, Shoggoth, The Thing, Who Goes There?

In his long journey home, Odysseus was forced to pass between the fearsome monster, Scylla, and the vast, ship-swallowing whirlpool, Charybdis. A similar danger confronts anyone tasked with describing the origins of John W. Campbell’s

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