The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 26 - The Golgotha Dancers by Manly Wade Wellman & The Pygmy Planet by Jack Williamson

2015-12-23

It’s a sci-fi double feature! Evil paintings come to life! Menacing miniature metal men! Enjoy our discussion of these two obscure classics of pulp fiction and maybe bring a unique element or two to your next gaming session.www.nobleknight.comManly Wade Wellmanborn May 21, 1903 in Portuguese West Africa (now Angola); died April 5, 1986his father was a doctor; family moved to United States while still a boyfirst published story was “The Lion Roared” in 1927; first science fiction novel The Invading Asteroid, 1929in the 1920s, wrote movie reviews for Wichita Beacon; worked as a court and crime reporter for Wichita Eaglemarried Frances Obrist, a horror writer published in Weird Talescareer spanned the 1940s to the 1980s; wrote first issue of Captain Marvel Adventures for Fawcett ComicsThe Golgotha Da...

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Manly Wade Wellman

born May 21, 1903 in Portuguese West Africa (now Angola); died April 5, 1986

his father was a doctor; family moved to United States while still a boy

first published story was “The Lion Roared” in 1927; first science fiction novel The Invading Asteroid, 1929

in the 1920s, wrote movie reviews for Wichita Beacon; worked as a court and crime reporter for Wichita Eagle

married Frances Obrist, a horror writer published in Weird Tales

career spanned the 1940s to the 1980s; wrote first issue of Captain Marvel Adventures for Fawcett Comics

The Golgotha Dancers appeared in Weird Tales, October 1937

John Stuart Williamson

born April 29, 1908 in Arizona Territory; died November 10, 2006

often called “Dean of Science Fiction” after the passing of Robert Heinlein