Up From Earth's Center

The Myth and Psychology of “Up From Earth’s Center” – Conclusion

At the end of Part 3 of this article, after exploring this story’s unique position as one of the final tales closing out the era of the hero pulps, as well as the narrative strangeness of the beginning and middle parts of the story itself, there was a portentous question remaining: was the Hell encounteredContinue reading “The Myth and Psychology of “Up From Earth’s Center” – Conclusion”

The Myth and Psychology of “Up From Earth’s Center” – Part 3

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this article, numerous qualities about the story that have built it up into pulp-mythic status were explored — qualities which had very little to do with the story itself. The fact that it was the final issue in the iconic Doc Savage series undoubtedly gave it extra weight,Continue reading “The Myth and Psychology of “Up From Earth’s Center” – Part 3″

The Myth and Psychology of “Up From Earth’s Center” – Part 1

As the last issue in the pulp run of Doc Savage magazine, its publication heralding the end of the hero pulps in 1949, the story Up From Earth’s Center has achieved something of mythic status. On the surface, its themes are worthy of that status — after 16 years of epic storytelling, the inference wasContinue reading “The Myth and Psychology of “Up From Earth’s Center” – Part 1″

Talos Fan Fiction Contest Entry #2 – But Not the Master-Knot of Human Fate

Note from Doc Talos author/contest judge Paul Sardanas: Maxine Vega is an old friend from my days of writing dark poetry that appeared all over the odder corners of the web and in obscure SF anthologies…to my mind, her own poetic talent far eclipses mine. When I told her I was running a fan fictionContinue reading “Talos Fan Fiction Contest Entry #2 – But Not the Master-Knot of Human Fate”