Comic Strip Review: Virtual Unicorn Experience

Comic Strip Review: Virtual Unicorn Experience by Dana Simpson Phoebe Grizelda Howell is nine years old and is fascinated by unicorns. Unlike most girls her age, she actually knows one, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. They met when Phoebe skipped a rock across a pond and accidentally hit Marigold in the face. This actually saved the unicorn… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Virtual Unicorn Experience

Book Review: The Pocket Companion

Book Review: The Pocket Companion edited by Philip Van Doren Stern This 1942 paperback anthology was designed for people who wanted a lot of reading in a pocket-sized book, so has a novel, short stories, articles, poetry and trivia. The closest thing to a theme is the connection between the British and Americans, now allies… Continue reading Book Review: The Pocket Companion

Magazine Review: Other Worlds April 1952

Cover art by Malcolm Smith

Magazine Review: Other Worlds April 1952 edited by Raymond A. Palmer Other Worlds was a science fiction digest-sized magazine that began publication in 1949.  Raymond A. Palmer was both the publisher and editor, and thus had a freer hand in choosing what to put in the magazine than most pulp editors.  Mr. Palmer (whose name… Continue reading Magazine Review: Other Worlds April 1952