Retro Review Links for May 22, 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of Retro Review Links, where I link to reviews of the 1945 Retro Hugo finalists by other bloggers:

Magazine reviews:

• Paul Fraser reviews the November 1944 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.
  

Novella reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 planetary romance novella "The Jewel of Bas" by Leigh Brackett.
  

Novelette reviews: 

• Adventures Fantastic revisits the 1944 science fiction novelette "City" by Clifford D, Simak. 
• Adventures Fantastic reviews the 1944 time travel novelette "When the Bough Breaks" by Lewis Padgett a.k.a. Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore.
  

Short story reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "And the Gods Laughed" by Fredric Brown.
• Adventures Fantastic reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "Far Centaurus" by A.E. van Vogt.
  

Series reviews: 

• Paperback Warrior revisits The Man of Bronze, the 1933 first ever Doc Savage novel by Kenneth Robeson a.k.a. Lester Dent. 
• Steve J. Wright explains why the Best Series Retro Hugo doesn't work for him.
  

Dramatic presentation reviews: 

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 horror movie The Curse of the Cat People, directed by Robert Wise and Gunther V. Fritsch. 
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 supernatural comedy The Canterville Ghost, directed by Jules Dassin.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 horror movie The Invisible Man's Revenge, directed by Ford Beebe.
• Steve J. Wright revisits the 1944 radio science fiction drama Donovan's Brain.
• Steve J. Wright revisits the 1944 horror movie The House of Frankenstein, directed by Erle C. Kenton.