Retro Review Links for July 17, 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 Winter 1944 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories.
  

Novel reviews:

• Kelly Lasiter reviews the 1944 planetary romance novel Shadow Over Mars a.k.a. The Nemesis from Terra by Leigh Brackett.
• Sandy Ferber reviews the 1944 science fiction novel Sirius by Olaf Stapledon.
• Kelly Lasiter reviews the 1944 mythological novel The Golden Fleece by Robert Graves.  

Novella reviews:

• M. Porcius reviews the 1944 fantasy novella "A God Named Kroo" by Henry Kuttner.
• M. Porcius reviews the 1944 science fiction novella "The Changeling" by A.E. van Vogt. 
• Adventures Fantastic reviews the 1944 post-apocalyptic novella "Trog" by Murray Leinster. 
• Bill Capossere and Tadiana Jones review the finalists for the 1945 Best Novella Retro Hugo.
  

Novelette reviews: 

• Adventures Fantastic reviews the 1944 science fiction novelette "No Woman Born" by C.L. Moore.
• Adventures Fantastic reviews the 1944 Foundation novelette "The Big and the Little" by Isaac Asimov.
• Adventures Fantastic shares their thoughts on the finalists for the 1945 Retro Hugo for Best Novelette.
  

Short story reviews:

• Adventures Fantastic reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "I, Rocket" by Ray Bradbury. 
• Adventures Fantastic reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "And the Gods Laughed" by Fredric Brown.
• Adventures Fantastic reviews the 1944 Foundation short story "The Wedge" by Isaac Asimov.
• Bill Capossere, Tadiana Jones and Kat Hooper review the 1945 Retro Hugo finalists in the Best Short Story and Best Novelette categories.
  

Series reviews: 

• Steve J. Wright shares his thoughts on the finalists for the 1945 Best Series Retro Hugo and explains why they don't work for him. 
  

Related work reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 essay "The Science Fiction Field" by Leigh Brackett.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 essay "The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Suggestions for a Critical Appraisal" by Fritz Leiber
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 popular science book Rockets: The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere by Willy Ley.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 popular science book Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom by George Gamow.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 fandom encyclopedia Fancyclopedia by Jack Speer.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 non-fiction book ’42 to ’44: A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behaviour During the Crisis of the World Revolution by H.G. Wells 

Graphic story reviews: 

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 Flash Gordon comics "Battle for Tropica" and "Triumph in Tropica" by Alex Raymond and Don Moore.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 Buck Rogers comic "Hollow Planetoid".
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 The Spirit comic "For the Love of Clara DeFoe" by Manly Wade Wellman, Lou Fine and Don Komisarov.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 Superman comic "The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk" by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 Donald Duck comic "The Mad Chemist" by Carl Barks.
  

Dramatic presentation reviews: 

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 fantasy movie It Happened Tomorrow, directed by Rene Clair.
  

Best editor reviews:

• Steve J. Wright shares his thoughts on the 1945 Retro Hugo finalists for Best Editor 
  

Best professional artist reviews:

• Steve J. Wright shares his thoughts on the 1945 Retro Hugo finalists for Best Professional Artist. 
  

Fan category reviews: 

• Steve J. Wright shares his thoughts on the 1945 Retro Hugo finalists for Best Fanzine.
• Steve J. Wright shares his thoughts on the 1945 Retro Hugo finalists for Best Fan Writer.
  

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.
  

Retro Review Links for April 20, 2020

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

General:

• Secret Panda explains where to find the 1945 Retro Hugo finalists .
  

Magazine reviews:

• Paul Fraser reviews the March 1944 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.
• G.W. Thomas shares his appreciation for Planet Stories.

Novel reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novel Land of Terror by Edgar Rice Burroughs. 
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 children's fantasy novel The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater.

Novella reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fantasy novella "A God Named Kroo" by Henry Kuttner.
• Adventures Fantastic reviews "A God Named Kroo" by Henry Kuttner.
• Steve J. Wright revisits the 1944 science fiction horror novella "Killdozer!" by Theodore Sturgeon. 
  
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novella "Intruders from the Stars" by Ross Rocklynne. 

Novelette reviews: 

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novelette "No Woman Born" by C.L. Moore. 
• Adventures Fantastic reviews the 1944 science fiction novelette "The Children's Hour" by Lawrence O'Donnell a.k.a. Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore.
• Steve J. Wright revisits the 1944 science fiction novelette "When the Bough Breaks" by Lewis Padgett a.k.a. Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 Foundation novelette "The Big and the Little" by Isaac Asimov 
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novelette "City" by Clifford D. Simak. 
• Adventures Fantastic reviews the 1944 science fiction novelette "Arena" by Fredric Brown.

Short story reviews:

• Steve J. Wright revisits the 1944 science fiction story "The Wedge" by Isaac Asimov.
• Steve J. Wright revisits the 1944 military science fiction story "I, Rocket" by Ray Bradbury.
• Paul Gilster reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "Far Centaurus" by A.E. van Vogt.
• Paul Fraser reviews The Great SF Stories #6 (1944), edited by isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg.
• George Kelley revisits The Great SF Stories #6 (1944), edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg.
  

Retro Review Links for March 7, 2020

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

But before we get to the links, I have some comments to make. Regular readers may have noticed that I have upped the review frequency, as we head into the home stretch for the 2020 Hugo and 1945 Retro Hugo nominations. Nominations close on March 13, 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, so if make sure to get in your ballots until then.

If you like what I'm doing here and still have a slot free on your Best Fanwriter ballot for the 2020 Hugo Awards (not the 1945 Retro Hugos, because I wasn't even born until several decades later), I'd be thrilled if you would consider nominating me. Here is a handy overview post with links to everything SFF related I've written in 2019.

Furthermore, I am running for GUFF, the Going Under Fan Fund this year. So if you want to help to send me to CoNZealand to talk about golden age science fiction, the Retro Hugos and other fannish topics, consider donating to GUFF and voting for me or one of the other fine candidates.

And now we return to our regularly scheduled Retro Review Linkdump:

General overviews:

•  Ian Moore offers an overview of fiction eligible for the 1945 Retro Hugos.
  

Magazine reviews:

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

Novel reviews:

• Stuart Carter reviews the 1944 science fiction novel Sirius by Olaf Stapledon.
• John Howard reviews Sirius by Olaf Stapledon.
• Dan Stumpf reviews the 1944 science fiction novel The Metal Monster Murders a.k.a. The Thing That Made Love by David V. Reed.
  

Short fiction reviews:

• Josh Reynolds reviews the John Thunstone stories by Manly Wade Wellman.
• Richard Danskey reviews the John Thunstone stories by Manly Wade Wellman.
• Jenkins’ Spoiler-Laden Guide to Isaac Asimov reviews the 1944 Foundation story "The Wedge" a.k.a. "The Traders".
• Jenkins’ Spoiler-Laden Guide to Isaac Asimov reviews the 1944 Foundation novelette "The Big and the Little" a.k.a. "The Traders" by Isaac Asimov.
  
• Jenkins’ Spoiler-Laden Guide to Isaac Asimov reviews the 1944 Powell and Donovan robot story "Catch That Rabbit" by Isaac Asimov.
  

Dramatic presentation reviews:

• Steve J. Wright takes a look at the SFF radio dramas eligible for the 1945 Retro Hugos.
• Rick Austin reviews the 1943/1944 film serial The Phantom.
• Talking Pulp reviews The Phantom.
• Eric Goldman reviews the 1944 film serial Captain America.
• Daniel Walber reviews Captain America.
• Dan Greenfield reviews Captain America.
• Karl Stern reviews Captain America.
• Laura Kelly reviews Captain America.
  

Retro Review Links for February 29, 2020

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

Magazine reviews:

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

Novel reviews:

• John Hertz reviews the 1944 children's fantasy novel The Wind on the Moon by E. Linklater.
  

Short fiction reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novella "The Mad Robot" by William P. McGivern. 
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novelette "Plague" by Murray Leinster.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novelette "Census" by Clifford D. Simak.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "Invariant" by John R. Pierce.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "A Can of Paint" by A.E. Van Vogt.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "Far Centaurus" by A.E. Van Vogt.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 planetary romance short story "Doorway to Kal-Jmar" by Stuart Fleming a.k.a. Damon Knight.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 horror short story "Monsieur Bluebeard" by Emil Petaja. 
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "Sanity" by Fritz Leiber.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction short story “The Odyssey of Battling Bert” by Stanton A. Coblentz.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction story "Canal" by Carl Jacobi.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction story "Writing on the Wall" a.k.a. "The Cosmic Doodler" by Carl Jacobi.
• Jason MacGregor reviews "The Wedge", "The Big and the Little", "Catch That Rabbit" and several other science fiction stories by Isaac Asimov.
  

Graphic story reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the Mandrake the Magician daily strips of 1944.
  

Dramatic presentation reviews:

• Mark R. Leeper offers an overview of movies eligible for the 1945 Retro Hugos. 
  

Retro Review Links for January 29, 2020

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


Magazine reviews:

• Paul Fraser reviews the November 1944 issue of Weird Tales.
  

Novel reviews:

• Stranger Than Science Fiction reviews the 1944 science fiction novel The Winged Man by A.E. van Vogt and E. Mayne Hull.
• Lesley Mason reviews the 1944 novel Time Must Have a Stop by Aldous Huxley.
• Damon LaBarbera reviews Time Must Have a Stop by Aldous Huxley.
• Kirkus reviews Time Must Have a Stop by Aldous Huxley.
• Tony Isabella reviews the 1944 Doc Savage novel The Pharaoh's Ghost by Kenneth Robeson a.k.a. Lester Dent.
  

Short fiction reviews:

• M. Porcius reviews the 1944 science fiction novella "The Changeling" by A.E. van Vogt.
  
• Pulp Crazy reviews the 1944 planetary romance novelette "Terror Our of Space" by Leigh Brackett.
• Peter Lobner discusses the 1944 science fiction novelette "Deadline" by Cleve Cartmill and the incident which made it famous.
  

Graphic story reviews: 

• The Hugo Book Club takes a look at the best comics and graphic stories of 1944. 
• William Patrick Maynard reviews the 1944 Flash Gordon adventure "Battle for Tropica" by Alex Raymond.
• William Patrick Maynard reviews the 1944 Flash Gordon adventure "Triumph in Tropica" by Alex Raymond.
  

Dramatic presentation reviews:

• The New York Times reviews Between Two Worlds, directed by Edward A. Blatt.
• Yvette Candraw reviews Between Two Worlds.
• Dennis Schwartz reviews Between Two Worlds.
• Glenn Erickson reviews Between Two Worlds.
• Andrew Wickliffe reviews Between Two Worlds.
• Andrew Wickliffe reviews The Curse of the Cat People, directed by Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise.
• Andrew Wickliffe reviews It Happened Tomorrow, directed by René Clair.
• Andrew Wickliffe reviews House of Frankenstein, directed by Erle C. Kenton.
• Andrew Wickliffe reviews the animated short Screwball Squirrel, directed by Tex Avery.
  

Retro Review Links for January 15, 2020

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


Magazine reviews:

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

Novel reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novel The Golden Amazon by John Russell Fearn.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 novel with supernatural elements Time Must Have a Stop by Aldous Huxley. 
• James Davis Nicoll reviews the 1944 planetary romance novel Shadow Over Mars a.k.a. The Nemesis from Terror by Leigh Brackett.
• Joe Kenney also reviews Shadow Over Mars a.k.a. The Nemesis From Terra by Leigh Brackett.
• Rich Horton reviews Shadow Over Mars a.k.a. The Nemesis From Terra by Leigh Brackett. 
• Martin's Booklog reviews Shadow Over Mars a.k.a. The Nemesis from Terra by Leigh Brackett. 
• Bormgans reviews the 1944 science fiction novel Sirius by Olaf Stapledon. 
• Steve J. Wright also reviews Sirius by Olaf Stapledon. 
• Speculiction also reviews Sirius by Olaf Stapledon.
• SFBook Review also reviews Sirius by Olaf Stapledon.  
• John Howard also reviews Sirius by Olaf Stapledon.
• Stuart Carter reviews Sirius by Olaf Stapledon.

Short fiction reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 City short story "Desertion" by Clifford D. Simak.
• Adventures Fantastic reviews the 1944 planetary romance novella "The Jewel of Bas" by Leigh Brackett. 
• Adventures Fantastic also reviews the 1944 space opera novelette "The Veil of Astellar" by Leigh Brackett.
• M. Porcius reviews the 1944 science fiction novella "Killdozer!" by Theodore Sturgeon.
• Andrew Liptak reviews the 1944 science fiction novelette "Arena" by Fredric Brown.
• Dave Eversole also reviews "Arena" by Fredric Brown.
  

Dramatic presentation reviews:

• Kevin Nicholson reviews the 1944 horror movie The Uninvited, directed by Lewis Allen.
• Remy Dean reviews The Uninvited.
• Scott Ashlin reviews The Uninvited.
• Max Feldman reviews the 1944 fantasy movie Cobra Woman, directed by Robert Siodmak. 
• Movie Diva reviews Cobra Woman.
• Emanuel Levy reviews Cobra Woman. 
• Nina Rao reviews Cobra Woman.
• Flickering Myth reviews the 1944 horror movie The Halfway House, directed by Basil Dearden.
• Paul Moody also reviews The Halfway House.
• Scott A. Cupp reviews the 1944 fantasy movie Between Two Worlds, directed by Edward A. Blatt.