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 January 22, 2020

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


Magazine reviews:

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

Novel reviews:

• Ryan Harvey reviews Land of Terror by Edgar Rice Burroughs. 
• Mike Brooks reviews Land of Terror by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
• James Meek reviews The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater.
• Lauren, age 8, reviews The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater.
• Kirkus reviews Worlds Beginning by Robert Ardrey.
  

Short fiction reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 utopian novella Old Man in a New World by Olaf Stapedon.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novelette "The Children's Hour" by Lawrence O'Donnel a.k.a. Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore.
• James Wallace Harris revisits the 1944 science fiction novelette "No Woman Born" by C.L. Moore.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 military science fiction novelette "Deadline" by Cleve Cartmill.
  

Series reviews:

• Sara Light-Waller reviews the Captain Future series by Edmond Hamilton.
• Brad Darrach reviews the Doc Savage series by Kenneth Robeson a.k.a. Lester Dent.
• Xaxnar reviews Doc Savage. 
• Dr. Larry Burris reviews Doc Savage.
• George W. Geib reviews The Shadow series by Maxwell Grant a.k.a. Walter B. Gibson.
• Ron Fortier reviews an adventure of G-8 and His Battle Aces by Robert J. Hogan.
  

Dramatic presentation reviews:

• Nicholas Whyte reviews the 1944 time travel comedy Time Flies, directed by Walter Forde.
• Journeys in Classic Film reviews The Canterville Ghost, directed by Jules Dassin.
• Brian Eggert reviews The Curse of the Cat People, directed by Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch. 
• Dan Schneider reviews The Curse of the Cat People.
• William Thomas reviews The Curse of the Cat People.
• Richard Scheib reviews The Lady and the Monster, directed by George Sherman.
• Dave Sindelar reviews The Lady and the Monster.
• The New York Times reviews The Lady and the Monster.