Melanie Roussel
The Origins of April Fool's Day
Where, when and why did we decide that April 1st was a good day to pull pranks on one another? Well, like many weird aspects of our...
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MELANIE ROUSSEL FICTION
Melanie Roussel
- Aug 20, 2019
- 3 min
Why we should still read H. P. Lovecraft
I'm posting this on the 20th of August so Happy Birthday H. P. Lovecraft! H.P. Lovecraft is one of those authors who fall under a strange...
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Melanie Roussel
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
Hugo Gernsback - another Father of Science Fiction
There are many fathers of science fiction. HG Wells, Jules Verne and believe it or not, Voltaire who wrote the proto-science fiction...
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Melanie Roussel
- Apr 25, 2019
- 2 min
Varney the Vampire
Varney can be your friend too if you just make believe him! Varney the Vampire (or The Feast of Blood) was a serialized gothic horror...
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Melanie Roussel
- Apr 15, 2019
- 3 min
Mary Shelley
It is simply not possible to discuss the beginnings of science fiction without talking about Mary Shelley. She is widely acknowledged as...
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Melanie Roussel
- Apr 11, 2019
- 3 min
Jekyll and Hyde
Dr.Jekyll can’t drink his potion when he’s moving. So he can run but he can’t Hyde. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was a book I...
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Melanie Roussel
- Apr 7, 2019
- 3 min
The Cottingley Fairies
Do you believe in the Cottingley Fairies? The Cottingley Fairies The Cottingley Fairies were a series of five photographs taken in 1917...
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Melanie Roussel
- Feb 18, 2019
- 3 min
Science Fiction Predicts the Future
Let's not beat around the bush. It's true. Science fiction predicts the future. Need proof? HG Wells In the book When the Sleeper Wakes...
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Melanie Roussel
- Feb 11, 2019
- 4 min
The Use and Abuse of Cthulhu
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn. H.P. Lovecraft was a pioneer of the speculative fiction genre and comisc horror,...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 30, 2018
- 4 min
The War of the Worlds Panic
Eighty years ago today, America was plunged into panic. But there's a twist to this story you've probably never heard. Orson Welles...
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Melanie Roussel
- Aug 25, 2018
- 3 min
The Great Moon Hoax
The Moon Hoax you've probably never heard of. GREAT ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES LATELY MADEBY SIR JOHN HERSCHEL, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c.At the...
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