Cirsova by P. Alexander6/29/2023 ![]() In it, a Nazi-hunting astronaut has crash-landed on a jungle moon, becomes a Tarzan-style jungle man, and with the help of his talking ape friends, rescues a jungle princess from a skull temple of invisibility-cloak wearing death cultists. ![]() Probably my favorite story that I like to point to if someone asked “what are you looking for” is Raiders of the Second Moon by Basil Wells. Up through the 50s, Ross Rocklynne was considered one of the ‘big names’ of sci-fi, though he’s largely forgotten today. Howard’s executor, wrote a number of stories in the 20s and 30s in the same vein as Burroughs, but I’ve noticed his bent is on space princesses who are light-sabre-wielding, army-leading heads of states. Otis Adelbert Kline, who’s better known these days as R.E. There are so many great writers from the pulps and on into the New Wave that even if I listed dozens, I’d certainly leave some out that I would’ve meant to include. Alexander: One of the reasons why I list so many is that it’s so hard to narrow it down to just a few. Howard” What other old school authors do you enjoy and hope influence the content? ![]() ![]() ![]() Scott Cole: From the Cirsova zine submission guidelines: “Original short stories between 2000-7500 words, specifically those in the vein of Leigh Brackett, Jack Vance, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fritz Leiber and Robert E. ![]()
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