More Radium-Age science fiction about troubled superhumans!

The first half of the 2nd episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo”

Behind the scenes at the taping of our 2nd podcast!

The theme of our next episode: “Scary Supermen.”

“Can you tell me why you’re here, Lesley?” the guidance counselor asks…

We’re reading 225+ stories about troubled and troubling super­humans.

During science fiction’s Radium Age, writers dreamed up mechanical and quasi-organic humanoids…

Here it is: the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” Hilobrow.com’s Radium-Age…

Long before Alan Moore asked “Who will watch the Watchmen?” Radium-Age (1904-33)…

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Here’s the 2nd reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,”…

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Members of the Modernist Generation, born from 1884-93, were in their teens…

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