By: Lucy Sante

He discovered photography’s affinity with the social uncanny.

By: Joshua Glenn

A fanboys’ fanboy, he coined the term “Cthulhu Mythos.”

By: Lucy Sante

The clochard who chronicled freedom from the straight world.

By: Amanda French

The really important kind of freedom involves attention.

By: Joshua Glenn

His Fu Manchu yarns succeeded by stoking readers’ fear of a Yellow Peril.

By: Brian Berger

She starred in four films that made her a noir icon.

By: Peggy Nelson

collected cut-up technique in spurred by algorithm with William S.

By: Joshua Glenn

“And see the earth, a spurnèd pebble, fall —”

By: Peggy Nelson

He navigated between the poles of civilization and wilderness.

By: Lucy Sante

Dashiell Hammett vs. The Situationists

By: Lynn Peril

A story that everyone knows even if they don’t remember the author’s name.

By: Barbara Bogaev

“I’d sooner clean and paint the house / Than read a book by Botho Strauss.”

By: Brian Berger

He replaced an irreplaceable genius.

By: Joshua Glenn

His talent defined an era of sf; the decline of his talent marked the era’s end.

By: Brian Berger

“Sherwood Anderson knew something. He had the instinct.”