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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Jun 3, 20222 min read
INVISIBLE ENEMIES - THE HORLA
INVISBLE ENEMIES I – GUY DE MAUPASSANT Guy de Maupassant (1850-93) is recognised as the master of the short story form—having written 300...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
May 31, 20222 min read
OTHER DIMENSIONS - FLATLAND
Edwin A. Abbot (1838-1926) was an English mathematician, theologian and headmaster. He was educated in St. Johns, Cambridge, earning...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Apr 13, 20222 min read
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
RLS (1850-94) is most famous for inventing the Pirate/Buried Treasure genre in “Treasure Island” (1883), and also romantic adventures...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Mar 14, 20222 min read
THE BATTLE OF DORKING
GEORGE TOMKYNS CHESNEY Towards the end of the Nineteenth Century writers began to realise that future wars would not resemble those which...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Feb 7, 20222 min read
MORE ON JULES VERNE
Vern’s most popular novel “Around the World in 80 Days” (1872) was written in troubled times as the Franco-Prussian war was raging at the...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Jan 12, 20223 min read
THE MACABRE WORLD OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was the son of the English actress Elizabeth Arnold and a Baltimore actor David Poe Jr. After his mother’s...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Oct 23, 20212 min read
ADVENTURES IN " HERLAND"
GILMAN AND “HERLAND” Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She was an early feminist and campaigned...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Jul 17, 20212 min read
THE WORLD OF THE INVISIBLE
Fitz-James O’Brien was born in Cork in 1826 and emigrated as a young man to the USA, where he died in 1862 in Cumberland, Maryland, at...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
May 30, 20212 min read
THE THREAT FROM THE MACHINES
Samuel Butler (1835-1902) Samuel Butler was Bulwer-Lytton’s near contemporary. He is remembered these days for two books—“The Way of All...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
May 17, 20212 min read
THE COMING RACE
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-73) {this is not a typo} An English aristocrat, he was first a Whig (Liberal) MP, and...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Apr 21, 20211 min read
DINO ATTACK
When will scientists stop experimenting on frog DNA?
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Mar 3, 20211 min read
A Quote From "The Last Man"
What are we, the inhabitants of this globe, least among the many that people infinite space? Our minds embrace infinity; the visible...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Mary Shelley - Part Four
Mary Shelley Part Four: THE LAST MAN This work appeared in 1826, with the writer being described simply as "The Author of Frankenstein."...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Mary Shelley - Part Three
MARY SHELLEY – Part Three So what is it about Mary Shelley’s work that establishes it as the first modern SF story? The answer lies in...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Mary Shelley - part Two
MARY SHELLEY- Part Two With Mary Shelley (1797-1851), we have finally arrived at the doorstep of modern SF. We have seen its early...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Mary Shelley - Part One
MARY SHELLEY – Part One Towards the end of the Eighteenth Century a new style of writing developed – the Gothic Novel. The hallmarks of...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Jan 26, 20211 min read
THE FIRST MENTION OF ANTIGRAVITY
As we approach the nineteenth century, we get closer to the modern forms of SF. But on the way, we encounter minor figures such as George...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Jan 2, 20211 min read
MORE ON THE "HOLLOW EARTH"
Returning to the topic of underground adventures we come to "The Life & Adventures of Peter Wilkins-A Cornishman" by Robert Platock...
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan
Dec 23, 20201 min read
EARLY ADVENTURES IN HOLLOW EARTH
One of the enduring tropes of SF is the "Hollow Earth" concept, where the traveller encounters a subterranean world filled with monsters...
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