Podcast appearances and mentions of Donald A Wollheim

A creature in the night hunting for fresh meat. Hunting in a way that never fails. A Prophecy of Monsters by Clark Ashton Smith. And, If heat and moisture and greasy chemical compounds once combined to make life, the laziness of a slattern landlady might cause them to combine again. In that case, the results would not be pretty. The Rag Thing by Donald A. Wollheim. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Thanks to Denis Kalinin who bought us a coffee and says, “ Sci Fi makes science not war.” Thank you Denis we appreciate you! If you would like to buy us a coffee there is a link in the description.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVOur first story today is shorter than most but I love it and I think you will too. It has been published many times, in Hauntings and Horrors, Ten Grisly Tales, 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, 100 Creepy Little Creatures and Werewolf! It's been titled Monsters in the Night but that's not the original title. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in October 1954 open your seven decade old copy to page 119, A Prophecy of Monsters by Clark Ashton Smith...We've got another short story for you today, and this one is a little different too! It was also first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in October, but three years earlier in 1951, the magazine says it was written by David Grinnel but it was actually written by an old friend of the podcast, turn to page 34, The Rag Thing by Donald A. Wollheim…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Tampering with events of the past could bring disastrous results in the future. It was why Brek was given a pair of six-guns to catch—The Time Snatcher, by Randall Garrett.===========================

En este episodio, nos adentraremos en las entrañas del horror clásico para explorar una obra que sigue resonando en el corazón de los amantes del género. Hoy os traigo "Mimic", un relato escrito por Donald H. Wollheim, un verdadero maestro de la ciencia ficción y el terror. Publicado por primera vez en 1942, este relato nos invita a cuestionar los límites de la naturaleza, la percepción y lo que realmente sabemos sobre las criaturas que comparten nuestro mundo. Una historia breve pero inquietante, en la que la realidad cotidiana se desmorona ante la presencia de lo extraño y lo inesperado. Apaga las luces, ajusta tus auriculares y prepárate para un viaje a lo desconocido. Porque en Los Cuentos de la Casa de la Bruja, los secretos más oscuros siempre encuentran su camino hacia la luz. Los Cuentos de la Casa de la Bruja es un podcast semanal de audio-relatos de misterio, ciencia ficción y terror. Cada viernes, a las 10 de la noche, traemos un nuevo programa. Alternamos entre episodios gratuitos para todos nuestros oyentes y episodios exclusivos para nuestros fans. ¡Si te gusta nuestro contenido suscríbete! Y si te encanta considera hacerte fan desde el botón azul APOYAR y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo. Tu aporte es de mucha ayuda para el mantenimiento de este podcast. ¡Gracias por ello! Mi nombre es Juan Carlos. Dirijo este podcast y también soy locutor y narrador de audiolibros, con estudio propio. Si crees que mi voz encajaría con tu proyecto o negocio contacta conmigo y hablamos. :) Contacto profesional: info@locucioneshablandoclaro.com www.locucioneshablandoclaro.com También estoy en Twitter: @VengadorT Y en Instagram: juancarlos_locutor Música y FX, Epidemic Sound, con licencia. Ilustración, Pixabay, con licencia: https://pixabay.com/es/illustrations/ara%C3%B1a-ar%C3%A1cnido-naturaleza-2755564/ Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show.IN THIS EPISODE: Written in 1942, “Mimic” eventually inspired the 1997 horror film of the same name. The short story was written by Martin Pearson, though you may also know him as Donald A. Wollheim or Darrel G. Raynor, as he used many pseudonyms when writing. The story is a simple premise, talking of how some insects disguise themselves as other insects, or some animals disguise themselves as other animals, in order to not be eaten by the creatures above them in the food chain. At the top of the food chain is man – do we have mimics disguised as us – in plain sight?SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Mimic” by Martin Pearson: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2me9rc2nWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library.= = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: October 03, 2024CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/mimic

The Master Astrologer was willing to give his life—if only the torch of what little learning existed in the land could be passed on. Saknarth by Donald A. Wollheim, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Let's turn back the clock 82 years to the Spring 1942 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly. This is our second story from that issue, not that long ago we heard from George R. Hahn and Gangway for Homer. Open the magazine to page 118, Saknarth by Donald A. Wollheim…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, All of us have a purpose in life; among us are those whose duty is to act as guardians for those who have a mission to perform. Undersea Guardians by Ray Bradbury.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

To Kworn the object was a roadblock, threatening his life. But it was also a high road to a magnificent future! On the Fourth Planet by J. F. Bone, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Another 5 star rating and review on Apple Podcasts Australia, psiberlife says, “Excellent. The best reader you could hope for with the best stories.” Thanks psiberlife!If you've ever thought about buying Lost Sci-Fi merchandise this would be a perfect time to do it.

A Fantasy of perfection and imperfection. A tale of a quaint city in the jungle and the curious fate that overtook a very clever thief who came there. The Unfinished City by Donald A. Wollheim, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Another 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, just so you know, your 5 star reviews never get old! This from Slacker Jake, “Hooked. Hooked on the first episode the narration is great I can't wait to listen to them all.” Thanks Slacker Jake. Just so you know, we are working hard to make sure you never get caught up!!And a shout out to YouTube listener scotleoqueen704 who had this to say, “Wonderful. My #1 fave sci-fi, DUNE and I'd give my right arm to have that 1st printing in the magazine. You're my #1 fave narrator of sci-fi.” Thanks scotleoqueen704! I don't think you are alone in wishing you had the first appearance of Dune in the December 1963 issue of Analog science fiction magazine. Although it's been said that Frank Herbert rewrote most of what originally appeared in Analog before releasing Dune in 1965. And thanks for your compliment saying that we were your #1 favorite narrator of sci-fi. That is quite a compliment. Thank you.Donald A. Wollheim makes his 4th appearance on the podcast with an interesting short sci-fi story about a most unusual little city. Stirring Science Stories first appeared in February 1941, four issues later the 15 cent magazine was gone for good. Until now, we had never featured a story from the magazine.Wollheim had an advantage over every other author who appeared in this, here today, gone tomorrow magazine, he was also the editor! Today's story can be found in the last issue, and it is the last story ever to appear in the magazine. From March 1942, on page 60, The Unfinished City by Donald A. Wollheim…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Mad with despair, they fought back from the ruins. Whoever these invaders were, they should not have a world which its defenders themselves had destroyed! The Burnt Planet William Brittain☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

He walked alone in the dawn and the dusk, and no one knew his name. But the day he perished, and the way he perished–a world will never forget! Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Special thanks to podcast listener Marwin de Haan who bought us 5 coffees and says “Thank you so much for making my daily commute pleasurable. I love the stories you pick to narrate, and think your voice and style are perfect for the era of sci-fi you have chosen. Also, the reason you do this is heart-warming, and reminds me of my father who did something similar before he passed away. Best regards from the Netherlands.” Thank you for buying 5 coffees for us and for your kind words Marwin! We appreciate you!!If you want to buy us a coffee there is a link in the description.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVDonald A. Wollheim made his debut on the podcast with Pogo Planet almost 3 months ago. He's back today with a terrifying tale of discovery. Let's turn back the clock almost 82 years to the December 1942 issue of Astounding Stories. Turn to the last story in the issue on page 58, Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, As long as midnight cloaks the earth with shadows grim and dark, God save us from the Judas kiss of a dead man in the dark. The Fearsome Touch of Death by Robert E. Howard.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

All the Grahams desired was a home they could call their own ... but what did the home want? Old Rambling House by Frank Herbert, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Thanks for all you do to help promote our podcast. In the last few days, thanks to you, more people have listened than ever before. We have our highest ranking ever in Canada, Great Britain, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, The Philippines and the United States. Thank you!Another 5 star review on Apple Podcasts! August100 says, “Terrific Dose of Sci Fi, I have been reading this old pulp sci fi for decades. It is a refreshing treat to hear it read by such a skilled storyteller. The more I listen, the more it grows on me. Keep it up. Please.” August100 we will keep it up and we thank you for your wonderful review. Today's author wrote one of the best selling science fiction books of all time, Dune. Frank Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1920. His lied about his age to get the first of many newspaper jobs in 1939. Herbert loved photography, buying his first camera at the age of ten. In 1942, during World War II, he was a photographer in the U.S. Navy's Seabees. He served for six months but suffered a head injury and was given a medical discharge.Frank Herbert said he had been reading science fiction for about ten years, before he began writing sci-fi, and said some of his favorite authors were H. G. Wells, Robert A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson and Jack Vance.His first science fiction story Looking for Something, was published in the April 1952 issue of Startling Stories. He began researching Dune in 1959 and the novel was published six years later. But, did you know the world was first exposed to the Dune World in a December 1963 issue of Analog science fiction magazine. It was featured on the cover. That 1963 issue contained Part One of Thee Parts of Dune World.Dune was then rejected by almost twenty book publishers, and in his rejection letter one editor wrote, "I might be making the mistake of the decade, but…”Sterling Lanier of the Chilton Book Company, the company most often associated with automobile repair manuals, was exposed to Dune World in Analog and offered Herbert a $7,500 advance plus future royalties for the rights to publish Dune. Obviously Dune was a success, winning the Nebula Award for best novel in 1965 and sharing the Hugo Award in 1966 with Call Me Conrad by Roger Zelazny. However, Dune, was not an immediate bestseller, and following its publication he went back to writing for newspapers. He didn't become a full-time author until 1972.In addition to his numerous novels Herbert wrote about 30 short stories, six of them are in the public domain. Let's turn to page 89 in the April 1958 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, for, Old Rambling House by Frank Herbert…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, He walked alone in the dawn and the dusk, and no one knew his name. But the day he perished, and the way he perished–a world will never forget! Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ ❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$200 Someone$75 James Van Maanenberg$50 Anonymous Listener$25 Future Space Engineer, Fressie, Kevin Eckert, Stephen Kagan, James Van Maanenberg, Irma Stolfo, Josh Jennings, Leber8tr, Conrad Chaffee, Anonymous Listener$15 Curious Jon, Buz C., Fressie, Anonymous Listener$10 Anonymous Listener$5 Chrystene, Richard Hoffman, Anonymous Listener Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mimic (Mimic) es un relato de terror del escritor norteamericano Donald A. Wollheim (1914-1990), publicado originalmente en la edición de diciembre de 1942 de la revista Astonishing Stories, y desde entonces reeditado en numerosas antologías. El cuento fue adaptado al cine por Guillermo del Toro en 1997. Mimic, uno de los mejores cuentos de Donald A. Wollheim, relata la historia del sujeto extraño en el barrio, alguien silencioso, reservado, que nunca tiene problemas con nadie pero que nadie llega a conocer realmente, alguien que, en realidad, es algo. SPOILERS. Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim consigue vislumbrar todo un mundo escondido con una narración notablemente sucinta y eficaz. La premisa de la historia es simple: algunos insectos han evolucionado para sobrevivir a través del camuflaje, como aquellas mariposas que imitan a las hojas y los escarabajos que imitan a las hormigas, llegando a pasar completamente desapercibidos. Pero, ¿qué tal si los insectos desarrollaran una forma de imitar a la criatura en la cima de la cadena alimentaria de nuestro planeta: los seres humanos? [«Pero en medio de las hormigas guerreras también viajan muchas otras criaturas, criaturas que no son hormigas en absoluto, y que las hormigas guerreras matarían si las descubrieran. Pero no saben de ellas porque estas otras criaturas están disfrazadas. Algunas son escarabajos que parecen hormigas. Tienen marcas falsas como tórax de hormigas y corren imitando la velocidad de las hormigas. ¡Incluso hay uno que es tan largo que parece tres hormigas en una sola fila! Se mueve tan rápido que las hormigas reales nunca le dan una segunda mirada.»] En Mimic, Donald A. Wollheim utiliza un número reducido de elementos. Al principio, el narrador describe brevemente a un hombre que vive en su misma calle, y que conoce desde su infancia. Es un tipo reservado, que viste una amplia capa negra, y que parece tener una particular aversión por las mujeres. De hecho, nadie lo ha visto hablar con una. El narrador crece y lo olvida. Cursa sus estudios y consigue trabajo como asistente del curador de un museo en el área de entomología. Allí aprende todo sobre cómo ciertos insectos utilizan el camuflaje para esconderse, mimetizarse, y pasar desapercibidos en un contexto que sería sumamente hostil si fuesen descubiertos [ver: Relatos de terror de insectos] El narrador tiene muchas ganas de hablar sobre las hormigas guerreras, esos feroces depredadores que viajan «en enormes columnas de cientos de miles». Son temibles e implacables, nos dice el narrador, pero también hay otras cosas viajando en esas columnas, disfrazadas, apoyándose en el mimetismo para aprovechar la protección que supone la fuerza superior de las hormigas. En este punto, es imposible para el lector no advertir que hay una conexión entre el interés del narrador por los insectos y su descripción del hombre de negro, «siempre vestido con una capa larga y negra que le llegaba hasta los tobillos, […] y un sombrero de ala ancha que le cubría la cara». Como un escarabajo, se podría pensar. También puede ser, como sugiere el narrador, que sea pura casualidad que el hombre de negro haya estado en la calle cuando la historia comienza a desarrollarse, mientras el conserje de la pensión sale corriendo pidiendo ayuda [ver: La biología de los Monstruos] El caso es que aún queda mucho por descubrir para la ciencia, y dado que el camuflaje y la imitación parecen ser recursos eficaces para estos insectos, es lícito preguntarse si el ser humano, el máximo depredador sobre la faz de la tierra, acaso no tiene sus propios imitadores viviendo junto a él. Desde luego, una vez que el narrador expresa esta pregunta filosófica, vuelve a encontrarse casualmente con el hombre de la capa negra. En cierto momento, lo sigue hasta su habitación en la pensión, donde el hombre siempre se ha comportado como un inquilino intachable, irrumpe en ella y lo encuentra tirado en el suelo, muerto. [«Durante varios instantes no vimos nada malo y luego, gradualmente, horriblemente, nos dimos cuenta de algunas cosas que estaban mal.»] Cuando el narrador inspecciona el rostro y la ropa del hombre de negro descubre no es humano: [«Lo que pensábamos que era un abrigo era una enorme funda de ala negra, como la que tiene un escarabajo. Tenía un tórax como un insecto, solo que la vaina del ala lo cubría y no podías notarlo cuando usaba la capa. El cuerpo sobresalía por debajo, reduciéndose a las dos patas traseras largas y delgadas. Sus brazos salían por debajo de la parte superior del abrigo. Tenía un pequeño par de brazos secundarios, cruzados con fuerza sobre su pecho. Había un agujero redondo y afilado recién perforado en su pecho, justo encima de estos brazos, todavía rezumando un líquido acuoso.»] Este hombre-escarabajo de Donald A. Wollheim es una mezcla particularmente inquietante de Gregor Samsa, el hombre-cucaracha de Kafka, y Wilbur Whateley, aquel personaje de El horror de Dunwich (The Dunwich Horror) de Lovecraft, con órganos y apéndices alienígenas bajo una fachada semihumana [ver: La Biblia de Yog-Sothoth: análisis de «El horror de Dunwich»]. Sin embargo, a diferencia de Samsa, el hombre de negro no se ha transformado en un ser grotesco a partir de un ser humano normal: es un insecto, un escarabajo que imita a los seres humanos para sobrevivir el tiempo suficiente para poner sus huevos. Al parecer, en este punto de la historia el hombre de la capa negra ha llegado al fin de su ciclo de vida. Mimic nos reserva algunos horrores más. Cuando el narrador abre una curiosa caja de metal que también estaba en la habitación, un enjambre de diminutos escarabajos escapa volando por la ventana: [«Debe haber habido docenas de ellos. Tenían unas dos o tres pulgadas de largo y volaban sobre anchas alas diáfanas de escarabajo. Parecían hombrecitos, extrañamente aterradores mientras volaban, vestidos con sus trajes negros, con sus rostros inexpresivos y sus ojos azules llorosos. Volaron con alas transparentes que salían de debajo de sus negros abrigos de escarabajo.»] «Es un hecho curioso de la naturaleza que aquello que está a simple vista suele ser lo que mejor está escondido», reflexiona el narrador de Mimic. C. Auguste Dupin estaría de acuerdo, como lo demuestra La carta robada (The Purloined Letter) de Edgar Allan Poe, donde el ladrón esconde la carta robada en el lugar más obvio, el portacartas, en cierto modo, camuflándola como una simple carta más. Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim parte de una premisa similar. Porque el hombre de negro es, en efecto, un insecto enorme que ha aprendido a coexistir con los humanos imitando su apariencia y, hasta cierto punto, su comportamiento. Pero, incluso después de descubrir la verdad, el hombre de negro no es lo que parece. De hecho, es una hembra. En este punto, Donald A. Wollheim trata de explicar que la aversión del hombre de negro por las mujeres era simplemente un recurso evolutivo. El narrador especula que la criatura tenía miedo de las mujeres porque ellas observan más cuidadosamente que los hombres, sobre todo a los hombres, y que por esa razón era más probable que su camuflaje sea detectado por una hembra. En cualquier caso, no es un elemento particularmente feliz. Mimic podría haber sido un relato mediocre si todo hubiese terminado aquí, pero hay más. En el cadáver del hombre de negro hay un «agujero redondo y afilado, recién perforado en su pecho, justo por encima de los brazos, que todavía rezumaba un líquido acuoso.» El narrador no explica qué ha ocurrido, y nos invita a buscar en los eventos al final de la historia una pista sobre la identidad del asesino [ver: Vermifobia: gusanos y otros anélidos freudianos en la ficción] Cuando la horrorosa cría del hombre de negro sale volando, ya liberada de su confinamiento en la caja de metal, el narrador mira por la ventana para seguir su vuelo y ve algo más acechando en un techo cercano, camuflado. Su observación transforma la escena urbana en un paisaje digno del horror cósmico de H.P. Lovecraft. De un plumazo, la ciudad, la antítesis de la naturaleza, se convierte en un lugar salvaje: [«Chimeneas, paredes y tendederos vacíos formaban el escenario sobre el que pasaba la diminuta masa de horror. Y luego vi una chimenea, a menos de diez metros de distancia en el siguiente techo. Era achaparrada, de ladrillo rojo, y tenía dos extremos de tubos negros al ras de la parte superior. La vi vibrar de repente, de forma extraña. Su superficie de ladrillo rojo parecía despegarse, y las aberturas de las tuberías negras se volvieron repentinamente blancas. Vi dos grandes ojos mirando al cielo. Una gran cosa con alas planas se desprendió silenciosamente de la superficie de la chimenea real y salió disparada tras la nube de cosas voladoras. Observé hasta que todas se perdieron en el cielo.»] Al contrario de lo que sucede con Lovecraft, no me atrevería a ser definitivo con el racismo subyacente en Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim, pero tampoco podemos eludir esa interpretación. Después de todo, el relato está ambientado en Nueva York, la puerta de entrada a los Estados Unidos donde los inmigrantes llegaban con la esperanza de pasar la inspección en Ellis Island y establecerse para empezar una nueva vida. En este contexto, el comentario del narrador: «la evolución creará un ser para cualquier nicho que se pueda encontrar, por improbable que sea», nos obliga a preguntarnos qué es lo que realmente está pasando aquí, porque el punto es que el hombre-escarabajo nunca ha encajado, nunca se ha mimetizado exitosamente. Podemos recordar que, cuando el narrador era niño, se burlaba de él por su miedo a las mujeres. De hecho, más que un imitador exitoso, perfectamente diseñado por la evolución, parece un extranjero que sencillamente trata de adaptarse, alguien que no pertenece del todo, alguien que despierta cierta inquietud pero que es lo suficientemente inteligente como para soportar las burlas de los demás y no despertar demasiada incomodidad [ver: Atrapado en el cuerpo equivocado] Es tentador especular sobre lo que está pasando en Mimic en términos de racismo no muy bien solapado, porque, vamos, el hombre de negro parece un ser humano, pero cuando miras más de cerca... Al flaco de Providence le hubiese gustado [ver: «La Sombra sobre Innsmouth»: del odio racial a la empatía] Análisis de: El Espejo Gótico https://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/2022/04/mimic-donald-wollheim-relato-y-analisis.html Texto del relato extraído de: https://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/2022/04/mimic-donald-wollheim-relato-y-analisis.html Musicas: - 01. Mind Tricks - Experia (Epidemic) Nota: Este audio no se realiza con fines comerciales ni lucrativos. Es de difusión enteramente gratuita e intenta dar a conocer tanto a los escritores de los relatos y cuentos como a los autores de las músicas. Nota: Este audio no se realiza con fines comerciales ni lucrativos. Es de difusión enteramente gratuita e intenta dar a conocer tanto a los escritores de los relatos y cuentos como a los autores de las músicas. ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast? Hazlo con advoices.com/podcast/ivoox/352537 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Mimic (Mimic) es un relato de terror del escritor norteamericano Donald A. Wollheim (1914-1990), publicado originalmente en la edición de diciembre de 1942 de la revista Astonishing Stories, y desde entonces reeditado en numerosas antologías. El cuento fue adaptado al cine por Guillermo del Toro en 1997. Mimic, uno de los mejores cuentos de Donald A. Wollheim, relata la historia del sujeto extraño en el barrio, alguien silencioso, reservado, que nunca tiene problemas con nadie pero que nadie llega a conocer realmente, alguien que, en realidad, es algo. SPOILERS. Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim consigue vislumbrar todo un mundo escondido con una narración notablemente sucinta y eficaz. La premisa de la historia es simple: algunos insectos han evolucionado para sobrevivir a través del camuflaje, como aquellas mariposas que imitan a las hojas y los escarabajos que imitan a las hormigas, llegando a pasar completamente desapercibidos. Pero, ¿qué tal si los insectos desarrollaran una forma de imitar a la criatura en la cima de la cadena alimentaria de nuestro planeta: los seres humanos? [«Pero en medio de las hormigas guerreras también viajan muchas otras criaturas, criaturas que no son hormigas en absoluto, y que las hormigas guerreras matarían si las descubrieran. Pero no saben de ellas porque estas otras criaturas están disfrazadas. Algunas son escarabajos que parecen hormigas. Tienen marcas falsas como tórax de hormigas y corren imitando la velocidad de las hormigas. ¡Incluso hay uno que es tan largo que parece tres hormigas en una sola fila! Se mueve tan rápido que las hormigas reales nunca le dan una segunda mirada.»] En Mimic, Donald A. Wollheim utiliza un número reducido de elementos. Al principio, el narrador describe brevemente a un hombre que vive en su misma calle, y que conoce desde su infancia. Es un tipo reservado, que viste una amplia capa negra, y que parece tener una particular aversión por las mujeres. De hecho, nadie lo ha visto hablar con una. El narrador crece y lo olvida. Cursa sus estudios y consigue trabajo como asistente del curador de un museo en el área de entomología. Allí aprende todo sobre cómo ciertos insectos utilizan el camuflaje para esconderse, mimetizarse, y pasar desapercibidos en un contexto que sería sumamente hostil si fuesen descubiertos [ver: Relatos de terror de insectos] El narrador tiene muchas ganas de hablar sobre las hormigas guerreras, esos feroces depredadores que viajan «en enormes columnas de cientos de miles». Son temibles e implacables, nos dice el narrador, pero también hay otras cosas viajando en esas columnas, disfrazadas, apoyándose en el mimetismo para aprovechar la protección que supone la fuerza superior de las hormigas. En este punto, es imposible para el lector no advertir que hay una conexión entre el interés del narrador por los insectos y su descripción del hombre de negro, «siempre vestido con una capa larga y negra que le llegaba hasta los tobillos, […] y un sombrero de ala ancha que le cubría la cara». Como un escarabajo, se podría pensar. También puede ser, como sugiere el narrador, que sea pura casualidad que el hombre de negro haya estado en la calle cuando la historia comienza a desarrollarse, mientras el conserje de la pensión sale corriendo pidiendo ayuda [ver: La biología de los Monstruos] El caso es que aún queda mucho por descubrir para la ciencia, y dado que el camuflaje y la imitación parecen ser recursos eficaces para estos insectos, es lícito preguntarse si el ser humano, el máximo depredador sobre la faz de la tierra, acaso no tiene sus propios imitadores viviendo junto a él. Desde luego, una vez que el narrador expresa esta pregunta filosófica, vuelve a encontrarse casualmente con el hombre de la capa negra. En cierto momento, lo sigue hasta su habitación en la pensión, donde el hombre siempre se ha comportado como un inquilino intachable, irrumpe en ella y lo encuentra tirado en el suelo, muerto. [«Durante varios instantes no vimos nada malo y luego, gradualmente, horriblemente, nos dimos cuenta de algunas cosas que estaban mal.»] Cuando el narrador inspecciona el rostro y la ropa del hombre de negro descubre no es humano: [«Lo que pensábamos que era un abrigo era una enorme funda de ala negra, como la que tiene un escarabajo. Tenía un tórax como un insecto, solo que la vaina del ala lo cubría y no podías notarlo cuando usaba la capa. El cuerpo sobresalía por debajo, reduciéndose a las dos patas traseras largas y delgadas. Sus brazos salían por debajo de la parte superior del abrigo. Tenía un pequeño par de brazos secundarios, cruzados con fuerza sobre su pecho. Había un agujero redondo y afilado recién perforado en su pecho, justo encima de estos brazos, todavía rezumando un líquido acuoso.»] Este hombre-escarabajo de Donald A. Wollheim es una mezcla particularmente inquietante de Gregor Samsa, el hombre-cucaracha de Kafka, y Wilbur Whateley, aquel personaje de El horror de Dunwich (The Dunwich Horror) de Lovecraft, con órganos y apéndices alienígenas bajo una fachada semihumana [ver: La Biblia de Yog-Sothoth: análisis de «El horror de Dunwich»]. Sin embargo, a diferencia de Samsa, el hombre de negro no se ha transformado en un ser grotesco a partir de un ser humano normal: es un insecto, un escarabajo que imita a los seres humanos para sobrevivir el tiempo suficiente para poner sus huevos. Al parecer, en este punto de la historia el hombre de la capa negra ha llegado al fin de su ciclo de vida. Mimic nos reserva algunos horrores más. Cuando el narrador abre una curiosa caja de metal que también estaba en la habitación, un enjambre de diminutos escarabajos escapa volando por la ventana: [«Debe haber habido docenas de ellos. Tenían unas dos o tres pulgadas de largo y volaban sobre anchas alas diáfanas de escarabajo. Parecían hombrecitos, extrañamente aterradores mientras volaban, vestidos con sus trajes negros, con sus rostros inexpresivos y sus ojos azules llorosos. Volaron con alas transparentes que salían de debajo de sus negros abrigos de escarabajo.»] «Es un hecho curioso de la naturaleza que aquello que está a simple vista suele ser lo que mejor está escondido», reflexiona el narrador de Mimic. C. Auguste Dupin estaría de acuerdo, como lo demuestra La carta robada (The Purloined Letter) de Edgar Allan Poe, donde el ladrón esconde la carta robada en el lugar más obvio, el portacartas, en cierto modo, camuflándola como una simple carta más. Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim parte de una premisa similar. Porque el hombre de negro es, en efecto, un insecto enorme que ha aprendido a coexistir con los humanos imitando su apariencia y, hasta cierto punto, su comportamiento. Pero, incluso después de descubrir la verdad, el hombre de negro no es lo que parece. De hecho, es una hembra. En este punto, Donald A. Wollheim trata de explicar que la aversión del hombre de negro por las mujeres era simplemente un recurso evolutivo. El narrador especula que la criatura tenía miedo de las mujeres porque ellas observan más cuidadosamente que los hombres, sobre todo a los hombres, y que por esa razón era más probable que su camuflaje sea detectado por una hembra. En cualquier caso, no es un elemento particularmente feliz. Mimic podría haber sido un relato mediocre si todo hubiese terminado aquí, pero hay más. En el cadáver del hombre de negro hay un «agujero redondo y afilado, recién perforado en su pecho, justo por encima de los brazos, que todavía rezumaba un líquido acuoso.» El narrador no explica qué ha ocurrido, y nos invita a buscar en los eventos al final de la historia una pista sobre la identidad del asesino [ver: Vermifobia: gusanos y otros anélidos freudianos en la ficción] Cuando la horrorosa cría del hombre de negro sale volando, ya liberada de su confinamiento en la caja de metal, el narrador mira por la ventana para seguir su vuelo y ve algo más acechando en un techo cercano, camuflado. Su observación transforma la escena urbana en un paisaje digno del horror cósmico de H.P. Lovecraft. De un plumazo, la ciudad, la antítesis de la naturaleza, se convierte en un lugar salvaje: [«Chimeneas, paredes y tendederos vacíos formaban el escenario sobre el que pasaba la diminuta masa de horror. Y luego vi una chimenea, a menos de diez metros de distancia en el siguiente techo. Era achaparrada, de ladrillo rojo, y tenía dos extremos de tubos negros al ras de la parte superior. La vi vibrar de repente, de forma extraña. Su superficie de ladrillo rojo parecía despegarse, y las aberturas de las tuberías negras se volvieron repentinamente blancas. Vi dos grandes ojos mirando al cielo. Una gran cosa con alas planas se desprendió silenciosamente de la superficie de la chimenea real y salió disparada tras la nube de cosas voladoras. Observé hasta que todas se perdieron en el cielo.»] Al contrario de lo que sucede con Lovecraft, no me atrevería a ser definitivo con el racismo subyacente en Mimic de Donald A. Wollheim, pero tampoco podemos eludir esa interpretación. Después de todo, el relato está ambientado en Nueva York, la puerta de entrada a los Estados Unidos donde los inmigrantes llegaban con la esperanza de pasar la inspección en Ellis Island y establecerse para empezar una nueva vida. En este contexto, el comentario del narrador: «la evolución creará un ser para cualquier nicho que se pueda encontrar, por improbable que sea», nos obliga a preguntarnos qué es lo que realmente está pasando aquí, porque el punto es que el hombre-escarabajo nunca ha encajado, nunca se ha mimetizado exitosamente. Podemos recordar que, cuando el narrador era niño, se burlaba de él por su miedo a las mujeres. De hecho, más que un imitador exitoso, perfectamente diseñado por la evolución, parece un extranjero que sencillamente trata de adaptarse, alguien que no pertenece del todo, alguien que despierta cierta inquietud pero que es lo suficientemente inteligente como para soportar las burlas de los demás y no despertar demasiada incomodidad [ver: Atrapado en el cuerpo equivocado] Es tentador especular sobre lo que está pasando en Mimic en términos de racismo no muy bien solapado, porque, vamos, el hombre de negro parece un ser humano, pero cuando miras más de cerca... Al flaco de Providence le hubiese gustado [ver: «La Sombra sobre Innsmouth»: del odio racial a la empatía] Análisis de: El Espejo Gótico https://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/2022/04/mimic-donald-wollheim-relato-y-analisis.html Texto del relato extraído de: https://elespejogotico.blogspot.com/2022/04/mimic-donald-wollheim-relato-y-analisis.html Musicas: - 01. Mind Tricks - Experia (Epidemic) Nota: Este audio no se realiza con fines comerciales ni lucrativos. Es de difusión enteramente gratuita e intenta dar a conocer tanto a los escritores de los relatos y cuentos como a los autores de las músicas. Nota: Este audio no se realiza con fines comerciales ni lucrativos. Es de difusión enteramente gratuita e intenta dar a conocer tanto a los escritores de los relatos y cuentos como a los autores de las músicas. ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast? Hazlo con advoices.com/podcast/ivoox/352537

The Big Wheels of tomorrow will be men who can see the big picture. But blowouts have small beginnings… The Engineer by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Your support of our podcast is amazing. We've received a lot of emails recently, this is one of them, “I've recently discovered your podcast and it has been a God send. I have an hour commute to work every day and these stories are the perfect entertainment to keep me alert on the drive. I sometimes listened to full-length audio books but those can get quite expensive. When you related your story of using this platform to help care for your wife after you are gone, it touched me deeply. I recently lost my precious wife and I can understand the love and caring you have for yours. I'd love to buy you a coffee or 3, but for the life of me I can't find the link.”We gave him the link and were shocked to discover that he bought 40 coffees!! Thank you! If you'd like to buy us a coffee there's a link in the description.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVRecording and editing these sci-fi stories keeps us busy so we're looking for volunteers. Here's how you can help, we are in need of more trivia to post on YouTube, Facebook, X, and other social media platforms. Things like Name the Decade, Name the Movie, Sci-Fi Trivia and others. If you think you'd like to help send an email, scott@lostscifi.com and we will send you the details.And there's another 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, villian75 says, “Love the podcast. Great podcast finding so many authors that I had forgotten about or never knew.” Thanks villian75!!We're the #1 science fiction podcast in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to you!! We've hit # 1 in 14 countries where Apple podcasts tracks listeners. Thank you for making that happen! Today's story was written by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth. Pohl has been on the podcast before but this marks Kornbluth's debut. Born and raised in New York he learned to read by the age of three, wrote his own stories by the time he was seven, graduated from high school at thirteen, received a CCNY scholarship at fourteen, and was "thrown out for leading a student strike" without graduating. As a teenager, he became a member of the Futurians, an influential group of science fiction fans and writers. That's where he met and became friends with Frederik Pohl, Donald A. Wollheim, Robert Lowndes, and his future wife Mary Byers.He wrote a handful of stories before the war and then penned 8 novels and more than 80 short stories. Kornbluth was scheduled to interview for the position of editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. He was running late because he had to shovel snow from his driveway and ran to meet his train, he suffered a fatal heart attack on the platform. He was only 34 years old.Today's story can be found on page 112 of Infinity Science Fiction in February 1956, The Engineer by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Anybody who wanted to escape death could, by paying a very simple price—denial of life! The Moon is Green by Fritz Leiber.❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee $200 Someone$75 James Van Maanenberg$50 Anonymous Listener$25 Fressie, Kevin Eckert, Stephen Kagan, James Van Maanenberg, Irma Stolfo, Josh Jennings, Leber8tr, Conrad Chaffee, Anonymous Listener$15 Buz C., Fressie, Anonymous Listener$10 Anonymous Listener$5 Chrystene, Richard Hoffman, Anonymous Listener Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They didn't have a choice. They would either land or crash on The Planet of Illusion by Donald A. Wollheim, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.More 5 Star reviews on Apple Podcasts! Gpop says, “Quality. This podcast is everything it ought be. Quality stories. Good background information. Most of all excellent dictation. Excellent. I'm enthralled.” Thank you Gpop we appreciate you for taking the time to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.And we are getting more and more comments on Spotify, if that's where you listen we look forward to reading your comments. Steve Hamner says, “Excellent narration. I am hard of hearing but the voice is clear and I have no issue understanding the stories. Excellent material along with a great reader makes for an excellent podcast.” Thank you Steve.Trevor says, “I Always enjoy this podcast!” Thanks Trevor, we enjoy narrating these stories and sharing them on the podcast.And sick1337hack had this to say, “Great podcast thanks.” Thank you. We are thankful for every person who comments and every person who listens to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Our next episode will be podcast #200 and we cannot thank you enough for your encouragement, your support in every way. We now include a list of every person who buys us a coffee in the description of every episode, to show our appreciation for you.Thanks to all of you who have encouraged others to listen to us.Donald A. Wollheim is back on the podcast with another short sci-fi story. Comet Magazine served up 132 pages in its March 1941 issue 83 years ago. Millard V. Gordon is given credit for the story on page 119 but, we know the real author. The Planet of Illusion by Donald A. Wollheim…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, for our 200th episode we are saying hello again to an old friend, Bud Gregory. When Geiger counters all over America went into too-high gear, Dr. David Murfree knew that there was only one man to see—Bud Gregory, the hillbilly genius of the atom! The Deadly Dust by Murray Leinster.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================Merchandise

Introducing that modest little superman, that shrinking violet of destiny, Ajax Calkins, and a world where you had to hop, in some way, to get where you wanted to go! Pogo Planet by Donald A. Wollheim, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.More 5 Star reviews on Apple Podcasts! I missed this from several months ago from DERREKw, who gave us 5 Stars and says, “Worthy of the Mindwebs comparison! A friend recommended I check out your show with the huge compliment that it is at times similar to “Mindwebs” only without the background music and occasional help from other voice actors. I LOVE your show. I appreciate the source material used. I've come to really appreciate your consistency reading each story. Keep it up! Two Thumbs up, A+, and 5 Stars from one of your newest fans in Colorado Springs.”Thanks DERREKw and I'm sorry I didn't discover your awesome review until now. If you haven't already left us a review on Apple Podcasts we'd really appreciate your honest review if you would be so kind.Donald A. Wollheim was a sci-fi fan, author, editor and publisher. He was a founding member of The Futurians, a New York based group of science fiction fans who were a major force in science fiction writing and fandom from 1937 to 1945. The 1979 first edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction calls Wollheim "one of the first and most vociferous SF fans. He would go on to write eight novels and about a hundred short stories.The character “Ajax Calkins” the hero in today's story, would appear in six stories written by Wollheim, but unfortunately it looks like none of them are in the public domain. We'll meet Ajax Calkins on page 82 of the October 1941 issue of Future Combined with Science Fiction Magazine. Pogo Planet by Donald A. Wollheim…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, They didn't have a choice. They would either land or crash on The Planet of Illusion by Donald A. Wollheim.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV=========================== Merchandise

Thema der Woche: Kurzgeschichten! Weil Kurzgeschichten gehen immer. Bzw gehen gar nicht, wenn man kommerziell sicht, aber was ist dieser Podcast wenn nicht anti-kommerziell? Wie dem auch sei, besprochen werden die Kurzgeschichten in der Sammlung „Worlds Best SF 5“ von Donald A. Wollheim, die in dem Lesezirkel https://forum.sf-fan.de/viewtopic.php?t=11578 besprochen wurden.

Dimension X was an NBC radio program broadcast mostly on an unsponsored, sustaining basis from April 8, 1950, to September 29, 1951. The first 13 episodes were broadcast live, and the remainder were pre recorded. Fred Wiehe and Edward King were the directors, and Norman Rose was heard as both announcer and narrator, opening the show with: "Adventures in time and space... told [or transcribed] in future tense..." For two months, beginning on July 7, 1950, the series was sponsored by Wheaties. Overview: Preceded by Mutual's 2000 Plus (1950–52), Dimension X was not the first adult science fiction series on radio, but the acquisition of previously published stories immediately gave it a strong standing with the science fiction community, as did the choice of established writers within the genre: Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, Robert A. Heinlein, Murray Leinster, H. Beam Piper, Frank M. Robinson, Clifford D. Simak, William Tenn, Jack Vance, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Williamson and Donald A. Wollheim. Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts adapted most of the stories and also provided original scripts. In Science Fiction Television (2004), M. Keith Booker wrote: It was not until the 1950s that science fiction radio really hit its stride, even as science fiction was beginning to appear on television as well. Radio programs such as Mutual's 2000 Plus and NBC's Dimension X were anthology series that offered a variety of exciting tales of future technology, with a special focus on space exploration (including alien invasion), though both series also often reflected contemporary anxieties about the dangers of technology. The series opened with "The Outer Limit," Ernest Kinoy's adaptation of Graham Doar's short story from The Saturday Evening Post (December 24, 1949) about alien contact. A week later (April 15, 1950), the program presented Jack Williamson's most famous story, "With Folded Hands," first published in the July 1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. With a five-month hiatus from January 1951 to June 1951, the series spanned 17 months. All 50 episodes of the series survived and can be heard today. Later, NBC's X Minus One (1955–58) utilized many of the same actors and scripts.

Dimension X was an NBC radio program broadcast mostly on an unsponsored, sustaining basis from April 8, 1950, to September 29, 1951. The first 13 episodes were broadcast live, and the remainder were pre recorded. Fred Wiehe and Edward King were the directors, and Norman Rose was heard as both announcer and narrator, opening the show with: "Adventures in time and space... told [or transcribed] in future tense..." For two months, beginning on July 7, 1950, the series was sponsored by Wheaties. Overview: Preceded by Mutual's 2000 Plus (1950–52), Dimension X was not the first adult science fiction series on radio, but the acquisition of previously published stories immediately gave it a strong standing with the science fiction community, as did the choice of established writers within the genre: Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, Robert A. Heinlein, Murray Leinster, H. Beam Piper, Frank M. Robinson, Clifford D. Simak, William Tenn, Jack Vance, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Williamson and Donald A. Wollheim. Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts adapted most of the stories and also provided original scripts. In Science Fiction Television (2004), M. Keith Booker wrote: It was not until the 1950s that science fiction radio really hit its stride, even as science fiction was beginning to appear on television as well. Radio programs such as Mutual's 2000 Plus and NBC's Dimension X were anthology series that offered a variety of exciting tales of future technology, with a special focus on space exploration (including alien invasion), though both series also often reflected contemporary anxieties about the dangers of technology. The series opened with "The Outer Limit," Ernest Kinoy's adaptation of Graham Doar's short story from The Saturday Evening Post (December 24, 1949) about alien contact. A week later (April 15, 1950), the program presented Jack Williamson's most famous story, "With Folded Hands," first published in the July 1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. With a five-month hiatus from January 1951 to June 1951, the series spanned 17 months. All 50 episodes of the series survived and can be heard today. Later, NBC's X Minus One (1955–58) utilized many of the same actors and scripts.

Dimension X was an NBC radio program broadcast mostly on an unsponsored, sustaining basis from April 8, 1950, to September 29, 1951. The first 13 episodes were broadcast live, and the remainder were pre recorded. Fred Wiehe and Edward King were the directors, and Norman Rose was heard as both announcer and narrator, opening the show with: "Adventures in time and space... told [or transcribed] in future tense..." For two months, beginning on July 7, 1950, the series was sponsored by Wheaties. Overview: Preceded by Mutual's 2000 Plus (1950–52), Dimension X was not the first adult science fiction series on radio, but the acquisition of previously published stories immediately gave it a strong standing with the science fiction community, as did the choice of established writers within the genre: Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, Robert A. Heinlein, Murray Leinster, H. Beam Piper, Frank M. Robinson, Clifford D. Simak, William Tenn, Jack Vance, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Williamson and Donald A. Wollheim. Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts adapted most of the stories and also provided original scripts. In Science Fiction Television (2004), M. Keith Booker wrote: It was not until the 1950s that science fiction radio really hit its stride, even as science fiction was beginning to appear on television as well. Radio programs such as Mutual's 2000 Plus and NBC's Dimension X were anthology series that offered a variety of exciting tales of future technology, with a special focus on space exploration (including alien invasion), though both series also often reflected contemporary anxieties about the dangers of technology. The series opened with "The Outer Limit," Ernest Kinoy's adaptation of Graham Doar's short story from The Saturday Evening Post (December 24, 1949) about alien contact. A week later (April 15, 1950), the program presented Jack Williamson's most famous story, "With Folded Hands," first published in the July 1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. With a five-month hiatus from January 1951 to June 1951, the series spanned 17 months. All 50 episodes of the series survived and can be heard today. Later, NBC's X Minus One (1955–58) utilized many of the same actors and scripts.

Dimension X was an NBC radio program broadcast mostly on an unsponsored, sustaining basis from April 8, 1950, to September 29, 1951. The first 13 episodes were broadcast live, and the remainder were pre recorded. Fred Wiehe and Edward King were the directors, and Norman Rose was heard as both announcer and narrator, opening the show with: "Adventures in time and space... told [or transcribed] in future tense..." For two months, beginning on July 7, 1950, the series was sponsored by Wheaties. Overview: Preceded by Mutual's 2000 Plus (1950–52), Dimension X was not the first adult science fiction series on radio, but the acquisition of previously published stories immediately gave it a strong standing with the science fiction community, as did the choice of established writers within the genre: Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, Robert A. Heinlein, Murray Leinster, H. Beam Piper, Frank M. Robinson, Clifford D. Simak, William Tenn, Jack Vance, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Williamson and Donald A. Wollheim. Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts adapted most of the stories and also provided original scripts. In Science Fiction Television (2004), M. Keith Booker wrote: It was not until the 1950s that science fiction radio really hit its stride, even as science fiction was beginning to appear on television as well. Radio programs such as Mutual's 2000 Plus and NBC's Dimension X were anthology series that offered a variety of exciting tales of future technology, with a special focus on space exploration (including alien invasion), though both series also often reflected contemporary anxieties about the dangers of technology. The series opened with "The Outer Limit," Ernest Kinoy's adaptation of Graham Doar's short story from The Saturday Evening Post (December 24, 1949) about alien contact. A week later (April 15, 1950), the program presented Jack Williamson's most famous story, "With Folded Hands," first published in the July 1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. With a five-month hiatus from January 1951 to June 1951, the series spanned 17 months. All 50 episodes of the series survived and can be heard today. Later, NBC's X Minus One (1955–58) utilized many of the same actors and scripts.

Dimension X was an NBC radio program broadcast mostly on an unsponsored, sustaining basis from April 8, 1950, to September 29, 1951. The first 13 episodes were broadcast live, and the remainder were pre recorded. Fred Wiehe and Edward King were the directors, and Norman Rose was heard as both announcer and narrator, opening the show with: "Adventures in time and space... told [or transcribed] in future tense..." For two months, beginning on July 7, 1950, the series was sponsored by Wheaties. Overview: Preceded by Mutual's 2000 Plus (1950–52), Dimension X was not the first adult science fiction series on radio, but the acquisition of previously published stories immediately gave it a strong standing with the science fiction community, as did the choice of established writers within the genre: Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, Robert A. Heinlein, Murray Leinster, H. Beam Piper, Frank M. Robinson, Clifford D. Simak, William Tenn, Jack Vance, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Williamson and Donald A. Wollheim. Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts adapted most of the stories and also provided original scripts. In Science Fiction Television (2004), M. Keith Booker wrote: It was not until the 1950s that science fiction radio really hit its stride, even as science fiction was beginning to appear on television as well. Radio programs such as Mutual's 2000 Plus and NBC's Dimension X were anthology series that offered a variety of exciting tales of future technology, with a special focus on space exploration (including alien invasion), though both series also often reflected contemporary anxieties about the dangers of technology. The series opened with "The Outer Limit," Ernest Kinoy's adaptation of Graham Doar's short story from The Saturday Evening Post (December 24, 1949) about alien contact. A week later (April 15, 1950), the program presented Jack Williamson's most famous story, "With Folded Hands," first published in the July 1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. With a five-month hiatus from January 1951 to June 1951, the series spanned 17 months. All 50 episodes of the series survived and can be heard today. Later, NBC's X Minus One (1955–58) utilized many of the same actors and scripts.

Hello, Dickheads. Shut-in as we are against the spread of the COVID-19 virus, we were still able to get together on Google Hangouts and have a great conversation with the President, co-Publisher, and co-Editor-in-Chief of science fiction and fantasy publisher DAW Books, Betsy Wollheim. She shares some of her vast knowledge with us built out of a lifetime in the publishing industry after being taught the ropes by her famous (and sometimes infamous) father, Donald Allen Wollheim. Enjoy. Our Patreon ►► www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed Find Betsy Wollheim: DAW Books ►► https://www.penguin.com/publishers/daw/ Find David Agranoff: Amazon ►► https://www.amazon.com/David-Agranoff/e/B004FGT4ZW?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1580511880&sr=1-2 Find Anthony Trevino: Amazon ►► https://www.amazon.com/Anthony-Trevino/e/B0175C5E6A?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&qid=1580511976&sr=1-4 Music on this episode is from - Valis: An Opera by Tod Machover Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/Valis-ANNE-BOGDEN…EMA/dp/B000003GI2 FIND US: Twitter ►► https://twitter.com/Dickheadspod Facebook ►► https://www.facebook.com/Dickheadspodcast/ Soundcloud ►► https://soundcloud.com/dickheadspodcast Instagram ►► https://www.instagram.com/dickheadspodcast/ YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Gjzj26NsRyUlAAoWtLiCg --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pkdheadsbonus/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pkdheadsbonus/support

We've made it to Day 20 of our 31 Days of Horror Fright Bites! Today's episode is the very maddening “Give Her Hell” by Donald A. Wollheim. Trigger Warning: Abuse

Episode 112, Happy 3 years of podcasting to us! We (eventually) judge the book Adventures On Other Planets by Donald A. Wollheim. As much as it a celebration episode for keeping this thing going for the last three years, Candace and Jess are going on a bit of a hiatus. It might be for only for a month, it might be indefinitely. We do our best to explain ourselves in this episode, and we want to thank each and every one of you for just being there to listen the you could. We couldn't have done this without you guys. We love you!

Episode 108 we (eventually) judge the book Mike Mars & The Mystery Satellite by Donald A. Wollheim. We also talk about what we did on our summer vacation, wine, saltwater taffy, river floats, songs that floored us, and the spaced out schedule adventures of spaces sensational sci-fi son Mike Mars!

Sumner welcomes the world's greatest living fantasy author, Michael Moorcock, back to Hard Agree for the latest installment in their ongoing series of conversations about Michael's life and work. In this second episode, Sumner & Moorcock discuss Mike's wild ride through Hollywood – including working with Irvin Kershner, Peter Weir's high-level conjuring ability, the limitations of Ray Harryhausen movies, meeting the extremely-tall Christopher Lee, scripting The Land That Time Forgot for Amicus, the brilliance & charisma of Doug McClure, working with underrated director Kevin Connor and partying with Milton Subotsky, JG Ballard, Max J Rosenberg & John Brunner. They wrap up with a discussion of Donald A Wollheim's massive contribution to the global fantasy genre, the unsung greatness of Piccadilly Cowboy authors George G Gilman & JT Edson – and Moorcock's evaluation of Eric Clapton vs Eric Burdon. This is Moorcock's Multiverse, we're just living in it. Check out Michael's graphic novels here: https://forbiddenplanet.com/catalog/?q=michael%20moorcock&page=1 You can order a copy of Michael's Letters from Hollywood here: https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Hollywood-Michael-Moorcock/dp/0245543791/ Follow Michael on Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/buggerly.otherly Visit Moorcock's Miscellany: https://www.multiverse.org/ Follow Sumner on Social Media:http://twitter.com/sumnarr “Golden – The Hard Agree Theme” written and recorded for the podcast by DENIO Follow DENIO on Social Media:http://facebook.com/denioband/http://soundcloud.com/denioband/http://twitter.com/denioband/http://instagram.com/denioband/ Follow the Spoilerverse on Social Media:http://facebook.com/spoilercountry/http://twitter.com/spoiler_countryhttp://instagram.com/spoilercountry/ Kenric Regan:http://twitter.com/XKenricX John Horsley:http://twitter.com/y2clhttp://instagram.com/y2cl/http://y2cl.nethttp://eynesanthology.com Did you know the Spoilerverse has a YouTube channel?https://youtube.com/channel/UCstl1UHQVUC85DrCagF-wuQ Support the Spoilerverse on Patreon:http://patreon.com/spoilercountry

This week, we have The Embassy, an episode of Dimension X that first aired on June 3, 1950. The episode is based on the short story of the same name by Donald A. Wollheim, first published in the March 1942 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. Find more on Brick Pickle Pulps at https://brickpicklemedia.com/brick-pickle-pulps/. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pulpaudiocast/support

Relato sobre el mito de Frankenstein, escrito por F.Paul Wilson, titulado "Sueños". El autor construye aquí un relato muy bien tramado, cargado de desasosiego y no exento de cierta malicia. El autor indaga en la posibilidad de que la conciencia siga intacta tras la muerte, entremezclando en su texto pesadilla y realidad. Aunque la historia de Mary Shelley sobre Frankenstein no ha sido llevada a la pantalla en tantas ocasiones como el Drácula de Bram Stoker, su mitología ha llegado a adquirir las mismas proporciones. En el cine la historia ha sido objeto de versiones muy diversas, pero a despecho de cambios incidentales, dos elementos temáticos de la historia se mantienen constantes: 1) la humanidad tiene buenas razones para desconfiar de la ciencia, y 2) un monstruo es alguien que reúne la doble característica de ser feo y solitario. Todo lo demás es accesorio. "Isaac Asimov" Francis Paul Wilson también se considera un destacado fan de H. P. Lovecraft: ¿Por qué? Porque Howard Phillips Lovecraft es especial para mí. Donald A. Wollheim tiene la culpa. Él me enganchó a Lovecraft. Fue en 1959. Yo solo tenía trece años cuando Wollehim me pasó mi primera dosis. Hasta entonces yo había sido un buen chico que leía Ace Doubles e historias de ciencia ficción puras y correctas como las de Heinlein, E.E. Smith, Paul Anderson, Fred Pohl y otros. Pero Donald me trajo toda una antología de Lovecraft. Sabía lo que se hacía. Le habían puesto de nombre "EL LECTOR MACABRO" y tenía una muy atractiva cubierta de Ed Emshwiller. No pude resistirme. La compré. La leí. Y eso fue todo. El comienzo de mi fin. ¡Pasen, escuchen y disfruten! Hasta el próximo audio queridos oyentes, síguenos en Twitter para no perderte nada @hleidas, y en youtube donde hacemos las promos de los relatos, https://youtu.be/KUZKNJobKOo canal Olga Paraíso Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

"The Secrets of the Martian Moons" by Donald A. Wollheim Reviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which: Peerson Starshine has just been pod-jacked and fights for his life among mountains of Space Guano – ah, who are we kidding! In this episode we tell stories about bridges and brides while imagining a parallel universe where our recommendations and reviews are actually accurate.  K does some excellent foley work. Khaki names a Welsh town. Bookmarked passages: the Glue Traps of Hubris, Wotherington Lancelot II(I), Sexy Ginger Chris Pine, Nipples Everywhere, Betteridge's Law, Oprah's Shama, $15 Before Bed, Vampiric Space Bats, Callback To Episode 4, Listeners in Wales, Sex Bomb, Llanfair, Venusian Valleys and Spare Soyuz, Mutton Stock and Leek Futures, Laika vs Gelert, Ljubljana vs Virgins, Hard Vodka Wedding, Stop and Over, and Popty Ping. "À propos, I would give it some lesbian gyros." "...which is a bad joke and an FDA violation." "This One Weird Trick that NASA doesn't want you to know about." Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and the good old-fashioned web.

Having announced himself as an exciting new voice in horror with “Cronos” Del Toro chose to follow it with his first English language feature “Mimic” based on the Donald A. Wollheim short story as Del Toro brought to the screen a tale of shape shifting bugs living in the New York system in a production hampered by the interference of producer Harvey Weinstein leaving Del Toro with a film he was unhappy with until his directors cut finally saw the light of day in 2011.

We're back covering Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim!

Episode 406 - Mimic Listen on Patreon We're back covering Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim! Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson! Next up: The Vegetable Man by Luigi Ugolini.

Episode 406 - Mimic Listen on Patreon We're back covering Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim! Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson! Next up: The Vegetable Man by Luigi Ugolini.

Frederik Pohl, one of the legends of science fiction, passed away just a few days ago on September 2, 2013. In memory of his life and work today's episode contains an interview he gave me back in 2010 shortly after he'd turned 90 years old. Topics: How he and Arthur C. Clarke became friends many decades ago; and how in Arthur's declining years Arthur asked Fred to finish a book that he had started but could not complete. Fred's years working as a literary agent--during which he became Isaac Asimov's first agent, and sold Isaac's first novel: A Pebble in the Sky. His work as the editor of various magazines including Astonishing, Galaxy and If--which is when he bought Larry Niven's first few professional stories, and when he hired Judy-Lynn del Rey as his secretary at Galaxy Magazine even though she knew nothing about Science Fiction at the time. (This was long before she worked at Ballantine Books, married Lester del Rey, and became so influential at Ballantine that they put her in charge of an imprint and named it after her.) Miscellaneous topics include: how he came to write for Playboy Magazine; why he wrote under so many pseudonyms; his method of collaborating with other authors; and how he become Encyclopedia Britannica's first official authority on the Roman Emperor Tiberius; predicting the future using the Delphi Method; his co-founding ofThe Futurians; his nonfiction books: The Way the Future Was, Our Angry Earth, and Science as a Spectator Sport; the Americanization of the world (which he has witnessed by traveling to more than 50 different nations); his modest contribution to democracy in Moscow; how he was excluded from attending the very first WorldCon; and a few insights about his long-term friends: Donald A. Wollheim (the creator of DAW Books), andIsaac Asimov. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the September 4, 2013 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 61 minutes] This interview was recorded on January 30, 2010. Frederik Pohl is a science fiction writer, and has been a book and magazine editor, as well as a poet, critic, literary agent and teacher. He edited Galaxy magazine and its sister magazine If, winning the Hugo for If three years in a row. His writing also won him three Hugos and multiple Nebula Awards. He became a Nebula Grand Master in 1993.

Frederik Pohl (author of Gateway--the classic science fiction novel which won the Nebula, Hugo, Campbell and Locus awards) is today's featured guest. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the February 10, 2010 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 34 minutes] This is the first half of this interview, which was recorded on January 30, 2010. Topics: predicting the future using the Delphi Method; his co-founding of The Futurians; his nonfiction books: The Way the Future Was, Our Angry Earth, and Science as a Spectator Sport; the Americanization of the world (which he has witnessed by traveling to more than 50 different nations); his modest contribution to democracy in Moscow; how he was excluded from attending the very first WorldCon; and a few insights about his long-term friends: Donald A. Wollheim (the creator of DAW Books), and Isaac Asimov. Frederik Pohl is a science fiction writer, and has been a book and magazine editor, as well as a poet, critic, literary agent and teacher. He edited Galaxy magazine and its sister magazine If, winning the Hugo for If three years in a row. His writing also won him three Hugos and multiple Nebula Awards. He became a Nebula Grand Master in 1993. I asked Fred for this interview for several reasons: I'd read Gateway in 1977 when it first came out  (I was 22 and still impressionable); a few weeks ago, his buddy Gregory Benford suggested that I interview him; and because, just a few months ago, Frederik Pohl celebrated his 90th birthday.