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MELANIE ROUSSEL FICTION
Melanie Roussel
May 29, 20203 min read
Sea Dragon Radio Hoax
Mothra, Gamera, Godzilla and giant ants, these constantly rampaging kaijū seemingly never give Toyoko a break.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 1, 20203 min read
The Origins of April Fool's Day
Where, when and why did we decide that April 1st was a good day to pull pranks on one another? Well, like many weird aspects of our...
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Melanie Roussel
Aug 16, 20193 min read
Hugo Gernsback - another Father of Science Fiction
There are many fathers of science fiction. But it's Hugo Gernsback we must thank for making science fiction the genre it is today.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 25, 20192 min read
Varney the Vampire
John William Polidori was working off a lot of mythology. Legends of vampires go back to the ancient Greek myths of Ambrogio and Selena.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 16, 20193 min read
The Nuclear Influence
The 1950s was the era of duck and cover. It was also a time when sci-fi came along in leaps and bounds.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 11, 20193 min read
The Duality of Jekyll and Hyde
The central theme of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is duality and it's one of the most famous examples of the explorations of this theme.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 7, 20193 min read
The Cottingley Fairies
The Cottingley Fairies were a series of five photographs taken in 1917 by cousins Elsie Wright, 16 and Frances Griffiths, 9.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 2, 20194 min read
Beasts Versus Monster
A pet peeve, one I've held for a long time, is the difference between beasts and monsters.
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Melanie Roussel
Oct 30, 20184 min read
The War of the Worlds Panic
This is one of those monumental historical gaffs we've all heard of.
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Melanie Roussel
Aug 25, 20183 min read
The Great Moon Hoax
On the 25th August 1835, The Sun published the first of six articles announcing the discovery of life on the moon.
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Melanie Roussel
Jan 26, 20182 min read
Review: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Devil in the White City follows the lives of two men. Daniel Hudson Burnham and Henry H. Holmes.
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