(1959, Upgraded 10/17/21) David Love, Dawn Anderson, Bryan Grant, Harvey Dunn, King Moody. If you look at this as a professional Hollywood production, this picture leaves something to be desired. However if you look at it as an amateur film, (which it actually originally was, it's amazingly well done. A group of marauding teenage aliens plans to use earth as the breeding ground for...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  Fred Ashley's "The Temple of Fire, Illustrated Edition" is the sixteenth installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series, and it features a plethora of typical lost world-lost race thrills, packed to the gills with ancient civilizations, strange sea creatures, uncharted islands, monstrous beasts, etc...

(1959) Robert Burton, Barbara Wilson, Stan Gester, Bengt Blomgren, Ake Gronberg. Scientists investigate the landing of an Alien spaceship in Lapland. The aliens deposit a giant, furry monster that...

(1954) William Lundigan, Naomi Chance, Vincent Ball, Jean Lodge. What a great treat this turned out to be. Three people tow a drifting yacht into port, but upon arrival they learn the yacht’s crew has...

Armchair Fiction presents extra-large editions of classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. The first novel is “The Battery of Hate,” by one of the founding fathers of modern science fiction, John W. Campbell.  The second novel is “Treasure of the Golden God” by veteran sci-fi author, A. Hyatt Verrill...   

Armchair Fiction presents classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. The lead off novel is a poignant novel of a new disease, far worse than Covid-19, David H. Keller’s “The Red Death.”  The second novel is Emerson B. Hartman’s “Lunarchia,” a hollow moon sci-fi adventure.

Armchair Fiction presents extra-large editions of classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. The first novel is “The Scarlet Saint” by Manly Banister.  He led a revolt against an invincible enemy!  The second novel is “The Man from Saturn” by veteran science fiction author, Harriet Frank.  She had never met a man like him before...

Armchair fiction presents extra large editions of the best in classic science fiction novels and short stories, complete with original illustrations.  “These are My Children” was one of Rog Phillips’ most ambitious works.  When Mr. Archer sat down next to Peter Hart on a commercial flight headed toward New York, little did Hart realize that none of his fellow passengers could see Archer except him...

(1961) Eugenia Balaure, Haralambie Boros, Emil Botta, Florin Piersic.  This is perhaps the most surrealistic, offbeat sci-fi film ever made.  It starts with a man accidentally walking into a nuclear test area.  He is apprehended by a squad of men dressed like spacemen, all of whom are holding big ray guns.  He is soon released, but later finds himself the recipient of a fantastic, futuristic suitcase nuclear bomb...

(1935, Upgraded 3/21/21) Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardewicke, Edward Chapman, Margaretta Scott, Sophie Stewart. The screens adaptation of H. G. Wells futuristic tales of man's survival after a series of wars and catastrophes. Final segment involving "the space gun" is...

(1971) Jack Hedley, John Carson, Alethea Charlton, Sonia Graham. A brilliant scientist has a fantastic plan to secure research money.  He has invented an amazing machine that transfers the mind of one person into the body of another.  He and his wife lure...

(1962) Seamon Glass, Mary Morias. Social science fiction at its best. A state trooper stops people along a highway after hearing news of an impending nuclear attack. Good drama as cast members fight and quarrel over what to do before the bombs hit...

Armchair fiction presents large deluxe paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “Thus Far” is a terrific sci-fi murder mystery.   Had he gone too far for the sake of science?  Once a heralded name among the top scientists of the world, Graham Delaforce was now ridiculed for his enigmatic and strange ideas.  But his self-imposed exile never stopped his...

(1944, Upgraded 4/28/24) Evelyn Dall, Tommy Handley, George Moon, Felix Aylmer. This is a marvelous sci-fi comedy about a quirky professor who’s invented a combo spaceship/time machine. It’s a great big silver sphere...

Armchair fiction presents large deluxe paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels, complete with original illustrations.  “Time Quarry” aka "First He Died" is one of the great science fiction novels of the 20^th Century.   Published in Galaxy Magazine in 1950, it put author Clifford D. Simak’s name clearly in the science fiction spotlight...

(1977) Sonny Chiba, Jun Etô.  A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun. The squad leader, Lt. Iba, sees this as the perfect opportunity to realize his dream of becoming the ruler of Japan...

(1956) Tommy Terrell, Arthur Space, Bruce Cowling, Gavin Gordon. Terrell and his robot, Tobor, land aboard an atomic sub that’s been heisted by criminals.  The sub also has a ticking bomb on board and has been targeted for a nuclear strike!  Gordon (Bride of Frankenstein) has a nice part as a madman who wants to rule the world.  A little schlocky but good fun.  

Armchair Fiction presents classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations.   A grim look at the future is the theme of the first novel, “Tomorrow” by John Tains.  The world was on the verge of total collapse!  One of the most popular writers of 1930s science fiction, Neil R. Jones, is the author of our next tale, “Martian and Troglodyte.”  They discovered life on a budding planet!  A team of Martian scientists raced across...