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Gorilla of the Gasbags

September 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Pulp polymath Jess Nevins, of Fantastic Victoriana and Annotated League of Extraordinary Gentlemen fame, reveals the secret history of the Zeppelin pulps.

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  • 1 Nick Wedig // Sep 8, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    ‘The serial “The Passenger in Berth 12,” written by Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym of “K. Hite,”’

    Wait, so is Ken Hite a time traveller? Or the pen name of an unusually long lived pulp author? “Strange Tales of the Black Zeppelin” certainly sounds like something Hite would write.

  • 2 Rob // Sep 9, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Nick: I think you’re on to something. Occam’s Razor suggests time travel is the most likely possibility.

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