Raymond Palmer Unearthed: Amazing Editor, Shaver Shocker, UFO Trailblazer (Part 1)
This week’s Rocketeer Podcast is about Raymond Palmer, a living Venn diagram of a man who overlapped the history of science fiction and fantasy, UFOs and other unexplained phenomena, and various conspiracy theories. Palmer has been called the “P.T. Barnum” of the pulps, and he deserved it. He was one of the first fans of science fiction, writer, editor, essayist, and a man both loved and derided by peers and fans. He fostered one of the strangest series of stories ever published in the pulps, and eventually made a name for himself as a spearhead in UFOlogy movement. Some people suggest he helped to kill science fiction in the pulps, and there is some truth to that accusation. Ray Palmer—superfan and the Man from Mars—is the subject of this week’s Rocketeer. Listen to the Rocketeer Podcast on Substack.
We’ll continue this article next week with Raymond Palmer Unearthed Part Two: “Palmer’s Fate.”
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