By: Joshua Glenn

Behind the scenes at the taping of our 2nd podcast!

By: Joshua Glenn

The theme of our next episode: “Scary Supermen.”

By: HILOBROW

“Can you tell me why you’re here, Lesley?” the guidance counselor asks me in this voice like I just got off the short bus.

By: HILOBROW

We’re reading 225+ stories about troubled and troubling super­humans.

By: Joshua Glenn

Mechanical humanoids who continue to haunt today’s sf.

By: Joshua Glenn

Here it is: the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” HiLobrow.com’s Radium Age Science Fiction podcast, recorded every month (as of January ’10) at Pazzo Books, here in Boston. Below, you’ll find an introduction to […]

By: Joshua Glenn

The influence of Radium-Age supermen remains a powerful one.

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 5th reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped on January 15th; it’s not […]

By: HILOBROW

CONTEST: HiLobrow.com readers are INVITED TO SUBMIT a short-short (250 words maximum) story about a troubled/troubling superman or -woman. JUDGES: The stories will be judged by HiLobrow.com editors Matthew Battles, author of several SF stories […]

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 4th reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped on January 15th; it’s not […]

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 3rd reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped on January 15th; it’s not […]

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 2nd reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped this past weekend; it’s not […]

By: HILOBROW

This weekend, we recorded the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. We’re still deciding how and when we’re going to make the […]

By: Matthew Battles

As readers of HiLobrow know, Joshua Glenn shows the same mastery over the history of science fiction that a mad scientist exerts over his army of murderous fembots. While Roxxxy the Robot’s makers might claim […]

By: Joshua Glenn

He gave us the term “robot,” as part of his critique of capitalism.