OddHat Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 If you'd like to read the first ever Flash story, it's online here: The New Accelerator by H.G. Wells Many Wells stories from the same site. Pulp-ideas-a-palooza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Re: H.G. Wells and Pulp Superpowers Cool; it never hurts to have some good Wells references. Great inspiration for science- and horror-oriented scenarios in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daeudi_454 Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Re: H.G. Wells and Pulp Superpowers Anyone aware of what this particular HGW story has already inspired? Besides the STclassic episode? http://www.ericweisstein.com/fun/startrek/WinkOfAnEye.html I would so love to run a campaign in the HGW Universe.... He has always been my fave, since I was 5. I once did a study of blockbuster scifi from 1938 on... IIRC, 80-85% of the big hits were obviously based on HGW. Long Live Herbert! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted December 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Re: H.G. Wells and Pulp Superpowers Anyone aware of what this particular HGW story has already inspired? Besides the STclassic episode? I would so love to run a campaign in the HGW Universe.... He has always been my fave, since I was 5. It's a story about a professor who invents a formula that gives people superspeed, to the point that the world is an endless gallery of statues, at the price of aging them and requiring them to consume more food. They also risk bursting into flame if they move too quickly. All are common speedster issues in the comics. Only an educated guess, but I expect that most Golden Age superspeed stories (the Flash, all his spin offs and heirs, especially Johnny Quick) owe this story a debt, just as most invisibility stories owe a nod to the Invisible Man, the Hulk owes a nod to Jekyll and Hyde, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daeudi_454 Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Re: H.G. Wells and Pulp Superpowers Also- Clockstoppers- a movie which apparently only I enjoyed (based on box office). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted December 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Re: H.G. Wells and Pulp Superpowers Also- Clockstoppers- a movie which apparently only I enjoyed (based on box office). Yup. Many time travel and time stop stories were inspired by Wells. The man was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Re: H.G. Wells and Pulp Superpowers "What Was It ?" by Fitz-James O'Brien is another early "superspeed" story that may have had an influence on later writers ! Written in 1859. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specks Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Re: H.G. Wells and Pulp Superpowers The Wild Wild West television show had an episode like this (The Night of the Burning Diamond) . A scientist liquified diamonds and drank the drops from the residue. He moved incredibly fast (and invisble to boot) but died when James West threw alcohol on him and the scientist burned up due to this molecular structure moving at an accelerated rate. Excellent episode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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