Design for Dreaming & the Strange Architects of Our Nighttime Visions

Timothy Macklin was furious

This is the Rocketeer coming at you with Podcast #59. This week I’m going to tell you about one of my favorite pulp fantasy stories—“Design for Dreaming” (1942) by Henry Kuttner. I’ll also discuss some broad differences between pulp-era fantasy and contemporary fantasy stories.

Here’s a link to download the issue of Unknown Worlds containing “Design for Dreaming” by Henry Kuttner: https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/UN_1942_02.pdf

Writing dream scripts wasn’t all that different from Hollywood.

Also in that issue are the excellent stories: “The Undesired Princess” by L. Sprague de Camp, and “Etaoin Shrdlu” by Fredric Brown. I recommend both!