When real science becomes fiction…
It didn’t take long for the World of
fiction to weave a story around William Beebe and his record breaking descent
into the depths of the ocean. Beebe
published his true to life narrative in 1934, and Amazing Stories published Joseph
W. Skidmore’s tale in 1936, which disguises itself in authenticity by clearly stating
that Beebe never made it to the lost city…but this bunch of intrepid explorers
did…at least in the pulp magazine world…
