In 1974, Robert Weinberg edited and published a short booklet (130 pages) titled The Man Behind Doc Savage: A Tribute to Lester Dent. For a while I just thought it was a...
A recent techno-thriller author I’ve discovered is David Gibbins. What sets him apart is that Gibbins is an actual underwater archaeologist! So he is using his...
I had previously posted on Dr. Jules de Grandin, one of my favorite occult detectives, though he’s probably overlooked today. Created by Seabury Quinn (1889-1969)...
It’s summer 2017, and that means a new Pulpfest and a new issue of The Pulpster, #26! The main focus of this issue is “dangerous dames” and...
I have previously posted about David Golemon‘s Event Group series. This techno-thriller series focuses on a secretive group of scientists and soldiers who are part...
When it comes to series centered around the villain, we usually think of Fu Manchu or perhaps Fantomas. But a character that appeared before them and may have been an...
One of the works I got into when I got back into pulp (and discovered New Pulp) was the pulp epics of Wayne Reinagel. He was working on a trilogy called Pulp Heroes, the...
A much needed work, Jess Nevin‘s new The Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes (2017) is a “sequel” to his Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana (2005). Now, to...
The 2017 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention has come and gone and we have a new edition of the Windy City Pulp Stories #17. This year’s focus is on gangster pulp...
Isaac Asimov is probably known to most pulp fans for his science fiction work, in particular his Robot and Foundation series. Many may not be aware of his scientific...