{"id":14632,"date":"2022-08-19T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=14632"},"modified":"2022-08-21T19:17:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T23:17:28","slug":"con-report-pulpfest-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2022\/08\/19\/con-report-pulpfest-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Con report: PulpFest 50"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Aug. 4-7, 2022, PulpFest 50<\/a> was held in Pittsburgh. While it celebrated “50 years,” this is because they start the count with the first Pulpcon in 1972, which PulpFest<\/a> replaced.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>For years I have known about this convention, but was never able to attend. This time I was able to. Hopefully it won’t be my last. In addition, FarmerCon XVII<\/a> was held in conjuntion with it.<\/p>\n

A part of PulpFest is the program book The Pulpster<\/a><\/em>. I have already reviewed #31<\/a>, which was tied to this PulpFest. Also, for FarmerCon, the folks at Meteor House put out a program booklet, which I got a copy of. It has several short articles and a tradition of FarmerCon is folks signing each others programs, which I think is a nice one.<\/p>\n

Overall this was a great event. There were many dealers and attendees. There were a few I wish where there. And for me it great that I was finally able to meet many people face-to-face for the first time whom I’ve only known via email or Facebook interactions. Since I flew, I couldn’t get the number of books and items that I’d like, but I did get a few nice items, which will be reviewed here at some point.<\/p>\n

The 2022 Munsey Award, which is presented to an individual or institution that has bettered the pulp community, was given to Rick Lai<\/a><\/strong>, who is known for his scholarship into character chronologies, as well as his fiction. This is well deserved. I have reviewed several of his works here, and will be coming out with more soon.<\/p>\n

As I came in very late on Thursday, I missed all the programming that day. But I was able to partake of things on Friday and Saturday. And I had to leave early Sunday morning to catch my flight. The dealer room opened at 10 a.m., with talks starting around 1 p.m. Several of the talks tied to articles in The Pulpster<\/a><\/em>. I sat in on several of them and all were pretty good. Hopefully I’ll be able to write up something for The Pulpster<\/em>, and as a longtime trainer and presenter, doing a presentation would be nice as well.<\/p>\n

If you’ve never taken the time to attend PulpFest, I encourage everyone to do so. The date and theme of the next PulpFest is set: Aug. 3-6, 2023, at the same hotel in Pittsburgh. The theme of next year will be “Chilling Sports,” tying to 100 years of Weird Tales<\/em> and Sports Story Magazine<\/em>. The PulpFest website<\/a> is already updated with this information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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