This year marks a number of anniversaries: 130 years since The Argosy became the first pulp magazine; 100 years since the first science-fiction pulp, Amazing Stories, hit newsstands; 30 years since ThePulp.Net first appeared online as .Pulp; and 20 years since I made the first post on this blog, Yellowed Perils.
Now, I’m not saying ThePulp.Net or Yellowed Perils are in the same pantheon as Argosy or Amazing Stories, just noting the coincidence.
Blogging about pulps had been on my mind, and when I firmed up plans to attend my first Pulpcon in 2006, I decided Yellowed Perils would be a good way to post live from the con.
I recall sitting in the con suite late each evening, typing up a brief recap of the day and posting photos. I didn’t make it back to the summer pulp convention — by then renamed PulpFest — until 2010, but I kept blogging periodically.
While I’m not blogging as actively as I was at one point (or would like to), I still post daily recaps from PulpFest while its going on. And I plan to do the same again this year.
PulpFest gets underway Wednesday evening, July 29, with dealer-room setup and a panel on artist Robert K. Abbett. The convention proper begins Thursday, July 30. I will upload photos to ThePulp.Net’s Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts throughout the con, so if you aren’t following ThePulp.Net on those social media platforms, please do.
I also plan on recording audio from most of the PulpFest presentations. Once I get home and have a chance to edit the recordings, they will be available as episodes in the Pulp Tales podcast.
So, follow along starting Thursday, July 30, as I post daily photos and recaps here on Yellowed Perils and social media.
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