There was one thing that got under my skin during the whole “new pulp” kerfuffle a number of weeks ago. It was the allegation that I (and the rest of the so...
Category - Pulps
Okay, I admit it: I’m a sucker for pulp reference material. I’m as much a collector of pulp fanzines, reference books and websites as I am of pulp magazines...
Here’s a funny take on the form-letter rejection slip. Still stinging from having his early stories repeatedly turned down, John D. MacDonald slipped paper...
While caught up in an unexpected uproar last week, I missed the release of NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books.
“Pulp” is a medium. It is a pulpwood magazine. It is not a style of writing. Not a genre of fiction. Not one end of a spectrum of literature. Pulp is not...
There’s that certain delight when your interests coincide with someone else’s. I knew a bit about this particular connection before, but it was nice to read...
While reading through Thirty-Five Years of the Jack Williamson Lectureship (Haffner Press, 2011) recently, this quote by the late author/professor himself...
National Public Radio gave a nod to the fiction of the pulp magazines during Monday’s Three Books… segment on “Morning Edition.” Author/editor Howard Andrew...
For some, George Pal‘s 1975 Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze may hold a few fond memories of seeing the pulp hero on the silver screen for the first time. But...
It’s a good thing this story from the New York Times Sunday Magazine (dated March 26, 1911) didn’t pan out, or where would the pulps be? No Lovecraft, Clark...