{"id":3331,"date":"2014-03-06T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2014-11-12T13:07:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T18:07:01","slug":"3-pulp-questions-don-hutchison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2014\/03\/06\/3-pulp-questions-don-hutchison\/","title":{"rendered":"3 pulp questions: Don Hutchison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Don Hutchison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Back in 1996, I was thrilled to hear about a new book called “The Great Pulp Heroes<\/a>,” by Don Hutchison<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I bought my first copy on July 30, 1996. (The receipt is still tucked away in the back of the book.) I say first copy, because when the book was re-released in 2007, I bought a second copy.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed reading the book and discovering a number of pulp heroes that, at the time, I was unfamiliar with. I still turn to the book every so often to look up a fact or to refresh my memory on a character.<\/p>\n

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3 Pulp Questions<\/strong><\/h4>\n

3 Pulp Questions<\/a><\/strong> is an opportunity for you to get to know fellow pulp collectors a bit better and, maybe, introduce you to pulps, authors, stories or characters that you haven’t explored.[\/box]\n

In addition to “The Great Pulp Heroes,” Don has edited a number of anthologies with fiction from pulp magazines such as Dime Detective<\/a><\/em>, Detective Tales<\/a><\/em>, The Mysterious Wu Fang<\/a><\/em>, Thrilling Adventures<\/a><\/em> and Complete Northwest Magazine<\/a><\/em>: “The Super Feds: A Facsimile Selection of Dynamic G-Man Stories from the 1930s” (1988); “It’s Raining Corpses in Chinatown” (1991); “Scarlet Riders: Pulp Fiction Tales of the Mounties” (1998); and “It’s Raining More Corpses in Chinatown” (2001).<\/p>\n

He’s also edited five volumes of Canadian horror stories titled “Northern Frights,” and a best-of collection titled “Wild Things Live There.”<\/p>\n

In 1990, he was given the Lamont Award<\/a> at Pulpcon<\/a> 19.<\/p>\n

I’m excited that Don is the next up on our series called “3 pulp questions”:<\/p>\n

1. How were you introduced to the pulps?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was an early comic book fan so the leap to pulps was not a giant one, particularly since those pioneer comic books were basically pulps with pictures. My first pulp collection came instantly when a friend of my father passed on a whole box of The Shadow<\/em> mags, which my father promptly passed on to me.<\/div>\n
I was familiar with The Shadow<\/a><\/strong> from radio and from the Street & Smith<\/a> comic books, but there was something special about the pulp Shadow that won me over instantly. It was love at first sight so I soon discovered the appeal of other types of pulps, becoming a dedicated fan of the sf and fantasy and mystery pulps, among others, throughout the 1940s and beyond.<\/div>\n

\"The2. What is your most prized pulp possession?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My prized pulp possession was a complete collection of The Spider<\/em>, which took me many years to acquire, one precious copy at a time. The Spider<\/a><\/strong> was and is my favorite pulp hero character and Norvell Page<\/a><\/strong> my favorite hero pulp author.<\/div>\n
It\u2019s amazing how those crazed Page epics still hold up so well these many years later. I am an inveterate reader and have always read widely in many fields, but every so often I will pick up a Spider<\/em> just to have some fun.<\/div>\n

3. What overlooked (pulp magazine, story, author, character, or series) would you recommend to pulp fans and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If I was going to start collecting pulps again I would start with the adventure pulps, Short Stories<\/a><\/em>, Adventure<\/a><\/em>, etc. There is a wealth of marvellous fiction there, some of the best ever published in pulp form, and many gems yet to be reprinted.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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