{"id":3967,"date":"2014-08-15T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/?p=3967"},"modified":"2014-08-15T13:50:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T17:50:13","slug":"pulpfest-2014-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2014\/08\/15\/pulpfest-2014-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"PulpFest 2014 wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve titled this post &#8220;PulpFest 2014 wrap-up.&#8221; But I&#8217;m sure this won&#8217;t be the last post mentioning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulpfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PulpFest<\/a> 2014.<\/p>\n<p>A week ago yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/category\/news\/events\/pulpfest\/\">PulpFest<\/a> 2014 was just getting under way. Two-and-a-half days later, it was almost over, and I was leaving Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>So much was condensed into those days at PulpFest. I got only about five hours of sleep a night, but even that seemed wasted time. The days were divided into three P&#8217;s: pulps, people and programs.<\/p>\n<p>Daytime was mostly spend in the dealers&#8217; room, looking for pulp treasure. <\/p>\n<p>And speaking of the dealers&#8217; room, here&#8217;s a five-minute, time-lapse video I shot of the room coming alive on Saturday morning:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\" style=\"padding-bottom:25px;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/djDr3t0Jd1k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Early on, I scored a long-sought item: six volumes of <strong>Leonard Robbins<\/strong>&#8216; &#8220;The Pulp Magazine Index.&#8221; It&#8217;s been on my want-list for years. I&#8217;d seen a volume or two for sale here and there, but never the complete set. My thanks to <strong>Bill Mann<\/strong>, publisher emeritus of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ageofaces.net\" target=\"_blank\">Age of Aces Books<\/a>, for offering a great deal on the set.<\/p>\n<p>After that, it was just icing on the cake, as they say. I picked up a couple of issues of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpWiki\/Unknown\">Unknown<\/a><\/em> that I&#8217;d wanted for a while, and five sports pulps. I also brought home the three volumes of Age of Aces&#8217; &#8220;Capt. Philip Strange&#8221; books and their &#8220;Coffin Kirk&#8221; PulpFest special; some <em><a href=\"http:\/\/muraniapress.com\/blood-n-thunder\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blood &#8216;n&#8217; Thunder<\/a><\/em> magazines; and a few other books found on dealer&#8217;s tables here and there.<\/p>\n<p>For the &#8220;people&#8221; part: Lunches and dinners were spent eating and talking with fellow pulp fans. After the evening programming, I joined the old &#8220;Internet Fans of Bronze&#8221; gang for several hours of late-night talk over root beers and diet Dr Peppers.<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve said before about pulp gatherings, it&#8217;s the people that make cons worth going to. Sure, you can find boxes and boxes of pulps, but it&#8217;s being able to talk with folks who share your love of the pulps that is the real treasure.<\/p>\n<p>The final &#8220;P&#8221; took care of my evenings. Following dinner excursions (usually to Max &amp; Erma&#8217;s across the street from the hotel), I planted myself a few rows back from the front for the day&#8217;s panels and talks. Most were good, but several were excellent.<\/p>\n<p>As most readers of <strong>Yellowed Perils<\/strong> or <strong>ThePulp.Net<\/strong> know, I&#8217;ve posted audio recordings of 13 of the programs on <strong>TPN<\/strong>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulp-info\/convention-coverage\/pulpfest-2014\/\">PulpFest 2014 coverage page<\/a>. Or, if you prefer, you can listen via <strong>TPN<\/strong>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulp-info\/pulp-event-podcast\/\">Pulp Event Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn&#8217;t attend PulpFest 2014, it is well worth your time to give them a listen.<\/p>\n<p>As <strong>Walker Martin<\/strong> says in <a href=\"http:\/\/mysteryfile.com\/blog\/?p=28223\" target=\"_blank\">his con report<\/a>, this was a top-notch con.<\/p>\n<p>Hats off to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulpfest.com\/committee\/\" target=\"_blank\">PulpFest committee<\/a> &mdash; <strong>Jack<\/strong> and <strong>Sally Cullers<\/strong>, <strong>Barry Traylor<\/strong>, <strong>Mike Chomko<\/strong>, <strong>Ed Hulse<\/strong> and <strong>Chuck Welch<\/strong> &mdash; for all the hard work they did. It showed in every minute of the con.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait for next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve titled this post &#8220;PulpFest 2014 wrap-up.&#8221; But I&#8217;m sure this won&#8217;t be the last post mentioning PulpFest 2014. A week ago yesterday, PulpFest 2014 was just getting under way. Two-and-a-half days later, it was almost over, and I was leaving Columbus, Ohio. So much was condensed into those days at PulpFest. 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