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Category Archives: Pulp Fiction

Fiction which first appeared in pulp magazines, the inexpensive novel-sized magazines made of cheap woodpulp paper published from 1896 until the mid-1950s. Also includes magazine fiction from the 1950s and 1960s for lack of a better category/laziness.

Jerry Tracy, Celebrity Reporter – Theodore Tinsley

2013-09-13

Wisecracking celebrity gossip columnist Jerry Tracy gets embroiled in 25 thrilling plots, schemes, and mysteries of the New York underworld, circa 1933.

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The Sea Demons – H. M. Egbert

2013-06-18

Early pulp SF tale features invisible man-eating monsters from the bottom of the sea, World War I submarine warfare, and a mad scientist named MacBeard.

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Who Fears the Devil? – Manly Wade Wellman

2013-03-11

The sleepy towns and pristine wilderness deep in the Appalachias house dark and sinister evil, and various inhuman monsters. It’s up to John the Balladeer to set things right.

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In The Grip of the Minotaur – Farnham Bishop & Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur

2013-02-12

Entertaining romp where feisty Norse merchant-prince Ragnarr takes on the empire of Crete, because a Cretan prince stole his girlfriend. Lots of sword-battles and sea-fights.

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The Torch – Jack Bechdolt

2012-11-11

In a post-catastrophe New York, Captain Fortune becomes unlikely hero of the peoples’ revolution, overthrowing the robber-baron Towermen and bringing democracy and freedom back to America.

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Terror Station & The Weapon From Eternity – Dwight V. Swain

2012-08-11

Two old-school science fiction tales from the end of the pulp era: aliens invade a New Mexico army base, and fringe-planet raiders fight an empire to retain their freedom.

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The Warlord of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs

2012-03-17

Returning to John Carter of Mars. The continuation and conclusion of the previous novel: more intrigues with the White and Black Martians, a planet to win and a princess to save.

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The Gods of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs

2012-03-13

John Carter returns, thanks to cliffhangers and popularity. Once again, he has to save his beloved Dejah Thoris, along with the rest of Mars, and must overcome many foes to do so.

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A Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs

2012-03-09

The grandfather of epic planetary romances and sword-and-planet; Virginian John Carter appears on Mars, where he makes war and peace, falls in love, and saves the day.

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New Issues (2/10/2012): Hugo Gernsback’s Amazing Stories 1-6

2012-02-10

Originally posted on PulpMags:
We’ve added yet another significant milestone to the Pulp Magazines Project website: issues #1-6 of Hugo Gernsback’s Amazing Stories (April-Sept.…

Adventures in Art – ’60s-’70s Horror Digests

2011-10-31

You never know what you’re going to find at library bag sales; those things are a great dumping place for …

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