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Tag Archives: adventure
Pulp Appeal: The Goonies
Pirates, gangsters, deadly boobytraps, diatribes about the uselessness of wishing wells, Cyndi Lauper[1], jocks vs. nerds, stolen kisses, braces, Baby Ruths, and the Truffle Shuffle. I mean, holy crap. I’m sure some of my love of The Goonies is simply … Continue reading
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Tagged '80s movies, adventure, Donner, goonies, pirates, Spielberg
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Issue 4 Is Officially Released
Issue 4 came out in print last week, but the Kindle release goes live today, which means we’re officially live. We love these stories (as we loved all the stories in the first three issues), but this issue is momentous … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adventure, contents, fantasy, horror, magazine, Pulp, science-fiction
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Pulp Consumption: Swords Against Darkness
I originally became aware of the most recent SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS anthology from browsing Black Gate[1]. Unlike the same-named anthologies put out in the late seventies edited by Andrew Offutt, this anthology isn’t concerned exclusively with what’s current in sword … Continue reading
Pulp Appeal: Zork, Metal Gear, Fallout, Bioshock
Matt talked about The Witcher last week, which got me thinking about other video game series that fit the pulp aesthetic. Rather than do a deep dive on one series, and because I am far more familiar with older video … Continue reading
Pulp Appeal: Rafael Sabatini
Swashbuckling adventures have been popular with the general public for hundreds of years. Tales of heroic sword fighters in pitched battle against unbeatable odds go back quite literally to some of the earliest works of written literature, surviving in the tales … Continue reading
Pulp Consumption: Into the Badlands
Calling Into the Badlands pulp may be pushing the boundaries of pulp too far for some people. I’ll even admit that it’s at the edge for me, but comic books are in many ways the inheritors of pulp, and Into … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adventure, martial arts, post-apocalyptic, television, wuxia
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Pulp Appeal: A Few Contemporary Anthologies
If you’ve been reading closely, you’ll no doubt have noticed that my posts have all been about older characters and writers, most of which are in the public domain. My experience with pulp has mostly been with the original era. … Continue reading
