Charlie Bucket lived with his mom and his grandparents in a dirty, downtrodden industrial city that used to be a thriving center of commerce, with factories making cars and furniture and steel and zippers and paper clips. The citizens of the city were happy to work in the factories, because they were well-paid and had…
All Pulp has been informed of a petition to commemorate the life of noted author, Ray Bradbury (who passed away on June 5, 2012) on a stamp from the United States Postal Service. In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury has inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific…
All Pulp is saddened to announce that legendary author Ray Bradbury, creator of such classics as Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, passed today at the age of 91. Regardless of your interest in New Pulp, what genre You love the most, it is undeniable that Bradbury’s work as well as the man himself had…
The lingering memory of my year of blogging for the SFBC — which ended five years ago, so I really should be over it by this point — still compels me to post SFnal awards, even when I do so far too late to benefit anyone. What can I say? I’m a flawed person. Anyway,…
Fox has granted a 13 episode “final season” to FRINGE, but what does that all mean? We talk to producers/show runners J.H. Wyman and Jeff Pinkner about how they are course correcting too be sure fans get satisfied. Plus TREASURE ISLAND comes to SyFy with Eddie Izzard as one of literature’s most famous pirates. Eddie…
Like most Americans, I learned about Alexander Dumas’ Three Musketeers from their countless adaptations on screen and in print. For me, it was probably Sheldon Mayer’s Three Mouseketeers reprints along with the rallying cry of “One for all, and all for one” shouted by just about every cartoon, sitcom and prime time drama at one…
ALL PULP REVIEWS- by Ron Fortier ANTIQUES DISPOSAL A Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Barbara Allan Kensington Books 230 pages Vivian Borne is an eccentric antiques dealer who lives in Serenity, a small Midwestern town situated on the banks of the Mississippi river. She lives with her daughters, Peggy Sue and Brandy. Together Vivian and Brandy…
A RETROSPECTIVE FOR HOWARD HOPKINS This piece was arranged immediately following the announcement of the passing of Howard Hopkins, noted Pulp Writer/Editor. It is published now as those participating have all completed their thoughts and remembrances. From Tommy Hancock My friendship with Howard Hopkins, and I can definitely refer to it as that, was one…
Few 20th century novels have been as warmly regarded as Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Currently a perennial work taught in high schools around the nation, it was an acclaimed, award-winning work when released in 1961 as the southern author tried to recapture her childhood life in a small Southern town. I enjoyed the…
Pro Se Productions, a Publisher known to be on the cutting edge of New Pulp, announces an ambitious new project today that, if successful in 2012, will lead to a new imprint from Pro Se in 2013. According to Tommy Hancock, Editor-in Chief and Partner in Pro Se, “Being a Publisher of both books and…
TIPPIN’ HANCOCK’S HAT-Reviews of All Things Pulp by Tommy Hancock MYSTERY MEN (& WOMEN) VOLUME TWO Written by Various Authors Cover by Mike Fyles Interior Art and Design by Rob Davis Published by Airship 27 Productions New Pulp is such an interesting creature. It is organic, something sprouting from the past, but as it grows…
ALL PULP PULP FICTION REVIEWS By Ron Fortier MODERN MARVELS –Viktoriana By Wayne Reinagel Knight Raven Studios 440 pages Several years ago, writer Wayne Reinagle burst upon the pulp fiction world with a self published tome that was the pulp equivalent of “Gone With the Wind.” PULP HEROES – MORE THAN MORTAL was a giant…
