Close to 500 pictures in this slideshow: Courtesy the New Britain Museum of American Art Some really beautiful cover paintings there, covering all genres: Adventure, Hero, Fantasy, Weird, Science Fiction, Crime and Detective etc. A background article about the collection. You can get closer to some of this art in this book (highly recommended) A… Continue reading Pulp art – original paintings and cover photos from the Robert Lesser collection – slideshow
Category: Pulp Magazines
Friday’s Forgotten Books: The Best of Adventure, vol. 1, 1910-1912
This book collects the best stories from the first three years of publication of Adventure magazine, a pulp magazine that was considered one of the best pulp magazines. In this review, I’ll focus only on the highlights, which are reason enough to buy the book in my opinion. The Soul of a Regiment – This… Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Books: The Best of Adventure, vol. 1, 1910-1912
Stars of Adventure
Like most magazines, Adventure had a core group of authors who wrote an amazing amount of fiction for the magazine. The top 20 appeared at least 50 times each in the contents page with a serial, novella, novel or short story. They wrote more than a quarter of the fiction appearing in the 753 pulp… Continue reading Stars of Adventure
On account of a woman – short story by Theodore Roscoe
This short story by Theodore Roscoe originally appeared in the January, 1936 issue of Adventure. It’s set in the Middle East, and is similar in structure to the Thibaud Corday stories. The ending is different though. Two companions are working in the Middle East when they come across a very striking statue of a woman. They steal it away from the… Continue reading On account of a woman – short story by Theodore Roscoe
The Seal of Jenghis Khan – short story by H. Bedford-Jones
H. Bedford-Jones was the King of the Pulps before Erle Stanley Gardner took over, writing more than a million words of fiction a year. The Seal of Jenghis Khan is fairly typical of his writing style, building a story on historical fact and lore around the legendary Genghis Khan. The Seal of Jenghis Khan… Continue reading The Seal of Jenghis Khan – short story by H. Bedford-Jones
Free story: Swain the Viking’s last adventure
Arthur D. Howden Smith‘s best writing is generally considered to be the Grey Maiden series. I personally prefer his stories of Swain the Viking that are based on the character of Swein Asleifsson as recorded in the Orkneyinga saga. Adventure magazine inspired Robert E. Howard, and I feel sure that at least some of that inspiration… Continue reading Free story: Swain the Viking’s last adventure
The Admiral – short story by S.B.H. Hurst
An interesting short story set in India (and it mentions some places I’ve lived in), from the pages of Adventure, November 30, 1925. S.B.H. Hurst, the author, had visited India earlier as a sailor and the local color is correct. The Admiral – short story by S.B.H. Hurst Download the story here.
Compound Interest – short story by Hugh Pendexter
Here’s a funny story from Hugh Pendexter that originally appeared in the March 15, 1933 issue of Adventure. This is the story that prompted me to find out more about Pendexter and start the blog. Justice can be delayed, but not denied – as a railway lawyer finds out. Download the story here.
Pulp Covers – two recent blog posts
Pulp Covers reimagined: http://www.jamesblandphotography.com/photography_advice/studio-photography/pulp-magazine-campaign/ Model for the Spicy pulps: http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2013/08/pulp-similarities.html
Complete Index of Adventure, Blue Book magazines now online at Fictionmags
Included are: A complete index to Adventure, courtesy of Richard Bleiler who allowed us to use the index he published some years ago. A complete index to Blue Book Magazine, courtesy of Mike Ashley, Victor Berch & Gene Christie who allowed us to use the unpublished index they compiled between them. An index to over… Continue reading Complete Index of Adventure, Blue Book magazines now online at Fictionmags