Most Read This Week In Pulp
Pulp fiction can be characterized as "fast-paced, plot-oriented storytelling of a linear nature with clearly defined, larger than life protagonists and antagonists, creative descriptions, clever use of turns of phrase and other aspects of writing that add to the intensity and pacing of the story."
The earliest pulp stories were printed in pulp magazines from 1896 through the 1950s. The term pulp derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. Magazines printed on higher quality paper were called "glossies" or "slicks". Pulp were most often priced at ten cents per mag ...more
The earliest pulp stories were printed in pulp magazines from 1896 through the 1950s. The term pulp derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. Magazines printed on higher quality paper were called "glossies" or "slicks". Pulp were most often priced at ten cents per mag ...more
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When the gap between the world of the city and the world my grandfather had presented to me as right and good became too wide and depressing to tolerate, I'd turn to my other great love, which was pulp adventure fiction. Despite the fact that [he] would have had nothing but scorn and loathing for all of those violent and garish magazines, there was a sort of prevailing morality in them that I'm sure he would have responded to. The world of Doc Savage and The Shadow was one of absolute values, wh
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― Watchmen
― Watchmen
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La prima regola del Fight Club è che non si parla del Fight Club.
La seconda regola del Fight Club è che non si parla del Fight Club.
La terza regola del Fight Club è che quando qualcuno dice basta o non reagisce più, anche se sta solo facendo finta, il combattimento è finito.
La quarta regola del Fight Club è solo due per ogni combattimento.
La quinta regola del Fight Club è un combattimento per volta.
La sesta regola del Fight Club è che si combatte senza camicia e senza scarpe.
La settima reg
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― Fight Club
― Fight Club
Dinosaurs lurking on remote islands. Sparkling astronauts. Evil wizards and the vast armies they…more
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Books are expected to come almost free now by the readers, while devices to read them are expens…more
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A place for everyone to discuss the stories that being covered on the show, along with whatever …more
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A book club dedicated to reading cheap/free pulp stories and novels. Each month we'll do a trio …more
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