Pulp

[close] An exploration of popular fiction with emphasis on the 30s and 40s but including notable modern authors. We will cover such classic authors as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lester Dent, Walter B. Gibson, L. Ron Hubbard, Henry Kuttner, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and others. We will specifically discuss their literary merit and why these books are so much fun to read. Additionally, We will cover the paperback market of the 50s, 60s and 70s and selected modern authors.

[close] This group is dedicated to the paperback novels written by Gardner F Fox. Read chapter One of his novels. Please share your thought and reviews of his stories.

[close] Welcome to Written Gems, a discussion group devoted to the wonderful but often underappreciated works that form the roots of Fantasy and Science Fiction today. This will include such greats as: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lord Dunsany, Robert E. Howard, H.G. Wells, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, and more—plus the occasional author you may have never read (but will be very glad you did). These authors not only influenced the development of their genres but are still frankly fun to read today. We want to explore these works together and seek out more. To that end, we offer our mandatory mission statement: MISSION STATEMENT Written Gems is a discussion group dedicated to uncovering little-remembered gems of Fantasy and Science Fiction literature which have influenced the genre and our culture. Each month we will explore a new work seeking to understand not only what made it fun in the past, but why it has endured. Most importantly, we want to know what it has to offer for audiences today. To lead us in these discussions, we have three co-moderators, Gilbert M. Stack, William L. Hahn and Chris L. Adams. Each are authors in the field and if you’re interested you can learn more about them in the threads named after them.

[close] For those of us who like to read using the iBooks platforms, on Mac, or iOS - That's iPads mostly, although you can use an iPhone if you don't mind small pages. For iBooks Authors, you too are welcome to join in. Indeed, it's often difficult to find books that are exclusively on the iBooks site, so we'd love to hear about iBooks made for iBooks. The Templates are Landscape and Portrait, and ePub3, and the first two are a much unexplored market. Lets hear from iBooks Readers, and Authors then. Talk about iBooks. iBooks only. Why you love iBooks. Goodreads on iBooks. Author specials ONLY available on iBooks. How you authored your iBooks, why you love Reading your iBooks.