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
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Helen of Wyndhorn
The Perfect Assassin (Doc Savage, #1)
The Ghost in You (Reckless, #4)
Destroy All Monsters (Reckless, #3)
The Shadow (The Shadow, #1)
Adventureman, Vol. 1: The End and Everything After
Follow Me Down (Reckless, #5)
Lowdown Road
Stormbringer (The Elric Saga, #2)
Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1)
Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird
Red Sonja: Consumed (Red Sonja #1)
Call Me a Cab
Last Stop (The Diamond Knife #1)
Wrath of N'kai
A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
The Gods of Mars (Barsoom #2)
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan the Cimmerian, #1)
The Man of Bronze (Doc Savage #1)
The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Maltese Falcon
The Return of Tarzan (Tarzan, #2)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (Fu Manchu #1)
The Bloody Crown of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian, #2)
Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Barsoom, #4)
At the Earth's Core (Pellucidar #1)
Captain Hawklin and the Skyhook Pirates by Charles F. MillhouseCaptain Hawklin and the Underwater Menace by Charles F. MillhouseSpring-heeled Jack and the President's Ring by D.L. MackenzieThe Adventures of Lazarus Gray by Barry ReeseDieselpunk ePulp Showcase by Grant Gardiner
The Best of New Pulp
174 books — 136 voters

Son of the Black Sword by Larry CorreiaStoryHack Action & Adventure, Issue 0 by David J. WestThune's Vision by Schuyler HernstromCirsova by P. AlexanderFor Steam And Country by Jon Del Arroz
Pulp Revolution
71 books — 28 voters
Mark Waid's The Green Hornet, Volume 1 by Mark WaidBatman '66 Meets the Green Hornet by Kevin  SmithThe Shadow / Green Hornet Volume 1 Dark Nights by Michael UslanGreen Hornet, Year One by Matt WagnerKato Origins by Jai Nitz
Green Hornet
54 books — 2 voters


Philip  Elliott
How many diners should a man rob before he turns the gun on himself? The question whispered in Richie’s ear as he swallowed the last bite of pancake. He and Alabama had gotten the idea of stealing from diners when they caught Pulp Fiction at a four-year anniversary screening in the New Beverly Cinema in LA last year where they’d gone to shoot dope and drift among the neon haze of Hollywood glitz, thinking Shit, look how in love they are holding up that diner, that could be us. But a dozen diners ...more
Philip Elliott, Porno Valley

Chuck Palahniuk
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 ...more
Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

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