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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The Perfect Assassin (Doc Savage, #1)
The Shadow (The Shadow, #1)
Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga, #1)
Destroy All Monsters (Reckless, #3)
Lowdown Road
Conan: The Halls of Immortal Darkness: The Heroic Legends Series
Follow Me Down (Reckless, #5)
Gun Honey, Vol. 2: Blood for Blood
The Heroic Legends Series - Kull: The Talons of Deep Time
Red Sonja: Consumed (Red Sonja #1)
Conan: Blood of the Serpent
Call Me a Cab
Last Stop (The Diamond Knife #1)
Master of Mystery: The Rise of the Shadow
Conan: Lord of the Mount
A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
The Gods of Mars (Barsoom #2)
The Man of Bronze (Doc Savage #1)
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan the Cimmerian, #1)
The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
The Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Return of Tarzan (Tarzan, #2)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (Fu Manchu #1)
At the Earth's Core (Pellucidar #1)
Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Barsoom, #4)
The Bloody Crown of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian, #2)
The Thane's Daughter by John SpearmanFitzDuncan by John SpearmanSwords and Deviltry by Fritz LeiberThe Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. HowardElric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
Best Sword and Sorcery
189 books — 227 voters
We Got Zombies on the Lawn Again, Ma by Donnie  SmithDeath by Zamboni by David David KatzmanGrundish and Askew by Lance CarbuncleA Coupla Shades of Taupe by Court BurbackAlexei Maxim Russell's Field Guide to Assholes by Alexei Maxim Russell
Books That Make You Vomit With Joy!
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The Zorro Legend Through The Years
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The Lost World by Arthur Conan DoyleShe by H. Rider HaggardLost Horizon by James HiltonDwellers in the Mirage by A. MerrittAt the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Classic Lost World Tales
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Lavie Tidhar
Life isn't a pulp novel, Joe, and death isn't either. ...more
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Lacey Carter Andersen
Which of my friends would make such an offer? I may be a calm man, but there is nothing inside of me that will stop from beating him to a pulp.” Is it weird that I find his threat hot? “No, I, uh, just meant Prince Cobar.” “Prince Cobar?” The fury fades from his face, and he takes a shaky breath. “Well, that’s different, I have no choice but to share you with him.” Now, I’m truly curious. “You were about to kill some random guy a minute ago, why is it different with him?
Lacey Carter Andersen, Shadow of the Crown

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