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GENERAL PULP LINKS & NEWS

There are lots of places on the Internet to check for info on the pulps. We'll list some here.

Waystation Central
A great place to start your Internet search for pulp lore is Sean Wallace's Waystation Central, a marvelous collection of more than 200 links that covers a lot of the territory that many pulp fans will find useful.
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/5792/linkspp.html

ThePulp.net
This site is a great introduction to all things pulp. A nice collection of essays, links, and the atmosphere of good camaraderie that pulp fandom is all about.
http://www.thepulp.net

Coming Attractions
Bill Thom's site is updated weekly with all the info on the newest stuff -- books, movies, magazines, radio shows, e-texts, you name it -- that appeals to pulp fans. Check it out!
http://members.cox.net/comingattractions/index.html

Golden Perils
Howard Hopkins' pulp fanzine, Golden Perils, is now in its second incarnation. Originating as a print publication, each new issue of Golden Perils now appears as a downloadable PDF file at Howard's site. Issues feature articles about all areas of pulpdom -- authors, heroes, reviews, and more -- including a listing of new pulp-related stuff to watch for, compiled by Coming Attractions' Bill Thom.
http://howardhopkins.com/page4.htm

PulpMags mailing list
The PulpMags mailing list is a Yahoo Group moderated by Curt Phillips. It's a great place to chew the fat about pulps -- magazines, particular issues or authors, collecting, reading, repairing, storing -- you name a topic, and there's bound to be some very interesting discussion follow. Long-time and brand-new pulp fans alike rub cyber-elbows on this fun and friendly list.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/

The Curved Saber
Howard Jones has developed a marvelous site devoted to Harold Lamb. Called The Curved Saber, every fan of Lamb and of Adventure magazine should check it out. It's full of great info about Lamb, including a biography, a bibliographical listing of his fiction and non-fiction in books and magazines, and more. Click here to check out this great site!

Pulp and Adventure Heroes of the Pre-War Years
Jess Nevins has a marvelously encyclopedic site -- in fact, it is an encyclopedia, all about pulp characters and other adventurous sorts of fictional creations. An informative introduction is followed by a search engine link that lets you search the site. Or you can browse through the A-to-Z listings and serendipitously learn all sorts of fascinating stuff. Even SF-fabulist author Paul Di Filippo gives this site a thumbs up. Click here to check out this super-informative site. Try entering Max Brand, Theodore Roscoe, George Worts or Lester Dent in the search engine for interesting results.

Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University
This library -- one of the academic libraries at the university in Bowling Green, Ohio -- is chock full of pulp fun. You'll find original pulps, fanzines, paperbacks, you name it. Included in this institution's holdings are the Carl Jacobi Collection, personal papers that document Jacobi's 50-year career as a horror, fantasy, science fiction, and adventure fiction writer; books and manuscript materials donated by collector Sheldon R. Jaffery, and which includes a near-complete collection of Arkham House publications; and extensive or complete runs of Amazing Stories, Astounding Science Fiction, Tales of Magic and Mystery, Thrilling Wonder Stories, and Weird Tales, among many other pulp magazines. You'll also find manuscripts by Robert Bloch, Joseph Payne Brennan, Jeffrey A. Carver, R. A. Lafferty, Carl Jacobi, and Philip K. Dick.

Certainly a visit to the library is worthwhile. When PulpCon is held in Bowling Green, the library is right on campus. And when PulpCon is held in Dayton, you might consider making a sidetrip to Bowling Green for a library visit.

The Popular Culture Library is a treasure house of research material. Because there's so much to see, you'll want to make sure of their holdings before you go. You can do so through the BGSU Libraries Catalog at http://maurice.bgsu.edu/screens/opacmenu.html. You can learn more about the library at its website: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/pcl/pcl.html