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Post by deuce on Mar 31, 2017 14:32:27 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Apr 1, 2017 13:52:30 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Apr 3, 2017 14:54:53 GMT -5
PulpRev author, Jon Mollison, takes a look at "Hard" SF and contrasts it to the great pulp SF of the past -- along with a look at what great SF might lie in the future... seagullrising.blogspot.com/2017/03/idle-thoughts-on-hard-question.htmlThere’s nothing wrong with enjoying Science Man Solves Engineering Problem, but the suggestion that it represents an elevated form of the SF genre is laughable. It strikes out huge swathes of human experience and presents no higher goal than “study math” and “try not to get killed”. That’s not a step up, it’s a step backwards.
-- Jon MollisonThe PulpRev is coming.  |
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Post by deuce on Apr 4, 2017 14:50:48 GMT -5
Weirdbook is keepin' it weird n' pulpy. Editor Doug Draa -- who is a member of this fine forum -- has this to say:
It’s hard to believe that we started this endeavor over a year ago. If you look closely, you might just spot a trend:
2015: One Issue
2016: Two Issues
2017: Four issues and one themed annual!
That’s correct, Weirdbook has gone quarterly this year! As a thank-you to all the readers who made this possible, we will be putting out a themed “2017 Annual” special issue this October. Just in time for Halloween! I hope themed Weirdbook Annuals will become a yearly tradition that everyone looks forward to. This year’s theme will be “Witches.” |
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Post by BlackHeart on Apr 5, 2017 6:07:20 GMT -5
There's a sf/horror/epic fantasy magazine in Serbia, wich is called "EMITOR". One time there was even edition for European market, translated on English. Werry god stuff in there. I have some 9 or 10 numbers. Its prety much in spirit of Lovecraft stories, lot of Mad Maxesque futuristic tales, dark spectre of psyho yarns etc etc etc. All in all, it is wery similar to the old pulps. Like a continuety. |
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Post by deuce on Apr 5, 2017 16:47:54 GMT -5
There's a sf/horror/epic fantasy magazine in Serbia, wich is called "EMITOR". One time there was even edition for European market, translated on English. Werry god stuff in there. I have some 9 or 10 numbers. Its prety much in spirit of Lovecraft stories, lot of Mad Maxesque futuristic tales, dark spectre of psyho yarns etc etc etc. All in all, it is wery similar to the old pulps. Like a continuety. Very cool, Blackheart! The whole world needs pulp, not just the English-speaking part.   |
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Post by Jason Aiken on Apr 5, 2017 22:06:48 GMT -5
 What do you think, does Wildcards count as New Pulp or Neo Pulp? I'm listening to the Wildcards I audiobook and find it to be a cool blend of pulp and golden age characters told through a modern style. It doesn't lose the period piece elements (the story takes place in 1946, but differs from "our" 1946 due to an alien retro virus being released over Manhattan), though. The two lead-off stories featuring Dr. Tachyon and Jetboy kept me interested and were a solid way to introduce the Wildcards concept, but Roger Zelazny's Sleeper story is the one that's currently impressing me. I've been reading and listening to a lot of classic fantasy adventures and pulp sword and sorcery and was looking to try something different for a while, so far Wildcards hasn't disappointed. |
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Post by deuce on Apr 7, 2017 16:06:03 GMT -5
What do you think, does Wildcards count as New Pulp or Neo Pulp? I'm listening to the Wildcards I audiobook and find it to be a cool blend of pulp and golden age characters told through a modern style. It doesn't lose the period piece elements (the story takes place in 1946, but differs from "our" 1946 due to an alien retro virus being released over Manhattan), though. The two lead-off stories featuring Dr. Tachyon and Jetboy kept me interested and were a solid way to introduce the Wildcards concept, but Roger Zelazny's Sleeper story is the one that's currently impressing me. I've been reading and listening to a lot of classic fantasy adventures and pulp sword and sorcery and was looking to try something different for a while, so far Wildcards hasn't disappointed. I can see what you're saying about the Wild Cards stuff. It shares some aspects of retro-pulp and "New Pulp". There are some good stories in the series and the setting might've even influenced Correia's "Grimnoir" series. |
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Post by Jason Aiken on Apr 7, 2017 17:58:35 GMT -5
Yeah once in a while I see him mention REH's Conan tales as one of his influences, but I just don't see it in A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones). A few weird fiction nods such as the Drowned God being a stand-in for Cthulhu and including Carcosa on one of the maps in The World of Ice and Fire atlas, but that's all I can think of at the moment.
I've read a limited amount of GRRM but he hasn't let me down yet.
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Post by deuce on Apr 7, 2017 19:12:34 GMT -5
JD Brink is an indie author who feels a kinship with the PulpRev. His novels are SF with an emphasis on tough, gritty action and adventure. He's also a Conan fan. Here are reviews of two of his novels: www.castaliahouse.com/just-released-the-scythe-of-kronos-by-j-d-brink/www.castaliahouse.com/review-the-thorne-legacy-by-j-d-brink/I certainly agree that what I would think would be a predominant aspect of SF—that being a tendency toward action, adventure, excitement—just isn’t what mainstream SF has been for a long, long time. It seems all the magazines only want to print more literary stories. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but really, ALL of you want that? Isn’t there anyone out there who wants to print more exciting, fun stuff? ‘Cuz all the SFF readers I know want that.
I think the inklings of this “modern pulp revolution” is just what we need. And in this era where the gatekeepers don’t have absolute power anymore, that’s what we’re going to get.
-- JD Brink
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Post by deuce on Apr 8, 2017 20:29:53 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Apr 10, 2017 9:54:51 GMT -5
PulpRev author, Jon Mollison, is now onboard for this anthology: seagullrising.blogspot.com/2017/03/modern-pulp-adventure.html
Take a read through the submission guidelines, and if you think you've got what it takes to show the world there's more to pulp than fast action and empty adventure, throw your hat in the ring. This is an important project for the #PulpRevolution. We talk a big game, stirring up hard v. soft pots, shouting "you're doing it wrong" at other pulp practicitoners, running serious analysis of why the old pulps worked, and so on. What we don't have much of right now is proof that the concepts work.
Misha Burnett's elegant solution is to share the load. If everybody throws in 2K to 10K words, we can pump out a collection much faster than anyone could an 80K book alone. Not only does this give a unified title to point to show that the Pulp Revolution works, it also gives a single point of contact where readers can read a sampler of the different writers. Not all will appeal to everyone, but everyone can find a few writers that they'll enjoy. Even more, it's a way to showcase the depth and scope possible within the Pulp Revolution, even when it is constrained to a near-real modern world.
-- Jon MollisonY'all heard the man! Get your PulpRev submissions in there. The link is in the quote box and time is running out. The PulpRev is coming.  |
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Post by deuce on Apr 11, 2017 9:54:13 GMT -5
Nathan Housley, proprieter of the Pulp Archivist blog, takes a look at Misha Burnett's "Five Pillars of Pulp Revival" and adds some adjustments that I think do a lot to help clarify things and point out some additional elements of the original pulp aesthetic as seen across the vast majority of the pulps, not just the SF mags or the hero mags. www.castaliahouse.com/a-recipe-for-pulp-fiction/
Action, romance, moral peril, consequence, emotion, mortal peril, exploration of the unknown, love for the unknown, and story structure. These nine ingredients, when combined, form a recipe for pulp fiction. I will leave the proper mixture of these ingredients to the demands of the market and a writer’s muse.
-- Nathan HousleyThe PulpRev is coming.  |
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Post by deuce on Apr 17, 2017 18:29:21 GMT -5
Airship 27 Productions is a small publisher with strong connections to the comics industry as well as pulp scholars like Bob Weinberg (RIP) and Doug Ellis. While they classify themselves as "New Pulp" -- which is their right -- I would place them more along the Retro-Pulp/Neo-Pulp spectrum. Lots of fun stuff. airship27.blogspot.com/  |
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Post by Jason Aiken on Apr 18, 2017 19:44:59 GMT -5
I stopped listening to the Wildcards I audio book. It seems once the stories got out of the post-WWII era and into more modern times, the writers just had to get political. I started listening to GRRM's own contribution, "Shell Games" and found it to be pretty damn boring, on top of being politically motivated/focused.
I've moved on to listening to Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Chronicles opening book, The Last Kingdom, which I'm currently enjoying.
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