#Noirvember is upon us, so you’re getting two reading lists for the price of one. Here is our Noirvember reading list we made a while back (it’s grown since we last talked about it so give it a look-see). And then there’s this list below. Which can be found (along with all other book collections)… Continue reading Noirvember 2021 – American Pulps Reading List
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October 2021 — American Pulps Reading List
Yeah, yeah, it’s been a minute. I know. Our last reading list post was in June, and with this being the last week of October we barely made it this month. Truth be told, we were recently interviewed by @slowheavymetalmusicplaying on a new app called Famera. It was a great time, a lot of fun.… Continue reading October 2021 — American Pulps Reading List
April 2021 — American Pulps Reading List
If you’re living in an area experiencing “April Showers” and find yourself indoors a lot, here’s some books to keep you company. If it’s beautiful out, these books can keep you company outside too. That’s the beauty of books, they’re versatile. Ride the Pink Horse — Dorothy B. Hughes Dorothy B. Hughes, the late, great,… Continue reading April 2021 — American Pulps Reading List
February 2021 – American Pulps Reading List
We were going to start this last month, being January and all, but life got in the way. Anyway, we’re trying something new here at the Pulps, a monthly reading list. The first month went about as well as our “dry January” did, but hey, here’s February. Gunshine State — Andrew Nette We’re big fans… Continue reading February 2021 – American Pulps Reading List
Books set during the Roaring Twenties
Pulp fiction really came into its own in the 1920s. This was the ground floor for all the stories which were adapted into classic Film Noirs. The 1930s saw the invention of the mass market paperback novel, but the pulp magazines of the 1910s and 1920s helped pave the way for the Raymond Chandlers and… Continue reading Books set during the Roaring Twenties
Throwbacks: The Neo-Noir work of Sean Phillips and Ed Brubaker
In the world of neo-pulp, there are few as prolific and successful as the partnership of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Together they’ve created such successful comics and graphic novels as Criminal, Incognito, Fatale, The Fade Out, and Kill or be Killed. With Brubaker penning the story and Phillips illustrating, the Brubaker/Phillips partnership is one of the… Continue reading Throwbacks: The Neo-Noir work of Sean Phillips and Ed Brubaker
The LA Quartet
The best known group of works by James Ellroy, The LA Quartet covers the years 1946 to 1958 in Los Angeles and it’s about as noir as you can get. It’s bleak, brutal, and beautifully written. With this being the last week of Noirvember I figured it was worthwhile to write about my favorite neo-noir… Continue reading The LA Quartet
H.P. Lovecraft and Lovecraftian Horror
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890 – 1937) was largely an unknown writer during his lifetime. His work was primarily published in the horror pulp rags like Weird Tales and Astounding Stories and was never considered “literature.” He developed a cult-like following years after his death. Today people still write about his creations in a Horror sub-genre… Continue reading H.P. Lovecraft and Lovecraftian Horror
Dashiell Hammett: Pinkerton Detective Turned Hardboiled Writer
They don’t make ’em like Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894 – 1961) anymore. A veteran of both world wars AND a Pinkerton Agent, Sam wrote what he knew. And what he knew was far more interesting than your average person. A product of the D.M.V. (D.C., Maryland, Virginia NOT the Dept. of Motor Vehicles), Hammett was… Continue reading Dashiell Hammett: Pinkerton Detective Turned Hardboiled Writer
Robert B Parker: The Dean of American Crime Fiction
Today is the birthday of Robert B Parker (1932 – 2010) who was born on September 17, 1932 in Springfield Massachusetts. Springfield is also the Birthplace of Basketball, Indian Motorcycles, Dr. Seuss, the Springfield Armory, and the writer of this article’s father, Tony Pagourgis. Before becoming a published author, Parker served in the U.S. Army… Continue reading Robert B Parker: The Dean of American Crime Fiction