Pulp Adventure Roleplaying --
Rising with the turn of the century and reaching its pinnacle in the 1930s as a magazine form (but surviving in some forms even today, though not as magazines), the Adventure Pulps assure us that there will always be heroes, and that they will overcome adversity thru the strength of their spirits, the skills that they have honed over decades and the power of the human heart. The heroes of Pulp are often larger than life, honorable and fearless before enemies that care not who they destroy in their quest for profit and power. They may possess supernatural talents, expertise in unusual martial arts or a strength of will that can overcome the bounds of reality. Pulps see the human potential and show it in its glory. Heroes of the pulps are The Shadow, Doc Savage, The Spider, The Green Hornet, James Bond and the like.
Pulp Fiction Central at Vintage Library -- On May 10, 1996, the Vintage Library opened its doors for business. We currently have over 150 stories available for immediate download. But the power of the internet has gone much farther than just electronic downloads. Its brought together a fan base and created a market where we've encouraged a number of small press publishers to create a regular stream of pulp reprints and to constantly improve quality. The result...
Today we are experiencing a pulp fiction revivial where new fans are coming into the hobby in large numbers and we have more and more books, magazines, reprints and replicas available than ever before. Adventure House, Girasol Collectables, and Wildside Press are some of today's top publishers keeping us awash in pulp fiction.
Pulp Fiction Central is your source to great pulp fiction reading with pulp replicas, pulp reprints, electronic pulps, articles, fanzines, and even original pulp magazines for sale.
The Internet Guide to Jazz Age Slang:
Note: the majority of the entries were gleaned from a great slang dictionary called Flappers 2 Rappers, written by Tom Dalzell (Merriam-Webster, 1996). This is the resource for those interested in slang from any decade of the 20th century. The reader will find more Jazz Age slang, along with literally hundreds of other words and selected etymologies. Details can be found at the Merriam-Webster site here.
Many entries have also been added from The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life from Prohibition through World War II, by Marc McCutcheon. This book is an indispensable guide to all those minutiae of life during one of the most story rich periods in history. A must have for those interested in the Twenties! Check it out (along with all the other books in the Writer's Guide series) here.
d20 Pulp games -- Explore pulp roleplaying with this d20 RPG. This archive site is dedicated to the d20 minigame, Pulp Heroes, as found in Dungeon #90 / Polyhedron #149.
The September 2003 issue of Dungeon #102 / Polyhedron Magazine #161 contained a D20 Modern version of the Pulp Heroes minigame. Please note that this site is dedicated to the original version of the Pulp Heroes RPG and not the later D20 Modern version.
September 7th, 2003 - this site became an Archive.
GURPS: Cliffhangers -- Adventure on the crumbling brink of disaster, dodging the jaws of death with barely a pause for breath between perils. This is the world of the dauntless men and daring women of 1920s and 1930s adventure tales. Live the pulse-quickening, heart stirring, cliche-inspiring exploits chronicled in pulp magazines, movie serials, and newspaper comic strips. Visit the exotic trouble-spots of a world in peril; travel the trackless wastes of unexplored continents; soar through the wide, blue skies of the first generation of manned flight.
Zeppelin Age -- Pulp Adventure from 1900 to 1940
More than 300 e-books featuring The Shadow:
http://www.spaceports.com/~deshadow/
Rising with the turn of the century and reaching its pinnacle in the 1930s as a magazine form (but surviving in some forms even today, though not as magazines), the Adventure Pulps assure us that there will always be heroes, and that they will overcome adversity thru the strength of their spirits, the skills that they have honed over decades and the power of the human heart. The heroes of Pulp are often larger than life, honorable and fearless before enemies that care not who they destroy in their quest for profit and power. They may possess supernatural talents, expertise in unusual martial arts or a strength of will that can overcome the bounds of reality. Pulps see the human potential and show it in its glory. Heroes of the pulps are The Shadow, Doc Savage, The Spider, The Green Hornet, James Bond and the like.
Pulp Fiction Central at Vintage Library -- On May 10, 1996, the Vintage Library opened its doors for business. We currently have over 150 stories available for immediate download. But the power of the internet has gone much farther than just electronic downloads. Its brought together a fan base and created a market where we've encouraged a number of small press publishers to create a regular stream of pulp reprints and to constantly improve quality. The result...
Today we are experiencing a pulp fiction revivial where new fans are coming into the hobby in large numbers and we have more and more books, magazines, reprints and replicas available than ever before. Adventure House, Girasol Collectables, and Wildside Press are some of today's top publishers keeping us awash in pulp fiction.
Pulp Fiction Central is your source to great pulp fiction reading with pulp replicas, pulp reprints, electronic pulps, articles, fanzines, and even original pulp magazines for sale.
The Internet Guide to Jazz Age Slang:
Note: the majority of the entries were gleaned from a great slang dictionary called Flappers 2 Rappers, written by Tom Dalzell (Merriam-Webster, 1996). This is the resource for those interested in slang from any decade of the 20th century. The reader will find more Jazz Age slang, along with literally hundreds of other words and selected etymologies. Details can be found at the Merriam-Webster site here.
Many entries have also been added from The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life from Prohibition through World War II, by Marc McCutcheon. This book is an indispensable guide to all those minutiae of life during one of the most story rich periods in history. A must have for those interested in the Twenties! Check it out (along with all the other books in the Writer's Guide series) here.
d20 Pulp games -- Explore pulp roleplaying with this d20 RPG. This archive site is dedicated to the d20 minigame, Pulp Heroes, as found in Dungeon #90 / Polyhedron #149.
The September 2003 issue of Dungeon #102 / Polyhedron Magazine #161 contained a D20 Modern version of the Pulp Heroes minigame. Please note that this site is dedicated to the original version of the Pulp Heroes RPG and not the later D20 Modern version.
September 7th, 2003 - this site became an Archive.
GURPS: Cliffhangers -- Adventure on the crumbling brink of disaster, dodging the jaws of death with barely a pause for breath between perils. This is the world of the dauntless men and daring women of 1920s and 1930s adventure tales. Live the pulse-quickening, heart stirring, cliche-inspiring exploits chronicled in pulp magazines, movie serials, and newspaper comic strips. Visit the exotic trouble-spots of a world in peril; travel the trackless wastes of unexplored continents; soar through the wide, blue skies of the first generation of manned flight.
Zeppelin Age -- Pulp Adventure from 1900 to 1940
More than 300 e-books featuring The Shadow:
http://www.spaceports.com/~deshadow/