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  • There is no character development at all in most space operas, whether they are pulp-magazine tales of fifty years ago or this season's $50 million Hollywood extravaganzas.

    Ten Minutes, That's It Benjamin Kral 2010

  • Today, one can see that Heinlein's gift lay in blending relentless pulp-magazine action with a laid-back storytelling voice somewhat reminiscent of Mark Twain.

    Review of "Robert A. Heinlein," by William H. Patterson, Jr. 2010

  • These plans came to nothing, though Amazing did switch to a digest format in 1953, shortly before the end of the pulp-magazine era.

    Archive 2009-01-11 Zen Tiger 2009

  • In Retro Pulp Tales, the hunt for a serial killer plays out in a pulp-magazine letters column (Chet Williamson), mishaps haunt a helicopter crash simulator (Stephen Gallagher), and a real-life 'Gidget' sees things in space alien terms (Melissa Mia Hall).

    Archive 2006-06-11 Bill Crider 2006

  • Fans of Bonnestell's work will thrill at this establishing shot, literally one of his paintings brought to life; this is the future we should have had instead of the one who got, a future based on a pulp-magazine aesthetic instead of nasty old efficiency.

    Simple Tricks and Nonsense: Video Review: Conquest of Space 2004

  • Fans of Bonnestell's work will thrill at this establishing shot, literally one of his paintings brought to life; this is the future we should have had instead of the one who got, a future based on a pulp-magazine aesthetic instead of nasty old efficiency.

    Simple Tricks and Nonsense: March 2004 Archives 2004

  • The authors of _Foundation, Dune, _ and _The Stars My Destination_ may have been mere pulp-magazine writers, working for two or three cents a word, but -- Joyce?

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • During his last ten years (1927-36), Howard turned out a huge volume of general pulp-magazine fiction: sport, detective, Western, historical, oriental-adventure, weird, and ghost stories, besides his poetry and his many fantasies.

    Conan Howard, Robert E. & De Camp, L. Sprague & Carter, Lin 1966

  • In his short lifetime he turned out a large volume of general pulp-magazine fiction: sport, detective, western, and Oriental adventure stories, besides his many tales of fantasy.

    Conan the Adventurer Howard, Robert E. 1966

  • Rival warlords aligned to block Wu's ascendancy and, the narration adds in a switch to pulp-magazine idiom, "All hell was about to break loose."

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

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