Before the paperback book. Before comics. There were the Pulp. They were named for the cheap pulpwood paper on which they were printed. But they were famous for their exciting, often lurid covers. The covers really sold these magazine. So, like many other mags, when Christmas rolled around, they’d attach a Christmas theme to the covers. But, being pulps, it never was quote as simple as that.
See some great examples after the jump.
Kindle versions of Michael West’s horror novels Cinema of Shadows and Poseidon’s Children are available for free via Amazon, today only! So fire up your Kindle or point or iPad and pick those books up now!
“A Sound of Thunder”: It’s a time travel story. It’s a dinosaur story. And it’s one of the best examples of both. It’s also a classic and hugely influential. This adaptation originally aired on the radio show “Bradbury 13″ on May 21, 1984.
We continue our Ray Bradbury tribute with a very special episode of the series “X Minus One”. This features not one but two! Count ‘em two adaptations of Bradbury stories. The first is “There Will Come Soft Rains”. Bradbury’s classic tale of nuclear holocaust. He discusses both the story and this radio adaptation in the interview posted yesterday. Next up his “Zero Hour”. Another end of the world scenario. But this time involving children. Chilling stuff. We love this episode. But, given recent events, we got quite wistful when the narrator referred to Bradbury as a “young writer”. The episode originally aired on December 5, 1956.
If you loved “Zero Hour” but were left wanting more, you can listen to a longer adaptation from the radio series “Suspense” here.
More of our tribute to Ray Bradbury. This time instead of a story we get to hear Bradbury talking about his life and work. He offers great advice not only about writing. But about life itself. This was prepared as a promotional piece for the radio series “Bradbury 13″, and it has become an episode of the series when it has been repeated. It was recorded in late March, 1984.
Another episode of “Bradbury 13″ in tribute to Ray Bradbury. This one is the fan favorite story “The Veldt”. It originally aired on April 16, 1984.
We couldn’t do just one day of tributes to mark Ray Bradbury’s passing. In fact, even two days doesn’t seem enough. So over the course of the next week we’re going to offer a variety of material honoring his life and times.
Today, we’re serving up another episode of “Bradbury 13″. This time an adaptation of the chilling story “Night Call, Collect”. This originally aired April 4, 1984.
In honor of Ray Bradbury’s passing we offer this adaptation of one of his best stories “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed”. This story originally aired on the show “Bradbury 13″ on August 10, 1989.
In honor of Memorial Day, here’s an adaptation of Michael Shaara’s science fiction ode to the average soldier. This originally aired on the radio series “X Minus One” on October 17, 1956. Author Michael Shaara is probably best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning novel about the Battle of Gettysburg The Killer Angels. His name has also been lent to an award honoring the best in Civil War fiction.
Emma Watson and Guillermo Del Toro are teaming up for a new live action adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast”. Entitled “Beast” from a script by Bridget Jones author Andrew Davies. It’s being described as an updating of the classic tale. We don’t quite get H’wood’s obsession with fairy tale updates. None of them have done a lick of box office.
