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We’ve put together a comprehensive list of newsgroups from a variety of locations — Usenet, Yahoo Groups and Google Groups — to help make it easier for you to find other fans interested in the topics you’re interested in. To participate in groups on Yahoo or Google, you will need to have a free account. Many of the Yahoo Groups are moderated (to help prevent spam) and may require approval by the moderator to participate.

Unlike our other links pages at ThePulp.Net, we’ve organized this one slightly different. We’ve listed the group’s name, followed by the topics discussed in the group, a participation rating and sometimes a comment. The participation ratings break down this way:
• Low: 25 or fewer posts a month
• Moderate: 26 to 100 posts a month
• High: Over 100 posts a month
• Extremely high: Over 1,000 posts a month

If you know of a pulp-related newsgroup not listed here, please let us know about it.

Links

alt.fan.doc-savage

Topic: Doc Savage.
Participation level: Low.
Comments: This Usenet group also can be accessed through Google Groups.

alt.fantasy.conan

Topic: Robert E. Howard’s Conan.
Participation level: Low.
Comments: This Usenet group also can be accessed through Google Groups.

alt.fantasy.er-burroughs

Topic: Author Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Participation level: Low.
Comments: This Usenet group also can be accessed through Google Groups.

alt.horror.cthulhu

Topic: H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos.
Participation level: Moderate.
Comments: This Usenet group also can be accessed through Google Groups.

alt.pulp

Topic: The pulps.
Participation level: Low.
Comments: This Usenet group was the hub of the online pulp community in the late ’90s and early 2000s, but participation has dropped considerably in recent years. It also can be accessed through Google Groups.

AbeMerrittFans

Topics: author Abraham Merritt and his works.
Participation level: Low.

CoverUps

Topic: Sharing and discussions of pulp magazine covers.
Participation level: Moderate.

Da Shadows Nose

Topic: The Shadow.
Participation level: Low.

Doc Con

Topic: Doc Savage and the annual Arizona Doc Con.
Participation level: Low.

Doc Savage

Topic: Doc Savage.
Participation level: Low.

Doc-Savage

Topic: Formerly Doc Savage.
Participation level: None.
Comments: This group is inhabited by spammers. Avoid this group.

Echoes Fan Mag

Topic: The pulps and pulp-related subjects.
Participation level: Moderate.
Comments: Tom Johnson, publisher of the defunct Echoes fanzine, is this group’s moderator.

EdgarRiceBurroughs

Topic: Author Edgar Rice Burroughs and his works.
Participation level: Low.

FictionMags

Topic: All aspects of fiction magazines, including the pulps.
Participation level: Extremely high.
Comments: This is an incredibly active group with very knowledgable participants.

Flearun

Topic: Doc Savage.
Participation level: High.
Comments: Flearun is moderated by Chuck Welch of Doc Savage Organized.

FredricBrown

Topic: Author Fredric Brown.
Participation level: Low.

GoldenPerils

Topic: All aspects of the pulps.
Participation level: High.
Comments: Founded by the late Howard Hopkins, this group is named after his defunct fanzine, Golden Perils.

JusticeInc

Topic: The Avenger.
Participation level: Low.

OnlinePulps

Topic: Announcements of new pulp stories posted online, in particular those at PulpGen.com.
Participation level: Low.

OtisKline

Topic: Author Otis Adelbert Kline.
Participation level: Low.

Pulp_Magazines_Cliffsnotes

Topic: Member-written summaries of pulp stories.
Participation level: Low.

Pulp-Chat

Topic: The pulps in general.
Participation level: Low.

PulpCollectors

Topic: Pulp collecting.
Participation level: None.

PulpMags

Topic: All aspects of the pulps.
Participation level: High.
Comments: A broad, knowledgable base of members.

PulpRack

Topic: Information about posts at Duane Spurlock’s similarly named site, The Pulp Rack, as well as discussions about the pulps.
Participation level: Low.

Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored

Topic: The pulps.
Participation level: Low.

Topics cover the range of pulps, but this group is marginally active.

PulpScans

Topic: Links and discussions about pulp scans, PDFs and e-texts.
Participation level: High.

PulpSwap

Topic: Trading and swapping pulps and pulp-related material.
Participation level: Low.

REHInnerCircle

Topic: Author Robert E. Howard.
Participation level: High.

TheShadowFiles

Topic: The Shadow.
Participation level: Low.

The_Spiders_Web

Topic: The Spider.
Participation level: Low.

TarzansTreehouse

Topic: Tarzan and other Edgar Rice Burroughs’ creations.
Participation level: Low.

VintagePulpFiction

Topic: The pulps.
Participation level: None.
Comments: This group is inhabited by spammers. Avoid this group..

WesternPulps

Topic: Western pulp magazines and related topics.
Participation level: High.

WoldNewton

Topic: Discussions of Phillip José Farmer’s Wold Newton concept and the pulps.
Participation level: Low.
Comments: This once was a very active group, but participation has dropped in the past few years.

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Find out more about the upcoming Doc Con on the gathering’s Facebook page at /azdoccon. The page is public and doesn’t require a Facebook account to view (only to interact with it).

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Find out more about the upcoming Doc Con on the gathering’s Facebook page at /azdoccon. The page is public and doesn’t require a Facebook account to view (only to interact with it).

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Find out more about the upcoming Doc Con on the gathering’s Facebook page at /azdoccon. The page is public and doesn’t require a Facebook account to view (only to interact with it).

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Find out more about the upcoming Doc Con on the gathering’s Facebook page at /azdoccon. The page is public and doesn’t require a Facebook account to view (only to interact with it).

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REH expert Glenn Lord (left) with Rusty Burke at Pulpcon 36. (Photo courtesy of Chris Kalb)

Robert E. Howard expert Glenn Lord, one of PulpCon 36’s guests of honor, talked about the pulps and Howard.

(Duration: 54 minutes, 30 seconds)

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Ed Hulse, editor of Blood ’n’ Thunder, chaired a panel discussion on “the future of pulp collecting.” Participating on the panel were: John Gunnison of Adventure House, Tom Roberts of Black Dog Books and Neil Mechem of Girasol Collectibles.

(Duration: 48 minutes, 31 seconds)

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Pulp cover artist Norman Saunders

David Saunders, son of pulp artist Norman Saunders (in photo above from 1983),
was one of the guests of honor at PulpCon 36. He presented a talk and slideshow
of his father’s work.

Below is the audio portion of the program. (Coincidentally, Norman Saunders was
a guest of honor 30 years ago, at PulpCon 6.)

(Duration: 53 minutes, 35 seconds)

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