Friday, October 29, 2010

RECOMMENDED READING: BEAT TO A PULP

Beat To A Pulp - Round 1, is an exciting new anthology from editors David Cranmer and Elaine Nash --- who also edit the Beat To A Pulp webzine which is accessable at http://www.beattoapulp.com/ .

The webzine has been running for about two years now and on it you can find a new story every week, plus an archive of all previous stories. These tales are tight, tough, terrific little gems running the gamut of "pulp" genres: Adventure, fantasy, horror, sci-fi, pirate stories, Westerns, straight crime, and hardboiled detective mysteries. The authors range from established old pros to newer, lesser-known talents. (Hell, if you check the archives you might even run across something by some character named Dundee.)

The newly released anthology is an extension of the webzine. It is a mammoth book, well constructed, with an eye-grabbing cover, a roster of 27 stories, a forward by Bill Crider, and an afterward ("A History of Pulp") by Cullen Gallagher. A few of the stories are reprints from the webzine, most are originals for this collection.

A must-have for readers craving more pulp in their diets.
For more details you can also check out my review on Amazon.

3 comments:

Evan Lewis said...

Fine review on Amazon, Wayne. I'm trying to stick to the "savoring" method of reading this, but it ain't easy.

Charles Gramlich said...

It definitely looks good.

David Cranmer said...

Thanks, Wayne.

I'm glad you liked it and I appreciate the review.