tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161526002238586054.post1886962076110435105..comments2023-09-08T08:20:13.780-04:00Comments on Two-Fisted Blogger: Why Men Don't Read Part 1Hank Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241805904517893443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161526002238586054.post-79436079476689958992010-12-28T20:39:25.831-05:002010-12-28T20:39:25.831-05:00Thanks for chiming in, Captain Napalm (and what a ...Thanks for chiming in, Captain Napalm (and what a pulpnificent moniker that is).<br /><br />Your anecdote mirrors pretty much all my (increasingly rare) expeditionary experiences in brick-&-mortar bookstores for the last 20 years. In fact, on the last such expedition resulting in a purchase, said purchase was also a Robert E. Howard compilation.<br /><br />I can't yet vouch for any of the new pulp being produced (until I get my Kindle hopefully in a few days), but you might consider checking out some of the links on my blog roll to the left (ProSe Productions sounds like an actual periodical pulp 'zine). Also, if you're on Facebook, there are several pulp pages--most with links to their respective publishers. The Pulp Factory, Airship 27, Pulp Tone, Age of Adventure...you can search for "pulp" to turn them up, or look at the "liked" pages on my Virtual Pulp Fan Page. I think I have all of them linked from that Facebook page.<br /><br />Speaking of Virtual Pulp (Cough. Ahem.): It certainly wouldn't hurt my feelings if you checked it out, either.<br /><br />All the above, or at least most, I think, are available in paperback or ebook. I plan on engaging in a pulp shopping spree once I have that Kindle in my sweaty paws.Hank Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241805904517893443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161526002238586054.post-1138645675332674042010-12-28T18:27:42.595-05:002010-12-28T18:27:42.595-05:00I know this is an older post, so I doubt anyone wi...I know this is an older post, so I doubt anyone will see this, but having had this experience only yesterday I'll chime in for posterity's sake.<br /><br />I went to a Barnes & Noble yesterday (a two story version). It took me two hours to find anything and, unsurprisingly, it was old school. What I wanted was a well written pulp adventure in some exotic locale. King Solomon's Mines or Indiana Jones type stuff. Almost the entire new release wall for the Science Fiction/Fantasy section was some sort of romance novel. The only thing I could find was a collection of stories by Robert E. Howard: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures. Exactly what I was looking for.<br /><br />While I'm impressed with the abilities of many female authors to turn any and every genre into a romance novel, I have no interest in reading any of it. I stopped bothering with TV as it is overwhelmingly an estrogen fest. I'm not alone, apparently: http://www.deadline.com/2010/01/terrifying-tv-showrunner-ed-bernero/Captain Napalmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191295179599104244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161526002238586054.post-43985748170398715522010-11-02T23:32:20.807-04:002010-11-02T23:32:20.807-04:00Exactly, Susan. A self-fulfilling prophecy. That&#...Exactly, Susan. A self-fulfilling prophecy. That's what it looks like to me.Hank Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241805904517893443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161526002238586054.post-84704246218647540192010-11-02T22:45:21.893-04:002010-11-02T22:45:21.893-04:00I've been told that men don't read and wom...I've been told that men don't read and women don't read books about men. It seems like a self-fulfilling prophecy. If publishers don't publish them, how are readers supposed to read them?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567954521782974033noreply@blogger.com