PulpFest is a paradise for fans of pulp magazines, digests, vintage paperbacks, original artwork, and other collectibles. Collectors will also find first edition hardcovers, men’s adventure and true crime magazines, series books, dime novels, Big Little Books, B-movies, serials and related paper collectibles, old-time-radio shows, vintage comic books, and more in our spacious dealers’ room. We’re at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry, just nineteen miles north of Pittsburgh.
For those who simply like to read pulp or genre fiction, you’ll find science-fiction hardcovers and paperbacks, mysteries, adventure fiction, and countless pulp reprints from publishers such as Adventure House, Age of Aces, Stark House Press, and Steeger Books. Fans of contemporary genre fiction will have readings by authors on both Friday and Saturday, plus books for sale from Will Murray’s Adventures in Bronze, Flinch Books, Meteor House, and other publishers. We’ll also have panels on today’s genre fiction as well as author signings and more. Last year, PulpFest had over thirty authors in attendance.
Accommodating over 100 tables, our dealers’ room will be open from 10 AM to 4:45 PM on August 7 and 8. It will be open from 9 AM until 2 PM on Sunday, August 9. Buying and selling opportunities may be limited on Sunday as many dealers will be packing to return home.
We will also have early-bird shopping on Thursday evening, August 6, from 3 to 7:30 PM. If you stay at the DoubleTree, PulpFest is pleased to offer free early-bird privileges. That’s a great savings to reward loyal attendees who reduce the convention’s costs by staying at our host hotel. If you stay elsewhere, you can still purchase early-bird privileges for $30.
In addition to our great dealers’ room, PulpFest 2020 will hold a live auction on Saturday night, August 8. Not only will our 2020 auction feature the usual submissions from the convention’s members, we’ll also have more than 150 lots of pulps, digests, vintage paperbacks, men’s adventure and true crime magazines, joke and gag books, and other paper collectibles from the estate of the late Carl Joecks.
You can book a room at the DoubleTree by clicking the “Book a Room” button below the PulpFest banner on our home page. You can also reserve a room by calling 1-800-222-8733. Be sure to mention PulpFest to receive the special convention rate of $129 plus tax per night.
To learn more about registering for PulpFest 2020, please click the “register” button below the banner on our home page.
If you read or collect pulps, genre fiction, books, vintage paperbacks or comic books, original artwork, or other pop culture collectibles, PulpFest is the place to be.
(If you’re a paper collector, wouldn’t you like to have a time machine to join the people in the photograph above? It’s from late May 1942 and located in Southington, Connecticut. Featured are pulp magazines, comic books, and other publications largely dated June and July 1942.
The original black and white photograph was taken by Fenno Jacobs of the Office of War Information and posted to shorpy.com — the American Historical Photo archive — by Dave, the webmaster and co-owner of Shorpy, Inc. — on December 10, 2013. The image was later colorized by Avi A. Katz and posted to his blog, “Colorizing History,” on October 19, 2014. It is used here with permission.
Why not climb aboard the PulpFest 2020 time machine for a chance to purchase some of the pulp magazines and comic books displayed in our lead image? For more information on buying at PulpFest, please contact Jack Cullers at jack@pulpfest.com or by regular mail at 1272 Cheatham Way, Bellbrook, OH 45305.
Don’t forget to watch for our posts on our PulpFest 2020 dealers. They’ll start on July 13 and run through July 17.)
