Come to this year’s PulpFest to learn all of the latest news and ideas coming from the fertile minds at Edgar Rice Burroughs, Incorporated.
From its headquarters in Tarzana, California, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., administers the intellectual property of American author Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of the twentieth century’s most prolific and enduring writers. Burroughs’ 80+ novels and 40+ short stories have been adapted into sixty films and 250 television episodes, and have been featured in comic books, video games, apparel, and other merchandise.
Standing in this year for the company’s Vice President of Publishing, Christopher Paul Carey, and Vice President of Operations Cathy Mann Wilbanks, will be celebrated author Win Scott Eckert. The authorized legacy author of Philip José Farmer’s Patricia Wildman series (The Evil in Pemberley House, The Scarlet Jaguar), as well as the coauthor with Farmer of the Doc Caliban/Secrets of the Nine novel, The Monster on Hold, Win is a lifelong Edgar Rice Burroughs reader.
Eckert wrote the authorized Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe novels, Tarzan: Battle for Pellucidar and Korak at the Earth’s Core. Pellucidar: Land of Awful Shadow and Tarzan Unleashed are forthcoming. His other professional credits include authorized tales of Avenger, the Green Hornet, Honey West, the Lone Ranger, the Phantom, and Zorro, as well as short stories featuring the Domino Lady, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and Sherlock Holmes. His latest short story, “She-Devil of Paris,” saw print in Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2025. He lives in Woodland Park, Colorado, with his wife and a bevy of four-legged family members.
Please join PulpFest 2026 at 12:30 pm on Friday, July 31, as we welcome Win and his surprise guests to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania, for the latest updates on the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe, the ERB Authorized Library, and other projects inspired by the great man’s work. He will also be exploring some of their recent and upcoming book releases. These include a brand-new edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic novel of post-apocalyptic Europe, Beyond Thirty, restoring material cut from his original manuscript; the next three volumes in the original Barsoom saga by ERB, with cover art by Joe Jusko; and Trailblazer: The Autobiography of Tarzan’s Creator, the never-before-published life story of Edgar Rice Burroughs in his own words.
Of course, there will also be some great door prizes. But remember, you need to be in attendance at this presentation to win! Many thanks to Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., for their generous donations to PulpFest 2026.
Our “The Universe According to Edgar Rice Burroughs” presentation is all part of this year’s salute to Edgar Rice Burroughs and his work.
Additionally, Henry G. Franke III — the editor of The Burroughs Bibliophiles and The Gridley Wave newsletter for The Burroughs Bibliophiles — and the multi-award-winning illustrator, TV development artist, and graphic novelist, Mark Wheatley, will discuss the life and work of Robert Kennedy Abbett, one of the leading magazine and paperback illustrators of the late 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Henry will also be hosting an art show dedicated to the artist in the Chestnut Room at the DoubleTree on July 31 and August 1. Abbett is fondly remembered for his covers painted for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom and Tarzan paperbacks.
PulpFest 2026 begins on July 30 and runs through August 2 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania. In addition to honoring the centennials of Amazing Stories and Ghost Stories, we’ll also be celebrating the sesquicentennial of writer Jack London’s birth, and more at this year’s convention.
The general public is welcome to attend our programming free of charge. To learn more about our presentations, please click the 2026 Schedule link found on our website.
For those who also want to enjoy our dealers’ room, you can join PulpFest by clicking the register link found on our website. And don’t forget to book a room at the DoubleTree. They’re going fast!
Remember, in addition to your membership in PulpFest 2026, you’ll also be a member of Doc Con 2026, FarmerCon XXI, and The Shadow Con 2026. That’s four conventions for one price! You can’t beat that deal.
If you’re interested in selling at PulpFest, all of our tables have been reserved. Please write to convention chairman Jack Cullers at jack@pulpfest.com to be added to our waitlist.
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Our featured image is excerpted from Dean William’s cover art for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ and Joe Lansdale’s Tarzan: The Lost Adventure, the 26th novel in the Tarzan series.
Our lead image was adapted by William Lampkin from Joe Jusko’s dust jacket art for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Fighting Man of Mars, the seventh volume in the author’s Barsoom Saga, part of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library.
Robert K. Abbett’s cover art for the 1969 edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Thuvia, Maid of Mars, published by Ballantine Books.
Our final image was also adapted by William Lampkin from Robert K. Abbett’s original cover art for Philip José Farmer’s Dare, published in 1965 by Ballantine Books. We’ll be saluting the Grand Master of Science Fiction at this year’s FarmerCon, held in conjunction with PulpFest 2026.
Norman Bean is an Edgar Rice Burroughs fan who joined our staff of volunteer post-writers in August 2023. Norm has written about conventions, “pulp paleontology,” our dealers, and, of course, ERBFest and ERB himself. We look forward to his continued contributions.
Artwork by Joe Jusko and Dean Williams © Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Trademarks Tarzan®, Tarzan of the Apes®, Jane Porter®, Korak™, John Carter®, John Carter of Mars®, A Princess of Mars®, Barsoom®, Beyond Thirty™, Edgar Rice Burroughs®, Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe™, ERB Universe™, and Master of Adventure™ are owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Associated logos, characters, names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks or registered trademarks of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Used by Permission.
