PulpFest 2024 will celebrate “Spice, Spies, Shaw, and More,” at this year’s convention. We’ll be marking the 90th anniversary of Harry Donenfeld’s “Spicy” pulps and the 150th anniversary of the birth of legendary Black Mask editor Joseph T. “Cap” Shaw. It’s also the 90th anniversary of Secret Agent X, Operator #5, and other espionage pulp heroes.
But that’s not all. Once again, the fans of Philip José Farmer will be returning to PulpFest in 2024 for FarmerCon XIX.
Since 2011, PulpFest has hosted FarmerCon, a convention celebrating the life and times of the longtime pulp fan and Grand Master of Science Fiction, born over 100 years ago on January 26, 1918.
By holding the convention alongside PulpFest, Farmer fans get a variety of programming and a room full of pulp and book dealers to enjoy. Of course, the premier publisher of Farmer and related works, Meteor House, will have a prominent spot in our dealers’ room.
Please join PulpFest 2024 at 1:30 pm on Saturday, August 3, as we welcome moderator Keith Howell and panelists Paul Spiteri, Sean Lee Levin, and Win Scott Eckert to our presentation stage at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania for “Secrets, Crossovers, and the Full Account,” a look at the latest projects from Philip José Farmer and Meteor House — Around the World in Eighty Days/The Other Log of Phileas Fogg: The Full Account by Jules Verne and Farmer; Crossovers Expanded 3 by Levin; and the Secrets of the Nine omnibus by Farmer.
Additionally, “Flearunners” and other Doc Savage fans, please gather during the PulpFest Pizza Party on Thursday evening, August 1, in the hotel lounge where Win Scott Eckert will offer a toast to the late Rick Lai, winner of the 2022 Munsey Award, who sadly passed away on April 29 of this year. Everyone is encouraged to chime in with their own toasts and remembrances of Rick.
And don’t forget the after-hours socializing that the fans of Philip José Farmer are known to enjoy. These gatherings are always vibrant, entertaining, and informative. It’s all part of FarmerCon XIX, the 2024 convention for all things Farmer, taking place at this summer’s PulpFest.
PulpFest 2024 begins on August 1 and runs through August 4 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania. We’ll be celebrating “Spice, Spies, Shaw, and More” at this year’s convention.
The general public is welcome to attend our evening programming events free of charge. To learn more about our programming, please click the Schedule button at the top of this page.
For those who also want to enjoy our dealers’ room, you can join PulpFest by clicking the registration button at the top of this page. And don’t forget to book a room. The DoubleTree is sold out, but there are other hotels nearby.
If you want to sell at this year’s PulpFest, our wall tables are sold out. Island tables are still available, but they won’t last long. Register soon!
Our featured image is excerpted from Douglas C. Klauba’s dust jacket art for Secrets of the Nine, an omnibus collecting Philip José Farmer’s A Feast Unknown, Lord of the Trees, and The Mad Goblin, the definitive collection of the adventures of Doc Caliban and Lord Grandrith! Secrets of the Nine will be available in a signed hardcover limited edition and a trade paperback edition from Meteor House during the summer of 2024.
Our lead image was adapted by William Lampkin from Gray Morrow’s cover for Philip José Farmer’s The Mad Goblin, originally released in 1970 as half of an Ace Double (paired with Farmer’s Lord of the Trees).
The police lineup features from left to right, Paul Spiteri, Michael Croteau, and Win Scott Eckert, the minds behind Meteor House and the annual FarmerCon. Please alert the authorities if you see any of these men. They are wanted for publishing and distributing written works believed to have been created by Phileas Fogg, Sir Richard Burton, Clark Savage, Jr., and other suspicious characters.
Kenneth Grant is a writer and popular culture enthusiast who began writing for our website in 2022. He particularly enjoys the hero pulps and has recently written about Ace Magazines’ Secret Agent X and Street & Smith’s Pete Rice Magazine for pulpfest.com.
