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- adjective Characteristic of
pulp (lurid, sensational writing).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Too many epic conflicts, each totally insignificant and uninteresting, melded into some kind of pulpish Katamari Damacy whole.
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Incidently, I have a blog that treats of related material: Pulp Fiction -- mostly focussing on the classic era from the 20s through the 50s -- but I sometimes expand the definition to accomodate "pulpish" works I've enjoyed.
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He chose to fill the space with some of HPL's more "pulpish" efforts.
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Our own Greg Hatcher wrote about the graphic novel last year, and as Greg notes, the story certainly is a bit on the "pulpish" side of the coin, and I could certainly imagine it being a bit out there for when it was published 1968, but on the other side of the coin, the movie it was heavily inspired by, Point Blank, had come out a couple of years before, and that was not considered pornographic.
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #149 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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'pulpish' without really meaning to lessen his greatness as an entertaining writer.
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Starplex looks like a weaker work compared to those two, pulpish, less "dignified", over the top.
Book Cover Smackdown! 'The Orphaned Worlds' vs. 'Seeds of Earth' vs. 'Starplex' 2010
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Also, I believe that in our bookstores there is still room for this kind of light, adventurous, pulpish even, fantasy, and probably some works that would be of interest to foreign readers.
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The art has a distinctly pulpish flavor to it that harkens to such varied characters as Doc Savage and The Avenger to The Phantom and the Rocketeer, and seems to carry a promise of real action and adventure to be found in the reading of the book.
Book Cover Smackdown! Two Hawks From Earth vs. Death of a Starship 2009
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Today, science fiction runs the entire gamut from the pulpish to the mainstream (Chabon, McCarthy) and ideas may be served up wholesale in many other media.
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Today, science fiction runs the entire gamut from the pulpish to the mainstream (Chabon, McCarthy) and ideas may be served up wholesale in many other media.
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