July 31, 2009! It’s Showtime!!!

PulpFest 2009 Gets Underway!

Following dealer set-up on Thursday evening and early Friday morning, PulpFest 2009 officially got underway at 11 AM this morning. As always, the show began with the typical feeding frenzy as book and pulp collectors scoured the room searching for this or that long elusive volume. The convention’s programming schedule will get underway at 3:30 this afternoon when G. Warlock Vance and Michael Glagola get things rolling with the first of four "New Fictioneers" sessions. There will be a lot more programming during the evening hours including presentations on pulp collecting, Operator #5, Edmond Hamilton, The Avenger, and H. P. Lovecraft.

There’s still plenty of time to join in on the fun. The dealers’ room will be open until 5 PM on Friday and from 10 AM until 5 PM on Saturday and Sunday. The evening programming schedules for Friday and Saturday nights will run from 7 PM until 12 AM. Admission to the show is $15 per day or $35 for all three days, allowing entry to all convention activities. The general public is very much welcome to attend.

To whet your appetite for the summer’s one and only national pulp convention, below is a sneak peek at the Munsey Award that will be presented at a special breakfast to be held at the Ramada Plaza in Columbus, Ohio from 8 AM to 10 AM, Sunday, August 2….