Stories from the Golden Age of Pulp Fiction

The History Hall: Learn the history of the Texas Longhorn

2010-03-19T21:35:00.000-07:00

Gary Golden, world-renowned explorer, adventurer, historian and lecturer, has been fascinated with the pulp fiction era ever since he saw his first Lone Ranger toy in the corner antique shop that his grandmother took him to when she was searching for authentic Victorian lace.
It was Gary's passion for the golden age of pulp fiction that eventually led him to become one of the industry's foremost experts in the field, and an avid fan of the Stories from the Golden Age (he is also a book club member, and has correctly answered every single Golden Gazette quiz.) Gary enjoys the Golden Age stories so much—and the fascinating historical accuracy of the tales—that he created his own show: The History Hall.

We are more than delighted to be sharing this first episode with you today: "Origin of the Texas Longhorn." As Gary tells us, "This show was inspired by the western tale, Under the Diehard Brand by L. Ron Hubbard. The origin of the Texas longhorn will both surprise and amaze you."

We hope you enjoy it as much as we do, and let us know if you'd like to see more episodes from The History Hall—after all, there's always a story to tell.

Contest to win an iPod announced

2010-03-11T17:28:00.000-08:00

Contest to win an iPod announced by Golden Age Stories!

Once every month we hold a drawing for an iPod (a special iPod which is loaded with all 80 audiobooks from the Stories from the Golden Age).

You can win too! Enter here and all you have to do is decipher the science fiction anagram from the book The Great Secret that holds the key to you winning the iPod.

Enter to win this online sweepstake.

Golden Age Radio Theater more popular than ever

2010-03-07T23:14:00.000-08:00

The Golden Age Radio Theater requests the pleasure of your company at our theatrical presentation of the tales from the collection of the Stories from the Golden Age. In addition to a one-of-a-kind performance of a classic tale each week, there is a musical pre-show, desserts and refreshments are served after the theater performance along with fine company.

The show is called One Was Stubborn and it is the story of Old Shellback, the most stubborn man in the universe: he's simply unwilling to watch the universe crumble and vanish, the product of an alleged agreement among the living to think it away. When Shellback won't budge, he throws a wrench into the works.

The cast is Robert Towers, Josh R. Thompson and friends.

Click here and get your Golden Age Theater Live Show ticket!

New! Elbows on the Table with Harvey Dodge

2010-03-04T15:52:00.000-08:00

This episode of Elbows on the Table features Harvey Dodge, the cattle rancher who threatened Tom Weston in Branded Outlaw by L. Ron Hubbard.

Once again Lawrence Carpenter takes on the roughest characters from the Stories from the Golden Age to ask them his unrelenting questions about honor, courage and what it means to survive when others are out to get them.

Get your own copy of Branded Outlaw at www.galaxypress.com.

Dead Men Kill Book Review from Publishers Weekly

2010-02-28T20:38:00.000-08:00

Publishers Weekly once again reviews one of the latest releases in the Stories from the Golden Age Series—Dead Men Kill.

First published in 1934 in Thrilling Detective magazine, Hubbard's rollicking horror yarn just happens to tap into the current craze for zombies. Heroic Detective Sgt. Terrence "Terry" Lane looks into a deeply disturbing series of murders of powerful businessmen. Dawn Drayden, a pretty Club Haitian entertainer, confirms Lane's hunch that the killers are dead men "coming back from the grave and killing their employers."

The zombie mastermind is the nefarious Dr. Leroux, originally of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, aka Loup-garou (or human hyena). In the end, Drayden and Lane must face heart-pounding dangers once Dr. Leroux's secrets are revealed. This fun, campy novella reflects a contemporary revenge vibe felt by those who wouldn't mind dispatching a few zombies to punish criminally inclined businessmen. (Feb.)

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Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored at Event

2010-02-22T16:22:00.000-08:00

Author and explorer L. Ron Hubbard was honored Thursday night at the Explorers Club headquarters before a packed hall with guests from New York's publishing industry, in celebration of his 70th anniversary — February 19, 1940 — as a member of The Explorers Club and the release of four new titles in his Stories from the Golden Age series of books and audiobooks.
The four titles: the fiction adventures, Yukon Madness and Golden Hell; the fantasy thriller and perhaps only zombie story ever written by Hubbard, Dead Men Kill; and the western, The Baron of Coyote River — in bookstores February 2010 — were announced by president Galaxy Press, John Goodwin, following a presentation of Mr. Hubbard's literary accomplishments by a representative from his literary agency, Ms. Gunhild Jacobs.

"Hubbard was one of the club's most famous members," said Don Hartsell, the evening's keynote speaker, and founder and executive director of the World Air League. "And as he was one of America's earliest aviators, I was honored to have been asked to speak this evening." Hartsell finished by presenting a plaque to Ms. Jacobs which was inscribed, "In dedication to his life as an Explorer, Adventurer and Aviator, the World Air League grants and honors L. Ron Hubbard with its recognition as Explorer Patron of the World Sky Race."

Guests were treated to a live performance of "The Last Drop," a humorous science fiction story by Hubbard originally published in 1941. Featured in the performance were Barbara Rosenblat, (Best Audio Voice in Mystery and Suspense for 2008 and 2009); R.F. Daley (narrator of over 150 audiobooks); Emmy award-winner John Mariano (The Sopranos, West Wing, ER, Desperate Housewives); and Josh Robert Thompson (the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger on the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson).

Hubbard's membership into The Explorers Club was part of a commitment to scientific expeditions and exploration by Hubbard begun in the 1930s and 1940s—taking him to the West Indies, Puerto Rico, and the Alaskan coastline (where he carried The Explorers Club flag to conduct radio experiments).

Already established as one of the top selling writers of high adventure, mystery, western, SF and Fantasy in the world of pulp fiction—with its 30 million monthly readers—the name L. Ron Hubbard (along with any of his 15 pen names), was regularly seen besides the likes of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler in those pulpwood pages. Hubbard used his experiences on expeditions to good effect. Wrote one editor of Thrilling Adventures magazine about how Hubbard got so much color into stories of faraway places: ". . . he's been there, brothers. He's been and seen and done, and plenty of all three of them!"

Book Reviews from the Midwest Book Review

2010-02-14T19:38:00.000-08:00

The Midwest Book Review has reviewed four new titles in the Stories from the Golden Age collection which are here:

Galaxy Press has reprinted four inexpensive anthologies of classic pulp tales of two-fisted action by legendary popular writer L. Ron Hubbard which are sure to satisfy avid readers of the pulp fiction action/adventure genre.

"The Sky-Crasher" is a wild adventure about embarking on a round-the-world flight back when making the claim was so great an achievement that the attempts attracted a criminal element.

Also present are the the stories "Boomerang Bomber" and a preview of "Hurtling Wings".

Go here to get "The Sky-Crasher" plus another adventure for free!

"Wind-Gone-Mad" is an exciting saga set in the last days of pre-World War II China, where the stalwart Jim Dahlgren, representing the amalgamated Aeronautical Company, is one of the few who can stand against the ravenous warlord and would-be conqueror known as "The Butcher."

Also present are the stories "Tah", "Yellow Loot", and a preview of "Golden Hell."

Go here to get "Wind-Gone-Mad" plus another fiction adventure for free!

"Hostage to Death" follows Legionnaire Bill Reilly, challenged by a renegade Berber chieftain to rescue a kidnapped American named Kay MacArthur, possibly from a fate worse than death, even though he knows he might be plunging headlong into a deadly trap.

Also present is the story preview "Yukon Madness".

Go here to get "Hostage to Death" plus another book for free!

"Under the Diehard Brand" is a western about a young Lee Thompson, whose aging sheriff father is losing control over the thugs and troublemakers of Wolf River. Thompson must step into his father's shoes and defend his town from the horde of criminals who heard rumors of his father's infirmity and see Wolf River as easy prey!

Also present are the stories "Hoss Tamer", "The Ghost Town Gun-Ghost", and a story preview of "Baron of Coyote River".

Go here to get "Under the Diehard Brand" plus another adventure story for free!

Each action-packed volume of the Stories from the Golden Age is further enhanced with a glossary of regional terms, dialects that have fallen into disuse, and other words that may be esoteric to the casual reader.

All are excellent picks for anyone who loves pulp fiction.

Pulp fiction is back as entertainment, according to...

2010-01-04T20:37:00.000-08:00

"Pulp fiction is back as entertainment, according to box office and publishing reports," says the blog of the Working Writer, i.e the Working Writers Newsletter.

You can read the full blog post that explains why pulp fiction is back in the mainstream, here:

WORKING WRITERS NEWSLETTER RE: PULP FICTION

John Goodwin, President of Galaxy Press is also quoted due to the success of the Stories from the Golden Age of Pulp Fiction series which was launched by Galaxy Press just over a year ago.

Free Desk Calendar 2010 from the Golden Age Stories

2009-12-30T16:05:00.000-08:00

The time has come!

We are shipping our free desk calendar for 2010 with the vintage pulp fiction design that has become the hallmark of the Stories from the Golden Age.

You can still sign up here to get your calendar:

Free Desk Calendar 2010

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2009-12-24T12:56:00.001-08:00

We have a very special Christmas card for you with a surprise! So go here:

Our Holiday Wishes for You

Mystery Scene Magazine Reviews L. Ron Hubbard Stories

2009-12-21T13:02:00.000-08:00

Orders Is Orders & Wind-Gone-Mad
by L. Ron Hubbard

Mystery Scene Magazine reviewed these two titles that were recently released as part of the Stories from the Golden Age by L. Ron Hubbard of whom the magazine says, "...he was a highly versatile and competent writer whose early work brims with energy and excitement."

Here is the full review by Jon L. Breen, Mystery Scene Magazine:

"Many millions of words of fiction are disintegrating in the fragile, browning pages of the old pulp magazines, a primary source of entertainment that flourished in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s before dying out in the 1950s. Much, perhaps most of their contents are not worth preserving, but given the talented writers that contributed to the pulps, there must be plenty of worthwhile stories that deserve revival. If an author is commercially successful or important enough—Hammett, Chandler, Woolrich, Lovecraft, L'Amour, Heinlein, Bradbury, Max Brand, Fredric Brown, John D. MacDonald—at least some and sometimes all of the work is likely to be reprinted in more permanent form. One subject of such a reclamation project is L. Ron Hubbard, best known for science fiction but prolific and accomplished in a variety of popular genres—mystery, fantasy, western, air and sea adventure, and espionage. If Hubbard's continued life in print is due mainly to his fame as the author of Dianetics and founder of the Church of Scientology, he was a highly versatile and competent writer whose early work brims with energy and excitement.

Drawing on a seemingly endless supply of previously out of print novellas, Galaxy Press intends to reissue over 150 Hubbard stories in a series of 80 volumes, which are also made available in dramatized form as audiobooks. The reasonably priced trade paperbacks could not be more handsomely produced, with colorful pulp-style covers, interior black-and-white illustrations, and good quality paper. Most consist of one short novel, of a length that could be published in a single issue of a pulp magazine. Each book includes the same foreword by Kevin J. Anderson and concluding biographical piece, illustrated with photographs, both highly laudatory, even hagiographic, as befits a religious prophet. Still, there's not a word about Scientology in the biography, just a statement that Hubbard left pulp writing after his World War II service to devote himself to "his serious research."

Unique to each volume is a glossary, defining specialized terms and allusions and sometimes addressing the inevitable political incorrectness, such as the following on Kipling's 1899 coinage "white man's burden": "Subject to different interpretations, it was latched onto by imperialists to justify colonialism as a noble enterprise. Much of Kipling's other writings suggested that he genuinely believed in the benevolent role that the introduction of Western ideas could play in lifting non-Western peoples out of 'poverty and ignorance.'"

Orders Is Orders, from the December 1937 issue of Argosy, is an excellent introduction to Hubbard's writing. As war between Japan and China rages, the United States is officially neutral. Those stranded in the American embassy at Shunkien, a city under siege, face diminishing food supplies and a threat of cholera. From a naval vessel anchored offshore, an alcoholic Marine gunnery sergeant and a lifer Private First Class are dispatched on an impossible mission: to traverse two hundred miles through warring armies in five days to deliver the contents of a keg, known to the reader (but not to the couriers) to contain money and serum. Along the way, the pair encounter a beautiful woman telling an unlikely story and the sergeant's missionary father, an uninspiring representative of organized religion—and an interesting depiction given the author's later career. Vivid action writing, exotic background, suspenseful situations, and general storytelling expertise carry the reader on a fast ride. Attitudes and language are reflective of the time: the offensive term "Chinaman" is used casually throughout, and there's a hint of Yellow Peril in the Asian characters.

Wind-Gone-Mad, from the October 1935 issue of Top-Notch, is also set in China, where heroic pilot Feng-Feng (a.k.a. Wind-Gone-Mad) battles an evil leader known as The Butcher. This air-war tale has some typically fine action writing, but a surprise twist that is easily foreseeable. It is accompanied by two shorter tales: "Tah," an untypical vignette about a Chinese child soldier, serious and moving but marred by the decision to render the dialogue of the children in a kind of pidgin English: and "Yellow Loot," an effective pure action story also set in China, the title referring to a cache of amber.

If the Wind-Gone-Mad collection is for the Hubbard completist, Orders Is Orders can be more generally recommended as a litmus test for the prospective reader. There's plenty more where these came from.—Jon L. Breen

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Hollywood Christmas Parade on MyNetworkTV

2009-12-11T22:33:00.000-08:00

The Stories from the Golden Age Express with Martin Kove (Karate Kid), Michelle Tapp, Phil Proctor (Rugrats, Big Brother, Finding Nemo) and Kristin Proctor as shown on MyNetworkTV.

The Hollywood Christmas Parade will be shown again on December 24th, Christmas Eve at 8.00 pm on the same channel.

STORIES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE HOLIDAY SPECIALS

Somebody Dies: Under the Diehard Brand by L. Ron Hubbard (Western short stories audio book)

2009-12-09T17:10:00.000-08:00

Craig Clarke reviewed the audiobook Under the Diehard Brand by L. Ron Hubbard:

Somebody Dies: Under the Diehard Brand by L. Ron Hubbard (Western short stories audio book)

Here is an excerpt of it (to read the full review, click on the link above):

"Pulp fiction fans rejoice, because there's a "new" voice on the block that deserves to be noticed. Galaxy Press is reprinting all 150 of the stories Hubbard wrote for the pulp magazines of the 1930s and '40s, and giving the series the evocative title Stories from the Golden Age.

The recordings I've tried so far are just terrific. They are a professionally produced combination of traditional narrated audiobooks (with narration deftly handled by R.F. Daley) and old-time radio, with actors playing the characters (often multiple roles) and genre-specific music and sound effects rounding out the experience."

Get your own copy of the audiobook Under the Diehard Brand

Los Angeles Hollywood Christmas Parade 2009 with the Golden Age Express float

2009-12-03T16:59:00.000-08:00

The Hollywood Christmas Parade 2009 features the Golden Age Stories parade float with actors Martin Kove (Karate Kid, Wyatt Earp, Rambo II) and Phil Proctor (Big Brother, Rugrats, Finding Nemo, and Princess and the Frog) on the Golden Age Express.

Galaxy Press, book publishers for the Golden Age Stories pulp fiction series by bestselling author L. Ron Hubbard, took part in the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade with actors Martin Kove and Phil Proctor on the L. Ron Hubbard Stories from the Golden Age parade float, along with dancers and pulp fiction characters from the Golden Age Stories books.

A record crowd of over 90,000 well-wishers greeted Hollywood actors Martin Kove and Phil Proctor, along with two dozen costumed actors riding aboard the colorful, glittering 32-foot long L. Ron Hubbard Stories from the Golden Age float—named the Golden Age Express—and Santa’s Jumpin’ Jive Swingers dancing alongside the float for the entire 2 ½ mile route Sunday night (29 November 2009) as part of the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade.

“It’s great to see the joy in people’s faces along the parade route,” said Kove, who was riding along with his fiancé, Michelle Tabb. “Hollywood’s past and current success is based a lot on pulp fiction stories, so Stories from the Golden Age make a perfect fit for the parade.”

Proctor, accompanied by his actor-daughter Kristin, stated, “The crowd was wowed!” He continued, “Everyone was here to see Santa and hear the musical bands, but our Golden Age Express and the wonderful original music, swing dancers and costumed characters made everyone smile.”

Audiences were treated to cowboys, detectives, maidens, and pirates showcasing characters from 8 different story genres found in the Stories from the Golden Age pulp fiction series (Galaxy Press, www.goldenagestories.com), along with Santa’s Jumpin’ Jive Swingers, comprised of swing couples from all over Southern California led by top swing dancer Benny Reese and partner Jennifer Netzel and choreographed by Bonita Wilson and Liz Baybak of Dancemakers, Inc. (http://dancemakers.wordpress.com)

Watch the video of the Hollywood Christmas Parade:

Stories from the Golden Age is an 80-novel, 150-story series of trade paperback and multi-cast, unabridged audio books showcasing author L. Ron Hubbard’s pulp fiction masterpieces from the 1930s and 1940s in multiple genres, including romance, drama, mystery, western, action adventure, and science fiction, among others. The book collection is one of the largest known releases of pulp fiction novels ever published by a single author and publisher.

In addition to their float appearance, Kove and Proctor regularly take part in live theatrical performances of the Stories from the Golden Age pulp fiction stories. The performances take place every Saturday at the 150-seat Golden Age Hollywood Theater located at Hollywood & Sycamore, just one block west of the famed Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.

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Western Audio Book Review for Six-Gun Caballero

2009-11-21T16:44:00.000-08:00

Craig Clarke, an avid reader, book reviewer and fan of genre fiction, listened to Six-Gun Caballero and posted an audio review of this high end western audio book at his blog.

You can read it here:

Six-Gun Caballero Audio Review

L. Ron Hubbard's versatile output included many western stories, some of which were written under pen names such as Barry Randolph, Ken Martin and Winchester Remington Colt. In 1938 alone, the year after the release of his western novel Buckskin Brigades, which was received to critical and popular acclaim, he wrote sixteen westerns that appeared in various pulp fiction magazines.

To hear a free audio excerpt of Six-Gun Caballero, go here:

Six-Gun Caballero Free Audio Excerpt

Get your own copy of Six-Gun Caballero in audio book format. Go here:

Six-Gun Caballero Audio Book

Hilariously Funny Video about an Interview with a Fiction Character from L. Ron Hubbard Story

2009-11-20T13:27:00.000-08:00

Harry McLeod, brilliantly portrayed by Phil Proctor (from Firesign Theatre fame), is interviewed by Lawrence Carpetburner (aka Jim Meskimen, actor, comedian and interviewer extraordinaire) in this hilarious video clip.

Watch Carpetburner as he questions poor McLeod who was befallen by a gastronomical disaster, right out of the L. Ron Hubbard pulp fiction story "The Last Drop" which is in the book If I Were You.

Get your own copy of If I Were You at www.GalaxyPress.com.

Or go to www.ElbowsOnTheTable.com to see more hilarious, funny and thoroughly entertaining interviews with Mr. Carpetburner, as he questions the pulp fiction characters right out of the Stories from the Golden Age by L. Ron Hubbard.

L. Ron Hubbard's Listen-And-Learn Program

2009-11-16T16:43:00.000-08:00

Students are using the Listen-and-Learn program that utilizes the Stories from the Golden Age by L. Ron Hubbard to improve their vocabulary and their reading and pronunciation skills. Here is what Nicki says about the books and audiobooks in the Stories from the Golden Age series:

"The greatest thing about the stories is the ACTION! Even in ones I would not have expected. They are great! The Stories from the Golden Age have also helped improve my reading level. At first I was just listening to the audiobooks and then I started the Listen-and-Learn program where I listen to the audiobook while reading the paperback. I can see what the right words are and how they are pronounced. I get the words now and my reading and vocabulary are improving dramatically. I probably jumped a couple reading levels just by reading the books while listening to them!

I really like all of them, but I think my favorite genres are science fiction and then western. I count them for school work, but I really read them for fun!"
—Nicki Baric, Student

You can get these books and audiobooks now with substantial discounts during the Holiday Season. Go here:

STORIES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE BOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS

Free calendar from the era of pulp fiction entertainment

2009-11-13T12:59:00.000-08:00

A FREE calendar is now available for the year 2010 from the Golden Age Stories. It is a nicely crafted calendar with awesome imagery from the pulp fiction era. Here is a picture of how it looks like:

You can claim your own copy of this calendar by going here:

FREE CALENDAR

Robert Towers from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" at the Golden Age Theater

2009-11-06T10:47:00.000-08:00

Robert Towers, who was Benjamin Button during his infant years in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which starred Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Julia Ormond, will be at the Golden Age Theater on Saturday, 7 & 14 November 2009 to perform in The Sky-Crasher by L. Ron Hubbard.

The Golden Age Theater in Hollywood is the place to be on Saturday evening when at 7:30 pm the curtains open to a stunning performance of The Sky-Crasher.

This air adventure story tells the story of Caution Jones, who despite his nickname, risks the hazards of a breathtaking, around-the-world flight while a rival airline desperately tries to sabotage his every move.

Along with Mr. Robert Towers a very talented cast has been assembled to dazzle the audience. R. F. Daley, Taylor Meskimen, Bob Caso and David Aranovich will be performing in this rousing adventure story.

What the audience is saying:

"These stories are the real deal!" - Martin Kove, Actor (Wyatt Earp, Karate Kid, Rambo)

"These shows are a total delight. The audience gets so involved that you'd think it was a Broadway play!" - Phil Proctor, Firesign Theatre

"Southern California's most refreshingly unique entertainment experience is taking place right in the heart of Tinsel Town." - Todd David Schwartz, CBS Radio

Get your tickets online at www.GoldenAgeTheater.com and get 50% off when purchasing in advance online.

Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo and Galaxy Press announced as sponsors of Hollywood Christmas Parade

2009-11-04T13:35:00.000-08:00

For the first time in its history of 82 years, the Hollywood Christmas Parade will be aired on National TV!

The Stories from the Golden Age already sponsored this parade last year. A video and photos from the 2008 Hollywood Santa Parade are here: http://blog.galaxypress.com/2008_12_01_archive.html

This year with the sponsorship of Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo and Galaxy Press the parade will most probably attract an even bigger crowd than last year, when over 200,000 people lined the streets to see the floats with celebrities from film, TV and radio.

The announcement of the official sponsorship is here:

Hollywood Christmas Parade

AARP welcomes the Golden Age Stories at annual convention in Las Vegas

2009-10-30T16:34:00.000-07:00

At the annual AARP (Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons) convention in the Sands Convention Center, Las Vegas, the Stories from the Golden Age booth attracted a lot of interest...

...not only because buccaneer Tom Bristol, Captain of the HMS Terror in
L. Ron Hubbard's Under the Black Ensign, made an appearance...

...but also because a troupe of actors performed the science fiction story The Professor Was a Thief by Mr. Hubbard right in the convention center hall.

Actors John Mariano, Jim Meskimen, R. F. Daley and Josh Robert Thompson created a stir with their performance of the L. Ron Hubbard science fiction story.

While the actors are signing autographs for the fans who greatly enjoyed the theatrical performance of the story, Tom Bristol gives a TV interview at the booth.

The booth was always crowded with interested customers asking for the latest releases in the Stories from the Golden Age series. One woman came into the booth who used to read the pulps when she was younger, but she was unfamiliar with the name L. Ron Hubbard. When she was told the different pen names that he used to go by, she laughed and said, "I used to love reading Winchester Remington Colt!" upon which she purchased several books.

Another gentleman listened to the Golden Age Stories iPod and suddenly looked up at the ceiling and said, "It's all around me." He expressed how amazing the audiobooks were and walked away with several of them.

Executives and staff of Galaxy Press and Author Services, Inc. as proud sponsors of the AARP convention, contributed to making this fair a success all the way around.

For more information on the Stories from the Golden Age go to the website at:

www.GoldenAgeStories.com

Find out about the latest releases in this fascinating series of books and audiobooks. Go here: Golden Age Stories Releases

iPod entertainment brought to the next level by the Stories from the Golden Age

2009-10-28T13:57:00.000-07:00

Watch an actual recording session of the audiobook Ai! Pedrito! It's a story based on a screenplay by L. Ron Hubbard, novelized by Kevin J. Anderson. It became an instant New York Times bestselling novel upon its release in hardcover format.

You can now get this novel as an unabridged audiobook together with all the 80 Stories from the Golden Age audiobooks on a special iPod that is pre-loaded with these audiobook recordings. The value of the entertainment is top-of-line with multi-cast performances and a total of 175,000 sound effects and background music, all mixed by Hollywood movie-studio professionals. Go here to find out more about the iPod, also called ePulp due to its relation with the era of pulp fiction storytelling:

Stories from the Golden Age ePulp

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TV interview with pulp fiction character Little Tom Little

2009-10-20T22:20:00.001-07:00

Little Tom Little from the book If I Were You is being interviewed by Lawrence Carpetburner from the long forgotten show Elbows on the Table. This could have been one of the break-out shows of its time, but Lawrence Carpetburner is said to have been one of the least hospitable hosts TV has known. You can see it for yourself.

Get a FREE copy of If I Were You, with a Book Club membership here:

www.GalaxyPress.com

The Golden Age Theater Presents Tinhorn's Daughter

2009-10-16T11:42:00.000-07:00

The L. Ron Hubbard western story Tinhorn's Daughter was performed on Saturday, 10 October by an outstanding cast at the Golden Age Theater in Hollywood.

The narrator was Lee Purcell who had the audience riveted to the story.

Lee Burns as the ruggedly handsome gunslinger, Sunset Maloney and Jennifer Aspen as no other than Tinhorn's Daughter, Betsy, kept up the suspense when a romantic alliance started forming between the two, even though Sunset has been robbing her father blind to foil his illicit attempts of buying land in Puma Pass.

Torn between her father, Double-Deck Trotwood, played authentically by Martin Kove (known from Karate Kid and a host of other movies) and her newly discovered love for the elusive Sunset Maloney, she is trapped and only Sunset can open her eyes to the truth about her father.

Rounding out the cast were Jesse Kove and Robert F. Lyons with mesmerizing performances of Trotwood's thugs, hired to keep Maloney at bay.

Jennifer Aspen and Lee Burns

Jesse Kove and Robert F. Lyons

The evening was kicked off by a quartet that brought the house down with Ian Esponiza on guitar and vocals, Carmen Barth on guitar, Katie Dean on vocals and Linda Moss on the harmonica.

Audience response was rave. Here are just a few comments from our patrons:

"It was the best one of any I have seen!" - CS

"Each character was exquisitely portrayed. The narration was delivered at a perfect pace." - SH

"This story was my all-time favorite. This was one of the most fun experiences of my life!" - MB

"I love westerns and it was done very professionally." - GC

"It was spectacular!" - BW

To see the next performance of the show Tinhorn's Daughter, come to the Golden Age Theater in Hollywood on October, 17th. The show starts at 7.30 pm. Parking is free and refreshments are served. RSVP now by calling 323-466-3310 or email jonil@authorservicesinc.com.

www.GoldenAgeTheater.com

Book Review; The Professor Was a Thief from Publishers Weekly

2009-10-12T10:49:00.000-07:00

Publishers Weekly reviews The Professor Was a Thief, a science fiction story by pulp fiction master L. Ron Hubbard:

Seasoned reporter Pop has just been told his career will prematurely end within two days thanks to the new changes at "World-Journal". Hoping to salvage his career, he takes the first lead he can get and finds himself at the doorstep of Professor Pertwee, a short man with big plans about making things smaller. Two other stories, Battle of Wizards and The Dangerous Dimension, round out this collection, reminding listeners that though Hubbard wrote science fiction, he often had a great sense of humor. The integration of sound effects, musical score and a full cast nostalgically harkens listeners back to the world of old-time radio. The main narrator carries the brunt of all three stories with a pitch and edge to his voice that is quite evocative of pulp fiction and while in other stories might feel overdramatic, fits perfectly well with Hubbard's tone.—Publishers Weekly

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