Rooms are now available at the "PulpFest Rate" of only $112 per night (a nice discount off the normal $189 price).

While there is no charge to attend FarmerCon VIII, you must Register with PulpFest to attend. Even though PulpFest has moved to a larger and nicer venue, it still only costs $30 for a three day membership ($35 at the door).

If you will be traveling to Columbus and staying overnight, we urge you to book a room at the Columbus Hyatt. The $112 per night room rate is a great deal, and being in the same hotel gives FarmerCon attendees that much more time to hang out.

Below is a listing of all of PulpFest's official programming, with FarmerCon VIII programming highlighted. Farmer fans will likely find much of the other excellent programming of interest as well. Additionally there will be book signings and opportunities for FarmerCon VIII attendees to hang out together and eat together. Be sure to look for the Meteor House table in the Dealers' Room.

Thursday, July 25th

4:00 PM – 11:00 PM – Dealer Set-Up – the dealers’ room will be open only to dealers to assemble their displays
4:30 PM – To be announced – Curator Eric Johnson may arrange a presentation at Ohio State’s Thompson Library
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Early Registration – general members and dealers will be able to register for PulpFest
Evening Programming
8:00 PM - The Pulp Descendents of Fu Manchu – Rick Lai discusses the influence of Sax Rohmer’s devil doctor on the pulps with a look at villains such as Wu Fang, Shiwan Khan, and The Blue Scorpion from Peter the Brazen
9:00 PM – Hollywood and the Hero Pulps – Blood ‘n’ Thunder editor Ed Hulse looks at The Spider’s Web, Columbia Picture’s classic serial, and Hollywood’s other attempts to bring the pulps to the silver screen
10:00 PM - The Spider’s Web – Chapters 1 – 5 of the 1938 Columbia Picture’s serial starring Warren Hull as “The Master of Men” and Iris Meredith as his beloved, Nita Van Sloan

9:00 AM – 5 PM – Wheeling and Dealing – the dealers’ room will be open to all
1:00 PM – The New Fictioneers - William Patrick Maynard will read from his upcoming Fu Manchu novel, a work in progress
2:00 PM - The New Fictioneers - Mark Halegua turns St. Nick into a 1930s-style crimefighter in “The Night Before Christmas” and then offers his “Red Badge Attacks,” co-written by Andrew Salmon for Airship 27
3:00 PM – The New Fictioneers - FarmerCon panelists Win Scott Eckert and John Small offer a variety pack of fiction including John’s tribute to Edgar Rice Burroughs and Philip José Farmer, “The Bright Heart of Eternity”
Evening Programming
7:25 PM – Welcome to PulpFest – Jack Cullers offers an official welcome
7:30 PM - His Apocalyptic Life, Escape from Loki, and The Mad Goblin: A discussion of Philip José Farmer's contributions to the Man of Bronze's mythos. Art Sippo moderates a panel of PJF experts, writers, and long-time Doc fans, including Rick Lai, Christopher Paul Carey, John Allen Small, and Win Scott Eckert.
8:30 PM - Doc Savage and the Pulp Heroes of 1933 – Nick Carr, Don Hutchison, Will Murray, and Garyn Roberts join Blood ‘n’ Thunder editor Ed Hulse for a look at eighty years of “The Great Pulp Heroes”
9:30 PM - Walter Baumhofer: King of the Pulps – pulp art historian David Saunders presents a look at the life and work of the artist who brought to life The Man of Bronze, The Master of Men, Pete Rice, and other pulp heroes
10:30 PM - The Spider’s Web – Chapters 6 – 10 of the 1938 Columbia Picture’s serial in which The Spider faces off against The Octopus, a criminal mastermind bent on crippling the nation through a wave of terror

9:00 AM – 5 PM – Wheeling and Dealing – the dealers’ room will be open to all
1:00 PM - The Future of New Pulp Fiction – moderator Ron Fortier is joined by five new writers inspired by the pulp fiction of yore – Jim Beard, Win Scott Eckert, Rick Lai, Frank Schildiner, and Art Sippo
2:00 PM – Radio Archives’ Roger Price will be reading from Will Murray’s Skull Island, recently released as an audiobook. Both Will and Roger will be available for questions following the reading
3:00 PM - The New Fictioneers – Jim Beard, a columnist for the Toledo Free Press and a freelance writer, will read from Captain Action: Riddle of the Glowing Men, Monster Earth, and Sgt. Janus: Spirit-Breaker
Evening Programming
7:30 PM – PulpFest 2013 Business Meeting – all members are invited to ask questions and offer suggestions at this session
7:50 PM – 2013 Munsey Award Presentation – Matt Moring of Altus Press will present this year’s Munsey Award
8:00 PM - Fu Manchu and the Yellow Peril Pulps – Blood ‘n’ Thunder editor Ed Hulse is joined by Win Scott Eckert, Don Hutchison, Nathan Madison, William Patrick Maynard, and Will Murray for a discussion of Sax Rohmer’s infamous creation and the character’s influence on the pulps and popular culture
9:00 PM - Hero Pulp Premiums and Promotions – Chris Kalb takes us back to a time when a dime not only bought a pulp magazine filled with thrills, but also a Spider Ring or a membership to Friends of the Phantom
9:30 PM – Saturday Night at the Auction – auctioneers John Gunnison and Joe Saine complete the sale of pulp researcher Albert Tonik’s substantial collection, plus various lots from the convention’s regular consigners
11:30 PM – The Spider’s Web – Chapters 11 – 15 of the 1938 Columbia Picture’s serial directed by James W. Horne and Ray Taylor in which The Spider unmasks the nefarious Octopus and wins the day for the good old USA

9:00 AM – 2 PM – Wheeling and Dealing – the dealers’ room will be open to all

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