Bookwaves/Artwaves – March 26, 2026: Pulp Magazine Author E. Hoffman Price (1898-1988)
About this episode
The episode features an interview with pulp magazine author E. Hoffman Price discussing his writing career and connections with notable literary figures.
Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues From the Probabilities Archive: E. Hoffman Price, Fantasy & Science Fiction Pulp Writer E. Hoffman Price (1898-1988), fantasy and science fiction author who published in various pulp magazines from the 1920s into the 1950s, in conversation with Probabiliaties hosts Richard Wolinsky, Richard A. Lupoff and Lawrence Davidson, recorded in early 1979 at Price’s home in Redwood City, California. E. Hoffman Price, who was born 1898 and died shortly before his 90th birthday in 1988, wrote fantasy and science fiction stories for the pulp magazines of the first half of the twentieth century, along with some non-fiction. Mostly forgotten today, though several of his stories are available in small press editions, his claim to fame is a single collaboration with the great horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, titled “Through the Gates of the Silver Key,” a sequel to Lovecraft’s story, “The Silver Key.” A contributor to Weird Tales, he was also friends with two other writers from the magazine, Seabury Quinn and Clark Ashton Smith, as well as with the longtime editor of Weird Tales, Farnsworth…
People in this episode
Host: Richard Wolinsky
Guest: E. Hoffman Price
Topics covered
- pulp fiction
- fantasy literature
- science fiction
- interview
- literary history
- H.P. Lovecraft
Keywords
- E. Hoffman Price
- pulp magazines
- fantasy
- science fiction
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Weird Tales
- literary friendships
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Weird Tales
Places: Redwood City, California
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