pulp fiction

English

Noun

pulp fiction (uncountable)

1. The kind of shocking and sensational fiction found in a pulp magazine.
   • [2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Spekilas:

     Spekilas is a relatively large rock and ice planet known for its deposits of magnetically active periclase, which interferes with some starship scans. Conspiracy theories and pulp adventure claim that secret fortresses are concealed under the ice.]

Derived terms

• pulp-fictionish

Translations

shocking and sensational fiction

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低俗小說／低俗小说 (dīsú xiǎoshuō)

• Finnish: kioskikirjallisuus
• French: pulp (fr) m
• German: Groschenliteratur
• Hungarian: ponyvairodalom (hu)
• Portuguese: literatura de cordel f
• Russian: бульварное чтиво (bulʹvarnoje čtivo)
• Spanish: ficción pulp f

See also

• penny dreadful