Today in pulp... I search for the origins of life itself and the last universal common ancestor!
This is a highly complicated and scientific topic, so it is therefore best explored through the medium of gifs...
Now there's no universally agreed definition of life: even Erwin Schrödinger was uncertain what it was. But an ability to resist entropy, to reproduce, to mutate, to have a metabolism and to self-organise feature in most definitions.
And whatever life is we reliably assume it's all interlinked in some way. We still use the medieval idea of a 'tree of life' to map the connections, and currently scientists believe this tree has either two or three fundamental branches.
What font should be on your book cover? Well if you've had it with Helvetica and you're tired of Times New Roman why not revive a classic pulp typeface or two?
Here's a list of some pulpy fonts that are fruitier than Frutiger and louder than DIN 1931... #FontSunday
Any pulp sci-fi writer must give serious consideration to using Amelia as their book cover typeface. Designed by Stan Davis in 1964 it's the font used on the Moon Boot and reminds people we haven't actually been to the Moon since 1972, so we really should try again!
If your story is about computers then use Computer Monotone! David Moore created this in 1968 as an alphabetical extension of the E-13B font used on the bottom of cheques. It smells of Fortran and tastes of 4 bit processing, just like a real computer should.
Three fun facts about Darlington: 1) It's NOT in Teeside, nor does it want to be 2) It has 37 pubs within half a mile of the town centre 3) Everyone there can do a Vic Reeves accent
Welcome HM Treasury...
Darlington is basically Britain's equivalent of Milwaukee.
First things first: in 1978 you might never actually see your computer. Many people used dumb terminals linked to a mainframe or minicomputer system somewhere in the office basement. Access was on a timeshare basis, with dozens of users sharing access to the same system.
If you did have a microcomputer on your desk you were probably an executive. To be honest many CEOs didn't actually know what a computer was or what it did.