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The era between the wars in America was on of dramatic change and uncertainty, a time of sexual liberation, Prohibition, organized crime and the Great Depression. At such times of flux people look to escapism and fantasy to fill out their humdrum and troubled lives. Along with movies and radio, came the spectacular rise of the pulp magazines. The pulp magazines developed out of the 19th-century dime novels and were eventually overtaken by comics and the arrival of the first paperback books, but for a brief period between the 20s and 40s the pulp magazines ruled supreme. Their lurid colour cover art depicting alluring sex and thrilling violence, with stories to match inside, fuelled the dreams and nightmares of a generation of readers. Ten inches by seven, for a few cents they offered what young red-blooded Americans want: sex, action and adventure. And what's more amongst the sleaze these magazines were the first to foster the talents of writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and John Wyndam, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and James M. Cain. From the cheap thrills of the "hot" and "spicy" pulps and the sexual sadism and Grand Guignol of the "shudder" pulps to the weird worlds of fantasy, sci-fi and horror pulps, Peter Haining takes us on a tour of their publishing history and in particular their artistry.
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4to. 224pp., appendix, index. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w, with many cover reproductions. The years between the wars in America were a time of social upheaval - the era of sexual liberation, Prohibition, organized crime and the Great Depression. Americans looked to fantasy and romance for escapism, and along with radio and movies came the spectacular rise of the pulp magazine. The pulp magazine grew out of the 19th-century dime novel and was overtaken by the comic book and the paperback. But between the 1920s and through the 40s, the pulps reigned supreme, with lurid and sexy covers and stories of violence and fantasy. For a few cents, anyone had access to sex, adventure, action and sleaze. Peter Haining's splendid survey covers the various genres of crime, spicy, horror, fantasy, and sci-fi pulps, plus an interesting look at British pulps. An appendix supplies short biographies of noteworthy pulp writers. Laminated pictorial boards in dust jacket. Very good. Seller Inventory # 61587
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