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Author: Lee Server
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2014-05-14
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1438109121
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an introduction to American pulp fiction during the twentieth century with brief author biographies and lists of their works.
Author: Lee Server
Publisher:
Published: 2005-10
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780756796440
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the past century, writers such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jacqueline Susann, Raymond Chandler, V.C. Andrews, Ian Fleming & Mario Puzo have developed the genre of popular, or pulp, fiction. From early dime novels to mass-market paperbacks, pulp fiction (PF) has become part of pop culture. This ency. covers the spectrum of PF writers: the best-sellers & brand-name authors, the inventors of modern genres (western, private detective, science fiction, romance, horror, erotica), underground cult figures, & a variety of talented paperback writers who were never given their due. More than 200 entries profile a wide range of PF luminaries, with a brief biography & list of writing credits, incl. works written under pseudonyms. Illus.
Author: Lee Server
Publisher:
Published: 2002-10
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781417724147
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the early days of dime novels to the contemporary mass-market paperbacks
Author: George Mann
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2012-03-01
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 1780337043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis encyclopedia is the most up-to-date, concise, clear and affordable guide to all aspects of science fiction, from its background to generic themes and devices, from authors (established and new) to films. Science fiction has evolved into one of the most popular, cutting-edge and exciting fiction geners, with a proliferation of modern and classic authors, themes and ideas, movies, TV series and awards. Arranged in an A-Z format, and featuring a comprehensive index and cross-referencing system, The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is also the most accessible and easy to use encyclopedia of its kind currently available.
Author: Bradley Mengel
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009-10-21
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 078645475X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRough justice has often been served in the pages of serial novels, notably beginning with Don Pendleton's The Executioner in 1969. This is the first overview of the serial vigilante genre, which featured such hard-boiled protagonists as Nick Carter, Mark Stone, Jake Brand and Able Team among the 130 series that followed Pendleton's novel. Serial vigilantes repeatedly take the law into their own hands, establishing and imposing their own moral standards, usually by force. The book examines the connections between the serial vigilante and the pulp hero that preceded him and how the serial vigilante has influenced a variety of tough guys, private eyes, spies and cops in different media. A complete bibliography for each series is featured.
Author: Jess Nevins
Publisher: Monkeybrain
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 1032
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis enormous volume is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of fantastic literature of the nineteenth century. From detective fiction to historical novels, from well-known authors like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, to Russian newspaper serials and Chinese martial arts novels, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASTIC VICTORIANA is a truly exhaustive look at every aspect of fantastic literature in the days of Queen Victoria. Readers of science fiction and fantasy will be surprised to find here the roots of genres thought to be strictly contemporary, and students of literature will be amazed at the breadth and scope of writings produced in the Victoriana era. This is an invaluable reference, and truly one-of-a-kind.
Author: Susan Stryker
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2001-08
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780811830201
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom homicidal homos to locked-up lesbians, and almost every sexually dangerous combination in between, Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback is the first complete expose of queer sexuality in mid-twentieth century paperbacks. Compellingly written by historian Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp gives a complete overview of the cultural, political, and economic factors involved in the boom of queer paperbacks. With chapters covering gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexually oriented books, a lively overview of the genres, and loads of scorching paperback covers, Queer Pulp reveals the complicated and fascinating history of alternative sexual literature and book publishing. Featuring the work of well-known authors such as W. Somerset Maugham and Truman Capote to the low-brow and no-brow scribes who worked under several names, Queer Pulp is the entertaining and informative introduction to these lost, salacious literary genres.
Author: Michael Ashley
Publisher: Constable
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 804
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA reference and overview of the genre of crime fiction, primarily covering the 1950s onwards, although major earlier writers, such as Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, also have entries.
Author: Brian Ritt
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781933586618
DOWNLOAD EBOOK132 profiles of the men and women who wrote the books that became the backbone of the Pulp and Paperback Era from the 1930s through the 1960s. Each profile contains details about the author's life and explores key works; also covered are screenplay and teleplay work, as well as movies based on the authors' stories.
Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: Quercus Books
Published: 2008-02-02
Total Pages: 685
ISBN-13: 9781847243331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHarlan Ellison introduces a collection of 16 taut and muscular tales starring some of fiction's hardest-boiled criminals, crooks, deperados and rogues. Anti-heroes to a man, these are the guys who can be guaranteed to outwit the cops, make off with the dough and get the girl. Just don't get in their way. Legendary writers you've already heard of like Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich and Raymond Chandler are here. Legendary writers that you should have heard of like Frederick Nebel, James M. Cain, Norbert Davis, Leslie Charteris, C. S. Montayne and Raoul Whitfield are also where they should be - with the greats.Tailor-made for pulp novices and hard-boiled fans with a soft spot for the masters, this collection shows that some writing has an edge that time just can't dull.
