Bill wrote:
>I picked up Woody Haut's PULP CULTURE (1995) last
week, and whizzed
>through it over the weekend. It seemed like a decent
enough look at the
>writers and style and time, but it's no masterpiece
of criticism. I was
>reminded of a lengthy undergrad thesis. Do others
think more highly of
>it?
I think it's solid work - but it's a skim, and doesn't
pretend to be otherwise I think. _Neon Noir_ the follow-up is
similar. I see them both more as reference works to dip into
for some information/opinions on writers I don't know
well.
Cheers Chris
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