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> Subject: [Shortmystery] x-posted: fun book
find
> Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 22:28:21 -0000
> From: "jonmarie2000" <
Jonmarie2000@Yahoo.com>
>
> I stumbled upon this fun book while browsing in a
small bookshop: The
> Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines by Peter
Haining(ISBN 1-85375-
> 388-2)publisher: Prion. This is a UK
publisher.)
>
> The book is richly illustrated with covers from the
early 1900's
> onward. Most of these are American pulps, but there
is a sizable
> section devoted to British pulps.The text examines
the various kinds
> of pulps (fantasy, sci-fi, crime,etc.) and how they
developed. The
> book sums up the kind of content contained in
specific publications.
> There's an appendix at the back devoted to 'The Pulp
Wordsmiths' with
> brief paragraphs about numerous authors.
> Besides being a good book for any pulp afficionado,
I also find this
> jumpstarts story ideas.
>
> I love this stuff!
>
> Jonette
>
> Editor, http://www.stabbert.com/amsterdamscriptum.htm
>
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