RARA-AVIS: Re: BOSTON GLOBE review essay on THE BIG BOOK OF PULPS

From: jacquesdebierue ( jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com)
Date: 10 Dec 2007


Thanks, Todd. I think the essay can give the uninitiated the wrong impression about the pulps. They were not as crude as he depicts them. And the enormous variety of pulps (not to mention the thousands of writers, offering plenty of variety within each genre) makes it difficult to pinpoint exactly what the attraction was, and for whom. Detective, fantasy, weird tales, horror, science fiction, romance, spicy, aviation, war, sports, western... surely not all of them aimed for the same readers? Surely not all of them used the same methods?

Lastly, the idea that pulp stories need to be legitimized by Michael Chabon or Quentin Tarantino is silly.

Best,

mrt



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