Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines

The period between the World Wars -- the era of sexual liberation, Prohibition, the rise of organised crime, & the Great Depression -- was also the classic era of American pulp magazines, the subject of this fascinating volume. Pulps, with their lurid color covers depicting the thrills of sex & violence, & with stories to match inside, fuelled America's dreams -- & nightmares. For a few cents they offered everything young men wanted: sex, action, adventure. But they also fostered the talents of some of the greatest popular writers of the century -- Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, & Dashiell Hammett, among others -- & virtually invented the genres of science fiction & hard-boiled crime. From the cheap thrills of the "hot" & "spicy" pulps & the sexual sadism of the "shudder" pulps to the weird worlds of the fantasy, sci-fi, & horror pulps, this book displays their art & tells their history, capturing the original magazines in all their sleazy, sensational glory.Haining, Peter is the author of 'Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines' with ISBN 9781556523892 and ISBN 1556523890.