THE CLASSIC ERA OF AMERICAN PULP MAGAZINES

The period between the World Wars, the era of sexual liberation, prohibition, the rise of organized crime, and the Great Depression, was also the classic era of American pulp magazines. Pulp magazines, with their lurid color covers depicting the thrills of sex and violence, with stories to match inside, fueled America's dreams and 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, such as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, and Dashiell Hammett. In addition, they virtually invented the genres of science fiction and hard-boiled crime. From the cheap thrills of the hot and spicy pulps to the sexual sadism of the shudder pulps, to the weird worlds of the fantasy, science fiction, and horror pulps, this book showcases their art and tells their history, capturing the original magazines in all their sleazy, sensational glory. Peter Haining has been a newspaper reporter, editorial director of a major publisher, and avid collector of pulp magazines; he is the author of The Fantastic Pulps. Out of Print. Condition: Fine Plus. Softly bumped spine corners.