Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction MagazinesThe proving ground for scores of writers and illustrators who went on to achieve great fame, pulp magazines helped popularize authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Ray Bradbury, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Taken collectively, they now provide a panorama of some 60 years of illustration and social commentary. Winner of the "Pop Culture Book of the Year" by the Independent Publisher's Association, "Pulp Culture" is a must for graphic artists, fiction lovers, and anyone who appreciates the art of pulp fiction's golden age. |
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User Review - Ronrose1 - LibraryThingThis is a coffee table sized book, jam packed with wizbang reproductions of zillions, well maybe just hundreds, of covers from the pulp era. If it is possible to bring back memories of an era most of ... Read full review
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User Review - Leonard - GoodreadsTerrific collection of pulp fiction covers, with added dimension from the informative and sometimes quite funny commentary and background from author Robinson. Read full review
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Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines Frank M. Robinson,Lawrence Davidson No preview available - 2007 |
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