Hermes Press is proud to announce the release of Ron Goulart's classic history of the pulps: Cheap Thrills. This book is more than just a reprint of Goulart's ground-breaking 1972 history of the pulps though. Hermes Press' complete redesigned version of this classic contains mountains of material not used in the original Amazing! Thrilling! Astonishing tome about the great pulps and pulp writers. Extra: the new edition of Cheap Thrills presents many remembrances by pulp fiction greats never before seen and not included in the original version of the book. Hermes Press is pulling out all of the stops with Cheap Thrills. The book is being printed in an all color 12" square fromat filled with pulp cover art that inspired readers, artists, and everyone who ever read the pulps.
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Having been a pulp novel fan for two decades now, Ron Goularts' tome, "Cheap Thrills" was spoken of in whispers. "You have to read this, it..." "Marvelous". Prasie was unanimous. Now, having read it cover to cover, I can see why the purveyors of pulp pulse pounding prose said that.
It is amazing. Not because it was the first of its' type to chronicle the rise and death of the pulps, but because of the innate love for his topic and scope of academic study. In 1969, many readers would have been familiar with the titles more than we are today, so the mere mention of Black Mask would have brought a first hand "Wow, I remember" . During research, Mr Goulart had the opportunity to interview many of the artists, writers, editors, and production personnel. Because of that information and input, this is a time machine. His indepth research is meticulous, and in the Hermes Press edition, he has corrected a few facts, and included scans/photos of the letters from Daniels, Daisy, and Harris amongst others. That alone makes this even all the more desireable as a reference. The story of the pulp magazines is more than a time frame, it is a study of personalities. Publishers like Major Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson, Leo Marguiles, Ray Palmer, Frank Blackwell, and writers Frank Gruber, Max Brand, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Arthur C Clarke, Edmond Hamilton, E E Doc Smith and so many others contributed more than just their job. Spider writer Norvell Paige dressed up with cloak and hat in his visits to his editors! Goulart captures the wave and motion of the pulp fiction phenomena very well. The book is profusely illustrated with nearly a hundred color covers ranging from thumbnails to full page. Top notch all the way, Goulart hits the highs with the skill of a literary Caruso. This is, by no means, the definitive book on pulps. More modern scholarship has produced detailed tomes on specific characters and genres. However, as the pioneer volume, it has no equal. Ron Goulart, take a bow. Tim Lasiuta
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