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Magazines I Remember

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Hugh B. Cave is the Grand Old Man of the Pulps, one of the last of the great authors who wrote for the marvelous all fiction magazines of the 1930's. Still an active writer, he saw his first story published in 1929. MAGAZINES I REMEMBER is a first hand account of those days, based on Cave's correspondence with fellow pulp writer Carl Jacobi, and enlivened by his modern commentary.

This book is based upon the correspondence of two young writers, Carl Jacobi and the author Hugh B. Cave, both of whom were trying to earn a living by writing for the popular pulp magazine genre in the early 1930s. Through the use of reprinting portions of their correspondence, the reader is presented a poignant glimpse into the struggles of these young depression era writers as they try to find markets for their adventure, detective, and horror fiction. Changing markets, new editors, and magazine cancellations are all discussed along with how the pay rates fared from magazine to magazine. What type of fiction is selling to whom, what magazines are no longer accepting manuscripts, which editors were heavy-handed in rewrites and corrections to stories and similar topics that affected their daily lives. All this is tied into the happenings of the Great Depression. Throughout the book Hugh Cave expands upon the contents of each letter with additional text discussing relevant matters and clarified the names, topics, and subjects discussed in his sixty-year-old correspondence with Jacobi.

A Must Have title for anyone interested in the pulp magazine genre!

This book is based upon the correspondence of two young writers, Carl Jacobi and the author Hugh B. Cave, both of whom were trying to earn a living by writing for the popular pulp magazine genre in the early 1930s. Through the use of reprinting portions of their correspondence, the reader is presented a poignant glimpse into the struggles of these young depression era writers as they try to find markets for their adventure, detective, and horror fiction. Changing markets, new editors, and magazine cancellations are all discussed along with how the pay rates fared from magazine to magazine. What type of fiction is selling to whom, what magazines are no longer accepting manuscripts, which editors were heavy-handed in rewrites and corrections to stories and similiar topics that affected their daily lives. All this is tied into the happenings of the Great Depression. Throughout the book Hugh Cave expands upon the contents of each letter with additional text discussing relavent matters and clarified the names, topics, and subjects discussed in his sixty-year-old correspondence with Jacobi.

A Must Have title for anyone interested in the pulp magazine genre!