The Pulps: Fifty Years of American Pop Culture [Hardcover]

Tony Goodstone (Author)

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• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House : distributed by Whirlwind Books (1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877540160
• ISBN-13: 978-0877540168
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,491,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE GRANDDADDY OF BOOKS ON PULP MAGAZINES, February 26, 2005

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This review is from: The Pulps: Fifty Years of American Pop Culture (Hardcover)

Before Robert Kenneth Jones(THE SHUDDER PULPS),Ron Goulart(CHEAP THRILLS),Peter Haining(THE FANTASTIC PULPS and THE CLASSIC ERA OF AMERICAN PULP MAGAZINES),Lee Server(DANGER IS MY BUSINESS),Frank M. Robinson&Lawrence Davidson(PULP CULTURE),there was TONY GOODSTONE."THE PULPS(Fifty years of American Pop Culture,Compiled and edited by Tony Goodstone)"is a hell of a book.It's the first important survey and anthology of pulp art and pulp literature from the period 1896 to 1953.A large cofee&table volume,contains 100 full-color reproductions of rare original cover art and more than 50 stories,poems,features,and articles.They are presented with their original b&w illustrations and aids and are integrated into their social context by an illuminating commentary by the Editor Goodstone.
Famous writers are represented in the book:EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS("The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw"),MAX BRAND("The Ghost"),LUKE SHORT("Tough Enough"),DASHIELL HAMMETT("One Hour"),ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM("Death's Passport"),RAY BRADBURY("Wake for the Living"),ROBERT E. HOWARD("The Purple Heart of Erlik"),H.P.LOVECRAFT("Continuity" and "The Gardens of Yin"),STANLEY WEINBAUM("Parasite Planet").A surprise:"The Vengeance of Nitocris"(Weird Tales,1928)by Pulitzer Prize winner TENNESSEE WILIAMS.
Artists represented(with color reproductions):CLINTON PETEE,ARNOLD KOHN,MARGARET BRUNDAGE,FREDERICK BLAKESLEE,RUDOLPH BELARSKI,JOHN NEWTON HOWETT,EARLE K. BERGEY,H.J.WARD,HANNES BOK,WESSO(Hans Waldemar Wessolovski),J.ALLEN St.JOHN,FRANK R.PAUL,HOWARD V. BROWN,WALTER M.BAUMHOFER,H.W.SCOTT,HUBERT ROGERS,JEROME ROSEN.
TONY GOODSTONE(The Bronx,NY,1934-Los Angeles,CA,2002),was an actor,producer,and writer,who assembled a noted collection of American memorabilia.In this book he was helped by the late SAM MOSKOWITZ,the famous Science Fiction connoisseur.