Publications pulps ray cummings reference robert e. These formulaic covers typically depicted a scantily dressed woman in the midst of a harrowing experience. However, the spicy magazines spicy adventure stories, spicy mystery, spicy western, etc. Home pulp magazines detective spicy detective stories. A number of other top authors also graced the pages of spicy detective including e. See more ideas about pulp magazine, detective and pulp fiction. Sffaudios public domain pdf page contains many scans of full weird tales issues, from the 20s to the 50s, tucked in amongst several other genre magazines and a few issues of 19th century title argosy, the first pulp fiction magazine. Feb 3, 2020 the good old days of lurid detective pulps and their bright splashy, even more lurid covers. Hoffmann price was one of the weird tales circle that included h.
Not a solely american institution, pulp magazines were preceded by the weekly issues of. Pulphouse fiction magazine made its return in 2018, twenty years after its last issue. Pulps were the successor to the penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and short fiction magazines of the 19th century. Ninety five issues in total from july 1934 through december 1942 where it was retitled speed adventure stories. Cave writing under the pen name justin case brings us a series of stories featuring the eel in the exotic island of borneo. May 03, 2017 is probably the biggest digital archive in the world, with interesting collections containing websites, games, books, videos, newspapers, music, etc. Claude was a generation older than most of us in the science fiction club. Enter the pulp magazine archive, featuring over 11,000 digitized. The one thing they have in common aside from some mildly titillating content required by the spicy pulp magazines is the sure voice of a born storyteller. The fact that the material is printed on pulp paper is not a definite sign, however, for good fiction can often be found on pulp paper and, likewise, pulptype fiction can be found in slickpaper magazines the guideposts pointing out true pulp fiction are painted in lurn. Pulp was of course the opposite of literary fiction. With the occasional passing glimpse of a creamysmooth thigh or other. This issue remains the single most collectable of all the pulp magazines.
The allstory magazine established in 1905 frank munsey co. Air stories established in 1927 fiction house edited by j. After twenty years, pulphouse fiction magazine returns. Read 11,000 pulp magazines online for free gizmos freeware. The pulp magazines of the early to mid 20th century are often politically incorrect by modern standards. It was in these luridlycoloured publications, printed on the cheapest pulp paper, that the first gems began to appear. They also offer info on at the stroke of midnight, a collection of steve midnight pulp stories, edited by john wooley. Each magazine name is hyperlinked to the associated illustrated checklist, except in those cases where the indexed title is an online magazine that did. Pulp fans will be interested in their pulp magazine and science fiction.
The original spicy detective pulps are highly collectable and generally scarce. The pulp fiction exhibition, university of otago, new zealand. Complete detective 21945spicy woman photo coverlurid crimeexploitationpulp stylep 1945 startling detective 41989gun moll coverlurid crimeexploitationpulp stylevg. Pulp magazines often referred to as the pulps were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the late 1950s. Searchable appraisal guide to current market values for pulp magazines. American pulp fiction first appeared on cheap, wood pulp paper. Pulp magazines, also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s.
See more ideas about pulp magazine, pulp fiction and pulp fiction art. Pulphouse fiction magazine the cutting edge of modern. Our new digital pulp page adds new links and consolidates others from pages elsewhere on thepulp. The stupendous fantasy of the aztec hounds turned loose on the modern world.
Also featuring i saw them kill michael farmer and the voodoo widows recipe for death. The typical pulp magazine was 7 inches 18 cm wide by 10 inches 25 cm high, 0. Spicyadventure stories was a monthly pulp magazine published by culture publications based in new york, usa. See more ideas about pulp, pulp magazine, pulp fiction. Magazines for which we have incomplete information are flagged and a full list of the information needed for these can be found here.
Complete detective 21945 spicy woman photo coverlurid crimeexploitation pulp stylep 1945 startling detective 41989gun moll coverlurid crimeexploitation pulp stylevg. The book was a paperback original from gold medal books, and, completely contrary to the authors intention, it became one of the first titles in the genre of lesbian pulp fiction. Debuting in 1923, weird tales, writes the pulp magazines project, provided a venue for fiction, poetry and nonfiction on topics ranging from ghost stories to alien invasions to the occult. Org is a free, noncommercial project with the goal of preserving selected paperbased cultural artifacts for future generations of readers, in the form of cover images in jpg format, and, where available, complete covertocover scans in pdf format. This reincarnation mixes some of the stories from the old pulphouse days with brandnew fiction. The 14 stories collected here span multiple genres and multiple decades. In the early 20th century, it lived in fiction magazines that cost no more than a dime.
One of the most significant events in pulpfiction history happened in the oct. Pulp magazines often referred to as the pulps, also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. The original spicy mystery pulps are highly collectable and generally scarce. Pulphouse fiction magazine the cutting edge of modern short. In fact, he was the only person, isbn 9781479404520 buy the the e. The name pulp comes from the cheap wood pulp paper on which such magazines were printed. Luckily our small press publishers are making these available in reprint or replica format. Warren, whose price guide books have been the authority on collectibles values since 1985.
One of the magazines earliest successes came with the publication of h. However, the spicy magazines spicyadventure stories, spicy mystery, spicy western, etc. Finally, head over to melt for more scans of weird tales lurid covers, like those you see here. The following is a list of all the magazines that are covered by the sf magazine index. The magazine has an attitude, as did the first run. We owe or can blame the pulp magazine publishers for dividing fiction into marketing categories. New items and upgraded copies will be added to the. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper. Now editor caz cazedessus is offering pulpdom online as free pdf issues. Items for the collection can be contributed either in electronic form pdf or image files, or in hard copy form. From the pages of spicy adventure, spicy mystery, spicy detective, and many more come stories where two fisted heroes are often faced with deadly decisions with beautiful, scantily clad women hanging in the balance for the victor.
Terrific illustrators doing their thing fabulous artwork. Pulp magazine fiction is easily recognized by its obvious characteristics. Youll find numerous pulp magazine posters, many from the spicy line, mixed in with. Pulp fiction will likely hold up generations from now, but the resonance of its title may already be lost to history. His favorite pulp magazines were from the 1900s through the 1920s like allstory, argosy, adventure, blue book, before the pulps broke into genre magazines. One of the most significant events in pulp fiction history happened in the oct. The spicy pulp fiction genre from the pages of spicy adventure, spicy mystery, spicy detective, and many more come stories where two fisted heroes are often faced with deadly decisions with beautiful, scantily clad women hanging in the balance for the victor. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. With the occasional passing glimpse of a creamysmooth thigh or other womanly part. Some of the more famous mystery writers got their early starts in the pulps. Publishers of various pulp reprints, run by john gunnison. Spicy detective magazine pulp fiction, old time radio.
Pulp magazines, the popular, inexpensive fiction publications that were read and enjoyed by millions, reached their zenith in the 1930s, though the genre began in earnest in 1896 with the argosy, a monthly magazine that was printed on lowcost pulp paper. Nov 15, 2012 magazines printed on higher quality paper were called glossies or slicks. The magazine introduced its readers to past masters like poe, bram stoker, and h. Author robert leslie bellem created a hardboiled character fused with humor and spicy. Get the best deals on pulp collectible comics magazines when you shop the largest online selection at. Many readers find ereaders, tablets and even mobile phones a convenient method of perusing pulp fiction. Magazines printed on higher quality paper were called glossies or slicks. Welcome to the pulp fiction collection she was curled up on the divan in my apartmentand she wasnt my aunt, grandmother, or a visiting fireman. Cover of the pulp magazine spicy detective stories vol. Hogan robert leslie bellem robert wallace romance science fiction space opera tarzan thrilling trojan weird menace weird tales western world war i writers magazines ww i. In their first decades, pulps were most often priced at ten cents per magazine, while competing slicks were 25 cents apiece. Beginning in 1896, the pulp magazines transformed popular literature. Pulp magazines often referred to as the pulps, also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from. Some early detective magazines had that same pulpy feel.
The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long. Although pulp magazines were primarily an american phenomenon, there were also a number of british pulp magazines published between the edwardian era and world war ii. In contrast, magazines printed on higherquality paper were called glossies or slicks. The index ranges from fiction magazines from the late 1800s through the pulps. The term pulp derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. Each new issue contains about 70,000 words of short fiction. This page features information on the library of congresss pulp fiction. Inside detective 71983 spicy babeknife threatviolent pulp crime thrillsfr. Pulp magazines were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the late. To view magazine holdings, click on the images below. The links below offer many different formats of etexts for downloading. He sells and reprints a lot of old pulp stufffantasy, adventure, science ficiton, spicy, etc. Although extremely tame by todays standards, this sub genre of the pulp era became known as the most risque and forever placed its stamp on how the pulp magazine era. So begins marc brodys the bride wore black, one of the 900 or so australian pulp fiction publications that were purchased in 2005 and form the pulp.
The dialogue is often awkward, the plots relatively simple, where bodies pile up, broken hearts mend quickly, and improbable coincidences abound. Pulp magazines often referred to as the pulps are inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. Babes, crime, helpless women, magazine, true detective leave a comment. The magazine can be considered a forerunner of the pulp fiction magazines that were prominent from the 1920s to the 1950s, as it avoided more highbrow fare in favour of fiction for the common man. Pulp magazines and reprints arent the only way to enjoy the works of classic pulp or new pulp fictioneers. The 1920s in america saw the proliferation of hundreds of dubiously named but thrillingly entertaining pulp magazines in america black mask, amazing, astounding, spicy stories, acehigh, detective magazine, daredevil aces. Pulp magazines also called pulp fiction were published from 1896 through the 1950s. Spicy mystery pulp fiction magazines from the 1930s. The inexpensive magazines brought escapist fiction to the masses and popularized science fiction, westerns, hardboiled mysteries, swordandsorcery, weird menace, adventure, heroes and love stories. Feb 23, 2018 claude was a generation older than most of us in the science fiction club. Pulps were printed on cheap paper with ragged, untrimmed edges. But, while women frequently donned the covers of pulp magazines, readers were often unaware of womens broader presence in the magazines production, as writers, editors, and artists. Wells, and to the latest weirdness from lovecraft and contemporaries like august derleth, ashton smith, catherine l. Reading them online or download them in a variety of formats, including epub, pdf.
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