Pulp culture : the art of fiction magazines / by Frank M. Robinson and Lawrence Davidson.
By: Robinson, Frank M
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Contributor(s): Davidson, Lawrence.
Material type: 
BookPublisher: Portland, OR : Collectors Press, 2007Edition: 1st American softcover ed.Description: 206 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 x 28 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1933112301; 9781933112305.Subject(s): Magazine covers -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Dime novels, AmericanDDC classification: 741.6520973
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 741.6520973 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00192239 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
All the harrowing, haunting, daring, dazzling, pulp fiction covers you could ever want are compiled here by pulp experts Frank M. Robinson and Lawrence Davidson.
Originally published: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reviews provided by Syndetics
Booklist Review
Books celebrating the splashy cover art of the pulp era are numerous, but rarely will fans find a better-looking tribute than this one. Robinson and Davidson restrict their account to fiction magazines, the real soul of the pulps, published between the 1920s and the 1950s. The text is divided into thematically organized chapters: "Writers of the Purple Sage" (western stories); "Nightmares of Elm Street" (the mad-slasher pulps); "From Bayonets to Biplanes" (war stories); and seven others. Although the narrative throughout is informative and lively, the book's main draw, of course, is the marvelously reproduced selection of magazine covers that decorate the oversize pages. Whether it's a bikini-clad brunette firing a machine gun on the cover of Spicy Adventure Stories, or a cowboy with six-guns blazing on the cover of Quick-Trigger Westerns, these over-the-top illustrations evoke an era when reading was the most common form of mass entertainment. Sensational then, camp now, but great fun in any era. --Bill OttAuthor notes provided by Syndetics
Frank Malcolm Robinson was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 9, 1926. After a tour of duty in the Navy during World War II, he graduated from Beloit College in Wisconsin and then was drafted again to serve in the Korean War. He received a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He was a writer and editor for men's magazines including Rogue, Gallery, and Playboy. At Playboy, where he worked from 1969 to 1973, he was the ghostwriter for the Playboy Advisor column, a colloquium of sex and lifestyle advice for men.During this time, he also wrote science-fiction books including The Power, which was made into a television special in 1956 and a film in 1968. He wrote several books with Thomas N. Scortia including The Glass Inferno, The Prometheus Crisis, The Nightmare Factor, and The Gold Crew. Parts of The Glass Inferno were mined in creating the final script for The Towering Inferno and the authors earned a screen credit. His 1991 novel, The Dark Beyond the Stars, was selected as one of The New York Times' notable books of the year.
He worked as a speechwriter and adviser to San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk, who was assassinated on November 27, 1978 by a disgruntled political rival, Dan White. Robinson had a small role in 2008 film Milk. He died of heart disease and pneumonia on June 30, 2014 at the age of 87.
(Bowker Author Biography)