Pulp magazine

Pulp magazines were cheap fiction magazines that were published from 1896 until around 1955. The term "pulp" comes from the wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. The typical pulp magazine was 128 pages,^[1] 7 inches (18 cm) wide by 10 inches (25 cm) high, and 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) thick. The magazines were best known for their exploitative, and sensational stories. Some best known pulp stories were Flash Gordon, The Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Phantom Detective.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Davis, Tony (2021-10-01). "Pulps: the early years". ThePulp.Net. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
↑ Romney, Rebecca (April 6, 2018). "When Classic Detective Novels Became Sexy Pulps". CrimeReads. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
↑ Sharp, Sarah Rose (August 4, 2021). "The Erotic Nostalgia of Lesbian Pulp Fiction". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
↑ Rabinowitz, Paula (2014). American Pulp: How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150604.

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[1] Davis, Tony (2021-10-01). "Pulps: the early years". ThePulp.Net. Retrieved 2024-03-23.

[Romney-2] Romney, Rebecca (April 6, 2018). "When Classic Detective Novels Became Sexy Pulps". CrimeReads. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

[Sharp-3] Sharp, Sarah Rose (August 4, 2021). "The Erotic Nostalgia of Lesbian Pulp Fiction". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

[Rabinowitz2014-4] Rabinowitz, Paula (2014). American Pulp: How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150604.

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