Pulp Librarianさんのイラストまとめ

The big question about UFOs: do you use an apostrophe or not?

The truth is out there...

Hear me out: War and Peace, but with elephants! Tolstoy would have dug that...

Léon from Paris (1907)

114 years ago...

Having read several thousand pulp novels over the years (don't thank me, it's what I do) I've also noted several key words that frequently appear in the titles. Each is a sure sign that you are holding a pulp novel, rather than something long and unreadable by Jonathan Franzen.

First it has to confirm the genre. Pulp is very much a genre-based business and readers need to know what kind of story they're getting into.

Clockwise: right-handed movie Dalek; 3-armed American Dalek; 4-suckered Japanese Dalek; Philip K Dick Dalek.

Terry Nation was basically making it up as he went along... https://t.co/25j0PCZa6n

So that tends to be my personal working definition of pulp: the agressive application of modern marketing techniques to the publication of literature.

And the nice thing about that definition is that it also covers the huge change in pulp publishing after WW2.

That all changed when editor Philip Cody took over in 1924. He deliberately built a strong relationship with his readers, asking them for ideas and feedback to help him shape the magazine to better match their tastes.

People At Work covered the main industries in Britain in the 1960s and '70s - from mining and railways to pottery and farming - as well as the uniformed services.

Wellman went on to author another five Silver John novels, and in 1980 he received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement as recognition of his unique talent.