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A worthy reference point for a medium that looms large in pop culture. Tracking the numbers from the 1910's to the 1950's, the author charts the rise and fall of pulp fiction, revealing some interesting insights along the way. Turns out it wasn't as detective based or science fiction based as I'd assumed. For that matter it's not aimed at necessarily as masculine a audience as you might think either with romance pulp looming large for much of the period in question.So yes a solid piece of work b...
Useful and interesting reference book. My only word of advice is if you are pondering the purchase, pick up the paperback version instead. I found myself struggling with the Kindle format making it difficult to flip back and forth.