Thanks, Todd. I think the essay can give the uninitiated the
wrong impression about the pulps. They were not as crude as
he depicts them. And the enormous variety of pulps (not to
mention the thousands of writers, offering plenty of variety
within each genre) makes it difficult to pinpoint exactly
what the attraction was, and for whom. Detective, fantasy,
weird tales, horror, science fiction, romance, spicy,
aviation, war, sports, western... surely not all of them
aimed for the same readers? Surely not all of them used the
same methods?
Lastly, the idea that pulp stories need to be legitimized by
Michael Chabon or Quentin Tarantino is silly.
Best,
mrt
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