March 06, 2007

Bound To Please--The Lit'ry Side of Pulp Fiction

A collection of “essays on great writers and their books” may not at first seem appropriate for readers of high-energy, action-blasting pulp fiction, but be warned that Michael Dirda, a longtime writer and editor for the Washington Post Book World and 1993 recipient of the Pulitzer Price for distinguished criticism, is a great promoter of genre fiction. - Read this article


January 07, 2006

"We Die In Glory!" A Look at the Air-War Pulps

This nice overview and appreciation of the air-war pulps by Dale Walker was supplied to The Pulp Rack by aviation pulp fan Bill Mann. The article originally appeared in the now defunct Aviation Quarterly, Vol. 3 No. 4, 1977. - Read this article


February 19, 2003

Otis Adelbert Kline: "Writing the Fantastic Story"

From the January 1930 issue of The Writer. - Read this article


February 19, 2003

Beatrice Grimshaw: How I Found Adventure

A memoir from the April 1939 issue of Blue Book. - Read this article


February 12, 2003

The Story of the Argosy

A brief history of this great pulp magazine, as published in its October 2, 1932 issue. - Read this article


February 10, 2003

Pulp Writers Find Market Dwindling

An article about the industry from the New York Times, May 13, 1933. - Read this article


February 10, 2003

Letter to H. Bedford-Jones from Wallace R. Bamber

Regarding pulp publishing economics; Bamber was Editor & Publisher of FAR EAST ADVENTURE magazine. - Read this article


February 10, 2003

Doubleday, Page & Co. -- The Garden Where Publications Grow

An interesting glimpse into the publisher's formative years from the April 1920 issue of The American News Trade Journal. - Read this article


January 30, 2003

Charles Alden Seltzer: The Men who Make The Argosy

From the March 22, 1930 issue of The Argosy, an entry from The Men Who Make The Argosy column. - Read this article


January 19, 2003

Gordon MacCreagh: The Men Who Make The Argosy

From the Feb. 18, 1933 issue of The Argosy, an entry from The Men Who Make The Argosy column. - Read this article


January 18, 2003

Tom Curry: The Men Who Make The Argosy

From the Dec. 29, 1934 issue of The Argosy, an entry from "The Men Who Make The Argosy" column. - Read this article