Author: John Peter Drummond
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Bride of the Serpent God by John Peter Drummond is an adventure story about a couple of married jungle people who rule over their wild forest paradise. Excerpt: "It's all right now," he said. Her eyes were still large with fright, but seeing how unperturbed her mate was, she caught hold of her feelings, and smiling, reached out a small hand to caress Ki-Gor's arm. She smiled, and her voice was steady, as she said, "You really have a time trying to get your wife fed, don't you, Ki-Gor?"
Bride of the Serpent God
Author: John Peter Drummond
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Bride of the Serpent God by John Peter Drummond is an adventure story about a couple of married jungle people who rule over their wild forest paradise. Excerpt: "It's all right now," he said. Her eyes were still large with fright, but seeing how unperturbed her mate was, she caught hold of her feelings, and smiling, reached out a small hand to caress Ki-Gor's arm. She smiled, and her voice was steady, as she said, "You really have a time trying to get your wife fed, don't you, Ki-Gor?"
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Bride of the Serpent God by John Peter Drummond is an adventure story about a couple of married jungle people who rule over their wild forest paradise. Excerpt: "It's all right now," he said. Her eyes were still large with fright, but seeing how unperturbed her mate was, she caught hold of her feelings, and smiling, reached out a small hand to caress Ki-Gor's arm. She smiled, and her voice was steady, as she said, "You really have a time trying to get your wife fed, don't you, Ki-Gor?"
The Age of Dimes and Pulps
Author: Jeremy Agnew
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147663257X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
From the dime novels of the Civil War era to the pulp magazines of the early 20th century to modern paperbacks, lurid fiction has provided thrilling escapism for the masses. Cranking out formulaic stories of melodrama, crime and mild erotica--often by uncredited authors focused more on volume than quality--publishers realized high profits playing to low tastes. Estimates put pulp magazine circulation in the 1930s at 30 million monthly. This vast body of "disposable literature" has received little critical attention, in large part because much of it has been lost--the cheaply made books were either discarded after reading or soon disintegrated. Covering the history of pulp literature from 1850 through 1960, the author describes how sensational tales filled a public need and flowered during the evolving social conditions of the Industrial Revolution.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147663257X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
From the dime novels of the Civil War era to the pulp magazines of the early 20th century to modern paperbacks, lurid fiction has provided thrilling escapism for the masses. Cranking out formulaic stories of melodrama, crime and mild erotica--often by uncredited authors focused more on volume than quality--publishers realized high profits playing to low tastes. Estimates put pulp magazine circulation in the 1930s at 30 million monthly. This vast body of "disposable literature" has received little critical attention, in large part because much of it has been lost--the cheaply made books were either discarded after reading or soon disintegrated. Covering the history of pulp literature from 1850 through 1960, the author describes how sensational tales filled a public need and flowered during the evolving social conditions of the Industrial Revolution.
Pulp Culture
Author: Frank M. Robinson
Publisher: Collectors Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1888054123
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Pulp fiction' s lurid adventures were vividly reflected on the magazines' eye-catching covers. Hard-boiled dames, bizarre monsters, dicks and ' tecs, sinister villains, and muscled warriors all appeared each month to tempt readers out of their hard-earned dimes. This gorgeous full-color compilation features hundreds of the genre' s most thrilling covers and includes an index. Taken collectively, they provide a dazzling panorama of some 60 years of illustration and social commentary.
Publisher: Collectors Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1888054123
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Pulp fiction' s lurid adventures were vividly reflected on the magazines' eye-catching covers. Hard-boiled dames, bizarre monsters, dicks and ' tecs, sinister villains, and muscled warriors all appeared each month to tempt readers out of their hard-earned dimes. This gorgeous full-color compilation features hundreds of the genre' s most thrilling covers and includes an index. Taken collectively, they provide a dazzling panorama of some 60 years of illustration and social commentary.
KI-Gor: The Complete Series
Author: John Peter Drummond
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781618270047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
For the first time, the Ki-Gor series from the pages of Jungle Stories is collected, complete, uncut and in order! Volume 2 includes the next five stories: "Ki-Gor and the Paradise That Time Forgot" (Fall 1940), "The Empire of Doom" (Winter 1940-41), "Lair of the Beast" (Spring 1941), "Ki-Gor and the Temple of the Moon-God" (Summer 1941), and "White Savage" (Fall 1941).
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781618270047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
For the first time, the Ki-Gor series from the pages of Jungle Stories is collected, complete, uncut and in order! Volume 2 includes the next five stories: "Ki-Gor and the Paradise That Time Forgot" (Fall 1940), "The Empire of Doom" (Winter 1940-41), "Lair of the Beast" (Spring 1941), "Ki-Gor and the Temple of the Moon-God" (Summer 1941), and "White Savage" (Fall 1941).
Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men
Author: Julian C. Chambliss
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443871044
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men explores the changing depiction of superheroes from the comic books of the 1930s to the cinematic present. In this anthology, scholars from a variety of disciplines including history, cultural studies, Latin American studies, film studies, and English examine the superheros cultural history in North America with attention to particular stories and to the historical contexts in which those narratives appeared. Enduring comic book characters from DC and Marvel Comics including Superman, Iron Man, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Avengers are examined, along with lesser-known Canadian, Latino, and African-American superheroes. With a sweep of characters ranging from the Pulp Era to recent cinematic adaptations, and employing a variety of analytical frameworks, this collection offers new insights for scholars, students, and fans of the superhero genre.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443871044
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men explores the changing depiction of superheroes from the comic books of the 1930s to the cinematic present. In this anthology, scholars from a variety of disciplines including history, cultural studies, Latin American studies, film studies, and English examine the superheros cultural history in North America with attention to particular stories and to the historical contexts in which those narratives appeared. Enduring comic book characters from DC and Marvel Comics including Superman, Iron Man, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Avengers are examined, along with lesser-known Canadian, Latino, and African-American superheroes. With a sweep of characters ranging from the Pulp Era to recent cinematic adaptations, and employing a variety of analytical frameworks, this collection offers new insights for scholars, students, and fans of the superhero genre.
Yesterday's Faces: Strange days
Author: Robert Sampson
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879722623
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The second volume within this series presents more than fifty series characters within pulp fiction, selected to represent four popular story types from the 1907-1939 pulps--scientific detectives, occult and psychic investigators, jungle men, and adventurers in interplanetary romance. Some characters--Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, Craig Kennedy, Anthony (Buck) Rogers--became internationally known. Others are now almost forgotten, except by collectors and specialists.
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879722623
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The second volume within this series presents more than fifty series characters within pulp fiction, selected to represent four popular story types from the 1907-1939 pulps--scientific detectives, occult and psychic investigators, jungle men, and adventurers in interplanetary romance. Some characters--Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, Craig Kennedy, Anthony (Buck) Rogers--became internationally known. Others are now almost forgotten, except by collectors and specialists.
The History of the Science-fiction Magazine
Author: Michael Ashley
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9780853238553
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This is the first of three volumes that chart the history of the science fiction magazine from the earliest days to the present. This first volume looks at the exuberant years of the pulp magazines. It traces the growth and development of the science fiction magazines from when Hugo Gernsback launched the very first, Amazing Stories, in 1926 through to the birth of the atomic age and the death of the pulps in the early 1950s. These were the days of the youth of science fiction, when it was brash, raw and exciting: the days of the first great space operas by Edward Elmer Smith and Edmond Hamilton, through the cosmic thought variants by Murray Leinster, Jack Williamson and others to the early 1940s when John W. Campbell at Astounding did his best to nurture the infant genre into adulthood. Under him such major names as Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, A. E. van Vogt and Theodore Sturgeon emerged who, along with other such new talents as Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke, helped create modern science fiction. For over forty years magazines were at the heart of science fiction and this book considers how the magazines, and their publishers, editors and authors influenced the growth and perception of this fascinating genre.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9780853238553
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This is the first of three volumes that chart the history of the science fiction magazine from the earliest days to the present. This first volume looks at the exuberant years of the pulp magazines. It traces the growth and development of the science fiction magazines from when Hugo Gernsback launched the very first, Amazing Stories, in 1926 through to the birth of the atomic age and the death of the pulps in the early 1950s. These were the days of the youth of science fiction, when it was brash, raw and exciting: the days of the first great space operas by Edward Elmer Smith and Edmond Hamilton, through the cosmic thought variants by Murray Leinster, Jack Williamson and others to the early 1940s when John W. Campbell at Astounding did his best to nurture the infant genre into adulthood. Under him such major names as Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, A. E. van Vogt and Theodore Sturgeon emerged who, along with other such new talents as Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke, helped create modern science fiction. For over forty years magazines were at the heart of science fiction and this book considers how the magazines, and their publishers, editors and authors influenced the growth and perception of this fascinating genre.
Bronze Shadows
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Race and American Literature
Author: John Ernest
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108835651
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
A comprehensive study of how American racial history and culture have shaped, and have been shaped by, American literature.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108835651
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
A comprehensive study of how American racial history and culture have shaped, and have been shaped by, American literature.
A Complete History of American Comic Books
Author: Shirrel Rhoades
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9781433101076
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
This book is an updated history of the American comic book by an industry insider. You'll follow the development of comics from the first appearance of the comic book format in the Platinum Age of the 1930s to the creation of the superhero genre in the Golden Age, to the current period, where comics flourish as graphic novels and blockbuster movies. Along the way you will meet the hustlers, hucksters, hacks, and visionaries who made the American comic book what it is today. It's an exciting journey, filled with mutants, changelings, atomized scientists, gamma-ray accidents, and supernaturally empowered heroes and villains who challenge the imagination and spark the secret identities lurking within us.
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9781433101076
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
This book is an updated history of the American comic book by an industry insider. You'll follow the development of comics from the first appearance of the comic book format in the Platinum Age of the 1930s to the creation of the superhero genre in the Golden Age, to the current period, where comics flourish as graphic novels and blockbuster movies. Along the way you will meet the hustlers, hucksters, hacks, and visionaries who made the American comic book what it is today. It's an exciting journey, filled with mutants, changelings, atomized scientists, gamma-ray accidents, and supernaturally empowered heroes and villains who challenge the imagination and spark the secret identities lurking within us.