Literature of the past and the present has made the mystery of man and his world more clear to us, and for that reason it has been less beautiful, for beauty lies only in the[…]
From the Collection: Weird Tales
In the 1920s and 30s, scores of pulps cropped up hoping to cash in on the then lucrative business venture, but few garnered themselves a reputation like that of Weird Tales. Published for the first[…]
From the Collection: Black Mask
This July, a group of rising high school seniors will take JMU Professor Brooks Hefner’s course, Studying Popular Culture: Pulp Magazines at the Summer Honors Institute. The class will be exploring popular fiction of the[…]
From the Collection: Astounding Stories
The longest running science fiction magazine, Analog Science Fiction & Fact, began as a news stand pulp magazine in 1930 called Astounding Stories in imitation of the successful magazine, Amazing Stories, which often carried tales[…]