"...[B]ut it brings us to the world of pulp magazines (which, at this time, were more easily accessible to the general reader and certainly cheaper than hardcover books). The pulp magazine was the equivalent of television in the early years of this century. It provided cheap and varied entertainment though with a remarkably high level of quality (although this would deteriorate in later years into formula stories with stereotyped plots)." (Gernsback Days, p.39)
1915. No paperbacks. Public libraries in their infancy with the pendulum swinging towards edification as opposed to entertainment. Rising levels of literacy with the growth of public schools. Pre-radio, let alone television (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_radio#Dates_of_first_radio_stations). Huh.
Pulps on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_magazine
The Pulp Net
http://www.thepulp.net/index.html
History of Pulps on All Pulp: Two Fisted News from the World of Pulp!
http://allpulp.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-pulp-history-blog-debuts-on-all.html
Hil-Gle.com: Electromagnetic Home of (among other "mind rot," games, and creative newsstand fiction) Modern Thrills: Pulp Magazine History in All its Lurid Spleandor
http://www.hil-gle.com/index.html
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