Thrilling Detective Heroes.Thrilling Detective Heroes edited by John Locke & John Wooley John Wooley is a prolific author with titles in several different formats and genres. Simultaneously a novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and radio personality, Wooley also has been responsible for the creation of several comic series, a documentary, and is a regularly Adventure House 914 Laredo Road, Silver Spring, MD 20901 1597980765 $20.00 240 pages 301-754-1589 www.adventurehouse.com "Thrilling Detective Heroes" is a selection of tales from detective pulp fiction published back in the 1930s and 1940s during the "Golden Age" of pulp magazines Noun 1. pulp magazine - an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper pulp mag, magazine - a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it; "it takes several years before a . There are ten outstanding and representative selections in this timeless anthology, each of which is accompanied with a brief introduction and critical sketch of the author, showcasing work from Perley Poore Sheehan, Frederick Painton, Ray Cummings Ray Cummings (Raymond King Cummings) was an author of Science Fiction, rated one of the "founding fathers of the Science Fiction pulp genre"[1]. He was born August 30, 1887 in New York and died January 23, 1957 in Mount Vernon. , Benton Braden, Milton Lowe, Walt Bruce, Robert Leslie Bellem Robert Leslie Bellem was a prolific American pulp magazine writer, best known for his creation of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective. He was born in either 1894[1] or 1902,[2] and died in 1968. , Carroll John Daly Carroll John Daly (1889 – January 16, 1958) was a writer of crime fiction. He has been credited with creating the first hard-boiled detective story in 1923, predating the debut of Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op character by several months. , M. D. Orr, and Stewart Sterling. It is particularly interesting and informative to read the introductory biographical sketches of each of the authors chosen. Their detective heroes' names read like a litany litany (lĭt`ənē) [Gr.,=prayer], solemn prayer characterized by varying petitions with set responses. The term is mainly used for Christian forms. Litanies were developed in Christendom for use in processions. of murder mystery nabobs: Doctor Coffin, Duffy Kildare, Dr. Feather, Mister Finis, Dr. Zeng, Nick Ransom, Race Williams, Archie McCann, Don Marko, and last but not least, Baghdad, Hobo Detective. If your literary taste in detective mysteries runs to thrilling "time lost" reads such as those originally published in 'Popular Detective' or 'Thrilling Detective' magazines, then "Thrilling Detective Heroes " was meant for you. Enhanced with the inclusion of a history of the Thrilling pulp magazine chain, "Thrilling Detective Heroes" will appeal to both an older audience for its nostalgia value and introduce a new generation of mystery fans to a series of true Golden Age classics. |
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