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Pulp Fiction at the Library of CongressThe Pulp Fiction collection at the Library of Congress consists of issues received on copyright deposit at the time of their publication. It is described in Annette Melville's "Special Collections in the Library of Congress: A Selective Guide" (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1980). A great majority of the issues were held by the Serial and Government Publications Division, although three extremely rare and valuable titles were transferred to the Rare Book & Special Collections Division: Amazing Stories, Black Mask, and Weird Tales. The collection has now been microfilmed and is available in the Microform Reading Room, LJ-107, Jefferson Building. A list of titles follows below. The "Pulps," so called because they were printed on cheap high-acid-content paper, served as popular reading material, similar to today's paperback; cheap, portable, disposable, and often sensational. This genre flourished from the 1920's to the 1950's. Titles focused on specific literary types: romance, sports, western, detective, science fiction, horror, or military (during World War II). Writers were frequently paid by the word, and to meet daily living expenses, well-known authors sometimes wrote for these magazines under pseudonyms, putting only their "literary" work under their real name. Authors who got their start by writing for pulp fiction magazines include: Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich, Dashiell Hammett, H.P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard. In index to pulp fiction is available, known as The FictionMags Index.
Pulp Fiction Titles Microfilmed (January, 1995 - April, 2000):These titles have been filmed and should be available in the Microform Reading Room, LJ-139B, Jefferson Building. Check online catalog for microfilm numbers: Ace G-Man Stories Ace-High Magazine Ace-High Western Magazine Ace-High Western Stories Ace Sports Aces Action Novels Action Stories Air Adventures Air Stories Air War Air Wonder Stories Alibi All-American Football Magazine All-Detective Magazine All-Fiction All-Fiction Quarterly All-Star Detective Stories All-Star Love Magazine All-Story Western All Western All Western Magazine The American Eagle Ardent Love Army/Navy Flying Stories Astonishing Stories Baseball Stories Battle Birds Best Detective Magazine Best Sports Best Stories of All Times Best Western Best Western Magazine Best Western Novels Magazine Big-Book Western Magazine Big Story Magazine The Blue Moon Blue Ribbon Western Brief Stories Captain Future--Wizard of Science Cavalier Classics Champion Sports College Stories Complete Adventure Novelettes Complete Cowboy Novel Magazine Complete Detective Novel Magazine Complete Love Magazine Complete Mystery Novelettes Complete Sports Complete Western Book Magazine Complete Western Love Novelettes Cowboy Stories Crack Detective and Mystery Stories Crack-Shot Western Danger Trail Dare-Devil Aces Detective Action Stories Detective Book Magazine Detective Classics Detective Dragnet Magazine Detective Mystery Novel Magazine Detective Novel Magazine Detective Tales Dime Detective Magazine Dime Mystery Magazine Dime Sports Magazine Dime Western Magazine Double Action Western The Dragnet Magazine Droll Stories Dynamic Adventures Dynamic Science Fiction Eagles of the Air Exciting Baseball Exciting Football Exciting Love Exciting Sports Exciting Western Famous Detective Stories Famous Western Fantastic Adventures Fantastic Novels Magazine Fantastic Story Quarterly Far West Illustrated Magazine Far West Stories Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories F.B.I. Detective Stories Fifteen Love Stories Fifteen Sports Stories Fifteen Western Tales Fight Stories Fighting Aces Fighting Western Film Stories Five Detective Novels Magazine Five Western Novels Five Western Novels Magazine Flynn's Detective Flynn's Weekly Football Action Football Stories Foreign Legion Adventures .44 Western Magazine Frontier Stories Future Combined with Science Fiction Future Fiction Future Science Fiction Stories G-8 and His Battle Aces G-Men Gang World Gangland Stories Gangster Stories Ghost Stories Giant Western Glamorous Love Stories Golden Fleece Historical Adventure Golden West The Golden West Magazine Golden West Romances Greater Gangster Stories High Spot Magazine Hollywood Detective Horror Stories How 7 Indian Stories Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine Jungle Stories (August - December 1931) Jungle Stories (Winter 1938 - Spring 1954) Knockout Magazine The Lariat Laughter Leading Western Lively Stories The Lone Eagle Fighting Ace Lone Ranger Magazine Lone Wolf Detective Magazine Long Riders of the West Mavericks Love Book Magazine Love Fiction Magazine Love Fiction Monthly Love Novels Magazine Love Romances Mammoth Mystery Mammoth Western Man Stories All Adventure Marriage Confessions Masked Rider Western Magazine Mavericks Max Brand's Western Magazine Movie Love Mystery Book Magazine Mystery League Mystery Novels Magazine Navy Stories New Detective Magazine New Love Magazine New Sports Magazine New Western Magazine (Kokomo, IN) New Western Magazine (New York, NY) North-West Romances Novelets Oriental Stories Outlaws of the West Over the Top People's People's Story Magazine The Phantom Detective Pioneer Tales Planet Stories Popular Detective Popular Fiction Magazine Popular Football Popular Love Popular Sports Magazine Popular Western Prison Stories Private Detective Stories Public Enemy Quick Trigger Western RAF Aces Racketeer Stories Ranch Romances Range Riders Rangeland Love Stories (New York, NY) Rangeland Love Stories (Kokomo, IN) Rangeland Love Story Magazine Rangeland Romances Rangeland Stories Rapid-Fire Detective Stories Rapid-Fire Western Stories Real Life Stories Real Western Real Western Romances Real Western Stories Red Seal Western The Rio Kid Western Rodeo Romances Romance Romance Round-up Romance Western Romance Western Roundup Romantic Western Scientific Detective Monthly Scotland Yard Sea Stories Secret Agent X Detective Mysteries The Secret 6 Six-Gun Western Sky Aces Sky Birds Sky Fighters *Sky Riders (Still no film number as of Mar 2008.) Smashing Detective Stories Soldiers of Fortune Speed Adventure Stories Speed Detective Speed Mystery Speed Western Stories The Spider Sports Action Sports Novels Magazine Spy Novels Magazine Spy Stories Star Magazine Star Novels Star Western Updated by CWB for: |
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