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Pulp fiction just means works published in pulp magazines or similarly disreputable publications. Some was bad, some was great. Many acclaimed authors wrote for
by mrob 7y ago
Pulp fiction just means works published in pulp magazines or similarly disreputable publications. Some was bad, some was great. Many acclaimed authors wrote for the pulps:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_magazine#Authors_featured https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_magazine#Authors_featured
- Phillipharryt 7y agoIn your very own link it says the term is used to refer to "run-of-the-mill, low-quality literature".
- morelisp 7y agoPulp is, by definition, material printed in cheap wood pulp magazines. Pulp is, by association, low-quality writing. Pulp is also, by allusion, a particular genre/structure mirroring the dominant topics and styles of the original magazines - regardless of its quality.