pulp magazines

Pulp magazines were inexpensive, sensational fiction magazines popular from the 1890s to the 1950s, named after their cheap wood pulp paper. They featured fast-paced stories across genres like adventure, science fiction, horror, and detective tales. Known for eye-catching covers and lurid titles, they aimed to entertain a broad audience and foster new writers. Despite often having lower literary standards, pulps played a significant role in shaping popular culture and launching the careers of famous authors such as Raymond Chandler and H.P. Lovecraft. Their legacy persists in modern genre magazines and paperback fiction.