Provides an introduction to American pulp fiction during the twentieth century with brief author biographies and lists of their works.

Over the past century, writers such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jacqueline Susann, Raymond Chandler, V.C. Andrews, Ian Fleming & Mario Puzo have developed the genr

From the early days of dime novels to the contemporary mass-market paperbacks

This encyclopedia is the most up-to-date, concise, clear and affordable guide to all aspects of science fiction, from its background to generic themes and devic

Rough justice has often been served in the pages of serial novels, notably beginning with Don Pendleton's The Executioner in 1969. This is the first overview of