MASTER OF THE PULPS: The Collected Essays of Nick Carr... This is the definitive collection of essays from this Award-winning Pulp Fiction historian! For over 30 years, Wooda Nicholas Carr has written for almost every pulpzine ever created. This book includes articles on: Operator 5, the Moon Man, the Secret 6, Wu Fang & Dr. Yen Sin, Ki-Gor, Sex and Torture in the Pulps, Zorro, Captain Satan, Matalaa, the Park Avenue Hunt Club, the Range Riders, G-8, and many more! Lavishly illustrated with Covers and Art from the pulps, this is a must-have for all pulp fans as all of these essays only appeared in small-press publications, which are almost impossible to locate today...
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By Robert Neri Jr
Jan 24, 2010
Really enjoyed this collection of essays detailing some of the old pulp heroes (detectives, tarzan rip-offs, WWI flying aces and super-spys). The essays are more recaps of the entire series with a focus on the author's favorite issues and main characters. There are some light criticisms by the author but limited mostly to opinions on the individual issues of a series. It did however make for some interesting reading particularly the PETS OF SATAN, CONTEMPLATING SEX AND TORTURE IN THE PULPS, THE BRAIN THAT LIVES IN A BOX and THE MYSTERIOUS WU FANG portions. If you like the old pulps or have an interest then this'll give you a good idea about what you can expect from them. Though this collection seems to focus on the pulp second stringers (Tarzan and DR Fu Manchu being the primary examples) but there is a section on Zorro. Overall I recommend it, it made for interesting reading. Hopefully they'll be another collection like this one.
