tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post7808407637403327663..comments2024-01-01T21:31:27.654-08:00Comments on UNCLE EDDIE'S THEORY CORNER: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PULPS?Eddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-13143010324463739492012-10-23T23:23:04.215-07:002012-10-23T23:23:04.215-07:00Ardy: Interesting thoughts! I think the pulp sensi...Ardy: Interesting thoughts! I think the pulp sensibility will make a comeback, though in which format it's hard to tell. What we need now is a new genre...but what?<br /><br />Kurtwil: Thank God for Kickstarter!Eddie Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-48240996278290686652012-10-23T18:05:46.048-07:002012-10-23T18:05:46.048-07:00I pretty much agree with Ardy. Kickstarter appear...I pretty much agree with Ardy. Kickstarter appears to be funding various comics and stories.kurtwilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01126470936272556396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-53934801086945718622012-10-23T03:18:37.389-07:002012-10-23T03:18:37.389-07:00Wow, I was just thinking about pulp magazines.
I ...Wow, I was just thinking about pulp magazines.<br /><br />I think pulp magazines could make a big comeback. Or at least cheap, short stories sold through provocative titles and artwork. The kids these days love their electronic toys and have short attention spans. And some of these toys, like the iPad and Kindle, are pushed and marketed as ideal reading devices. But most people I've seen get wary of reading full length novels that way, it's better suited for shorter reads. And when you consider how visual the devices are, and how digital products are sold on them, images will become the strongest selling point, meaning awesome artwork will become a necessity to stand out. Also, with the huge glut of amateur authors out there and the ease of distribution, it's going to become a volume business, all about quantity over quality, the way pulp magazines were. To me this feels like the inevitable next step in literature.<br /><br />The only caveat is that they won't be man stories, they will be predominantly female stories. Girls are way bigger readers these days, and as evidenced by the Twilight novels and 50 Shades of Grey, they do get off on some cheap, provocative fiction. If only those books had awesome artwork to accompany the shallow stories and bad writing, I'd go from hating them to loving them instantly.ardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07761921583798323391noreply@blogger.com