Pure Pulp

Rating:
Summary: a hit and (mostly) miss collection of pulp fiction
Review: As with any massive collections of short stories one would a few duds. Maybe even more than a few. However in "Pure Pulp" I consider on 11 of the 35 short stories/novellas to be either good or excellent. The other 24 are only fair or downright poor or even amateurish. So with a hit rate of only 30% I'd say one can probably do better with other pulp fiction collections.

For completeness sake, here are the books[authors] of the stories I liked:

- In a Small Motel [MacDonald]
- Sudden, Sudden Death [Powell]
- That Stranger, My Son [Gilford]
- Terrorists [Marlowe]
- The Plunge [Goodis]
- Down in the Valley [Reasoner]
- Cry Silence [Brown]
- Tick, Tock [Wandrei]
- Guilt [Jakes]
- Decision [Nielson]
- Don't Twist My Arm [Ritchie]

Rating:
Summary: a hit and (mostly) miss collection of pulp fiction
Review: As with any massive collections of short stories one would a few duds. Maybe even more than a few. However in "Pure Pulp" I consider on 11 of the 35 short stories/novellas to be either good or excellent. The other 24 are only fair or downright poor or even amateurish. So with a hit rate of only 30% I'd say one can probably do better with other pulp fiction collections.

For completeness sake, here are the books[authors] of the stories I liked:

- In a Small Motel [MacDonald]
- Sudden, Sudden Death [Powell]
- That Stranger, My Son [Gilford]
- Terrorists [Marlowe]
- The Plunge [Goodis]
- Down in the Valley [Reasoner]
- Cry Silence [Brown]
- Tick, Tock [Wandrei]
- Guilt [Jakes]
- Decision [Nielson]
- Don't Twist My Arm [Ritchie]

Rating:
Summary: a hit and (mostly) miss collection of pulp fiction
Review: Sorry, duplicate entry. See above for my review of Pure Pulp.

Rating:
Summary: 565 page of pure unadulterated pulp!
Review: When I first pick up this book I was a little skeptical of just how entertaining this collection would be. It turned out to be my favorite collection of short stories ever written. Now "pulp" fiction may not be the highest caliber of literature but you can't overlook the each author's usage of description, twists, and character names (i.e. Sam Culp, James Cargill and so on). I recommend this book to anybody who wants to have a good time with a great book.

Rating:
Summary: 565 page of pure unadulterated pulp!
Review: When I first pick up this book I was a little skeptical of just how entertaining this collection would be. It turned out to be my favorite collection of short stories ever written. Now "pulp" fiction may not be the highest caliber of literature but you can't overlook the each author's usage of description, twists, and character names (i.e. Sam Culp, James Cargill and so on). I recommend this book to anybody who wants to have a good time with a great book.