Yale Daily News

Updated: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 1:48pm

Shiny new ‘Penny’ ain’t dreadful

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Published Friday, February 29, 2008
“Before the rise and popularity of television and movies, pulp fiction magazines were notorious for publishing lurid pop-fiction,” explained Alena Gribskov ’09, while finding a dry sanctuary on a rainy Tuesday night in the Bass Library Cafe. “Science fiction, westerns and detective genres were all defined or shaped by the pulps, and many of the influential writers of the early 20th century got their start with these magazines.”
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