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Frank Aubrey
Francis Henry "Frank" Atkins (1847–1927) was a British writer of "pulp fiction", in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash. His son was writer Frank Howard Atkins. Bibliography *''The Devil-Tree of El Dorado: A Romance of British Guiana'' (1897) *''A Queen of Atlantis: A Romance of the Caribbean'' (1899) *''King of the Dead: A Weird Romance'' (1903) *''The Sacred Mountain'' (1904) *''The Sunken Island, or the Pirates of Atlantis'' (1904) *''The Radium Seekers, or The Wonderful Black Nugget'' (1905) *''The Temple of Fire, or The Mysterious Island'' (1905) *''The Hermit of the Mountains'' (1907) *''A Trip to Mars'' (1907) *''A Son of the Stars'' (1908) *''A King of Mars'' (1909) *''By Airship to Ophir'' (1911) *''The Black Opal: A Romance of Thrilling Adventure'' (1915) *''In Polar Seas'' (1916) References External links * * * * LC catalogue recordas Fenton Ash(2) Fenton Ashin WorldCat WorldCat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulp Magazine
Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the late 1950s. The term "pulp" derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. In contrast, magazines printed on higher-quality paper were called "glossies" or "slicks". The typical pulp magazine had 128 pages; it was wide by high, and thick, with ragged, untrimmed edges. The pulps gave rise to the term pulp fiction in reference to run-of-the-mill, low-quality literature. Pulps were the successors to the penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and short-fiction magazines of the 19th century. Although many respected writers wrote for pulps, the magazines were best known for their lurid, exploitative, and sensational subject matter, even though this was but a small part of what existed in the pulps. Successors of pulps include paperback books, digest magazines, and men's adventure magazines. Modern superhero comic books are sometimes considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
