Storytelling in the Pulps, Comics, and Radio: How Technology Changed Popular Fiction in America
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DeForest looks at how storytelling adapted to technologies that have now been superseded by other technologies. Taking the three genres in turn, he looks at such pulp magazines as Adventure and Weird Tales, such comic strips as Dick Tracy and Terry and the Pirates, and such radio drama as Orsen Welles and Gunsmoke. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Pt. IThe pulps; or, One darn thing after another111Story papers132Dime novels153Birth of the pulps254The Western and Max Brand305Adventure : pirates, gladiators and sudden death for the discerning reader376Weird tales : things that bump into you in the night447The hard-boiled detective568Amazing, astounding science fiction649Edgar Rice Burroughs : ape men, dinosaurs and martians7710Unpleasant interlude8911Shadows, spiders and flying aces : the single-character pulps9212The death of the pulps108Pt. IIAdventure comic strips; or, War, death, horror and fine art10913The early years11114Wash Tubbs : an unlikely adventurer11515Dick Tracy : cops in the comics12216From the jungle to the round table12817Milt Caniff : fighter pilots, pretty girls and the dragon lady14018Assigning blame146Pt. IIIRadio drama and adventure; or, Just shut up and listen14819Thundering hoofbeats and silver bullets15020As inevitable as a guilty conscience : the shadow of radio15721Orson Welles : master storyteller16222Faster than a speeding bullet : Superman16823Frights for smart people : horror on radio17324Tired of the everyday routine? : Suspense, Escape, Carlton Morse and The scarlet queen17825Dramatizing in reality : Dragnet18926The law in Dodge City : Gunsmoke19327From the far horizons : science fiction on radio19728The end of radio201App. ITimeline205App. IIRadio favorites208
