Bad Girls of Pulp Fiction

by Thomas Campbell II, Nancy Armstrong

Bright, lurid, and enormously entertaining, the covers of adult pulp novels published from the 1940s through the 1960s constitute a pop-art genre of enduring appeal. This Miniature Edition™ collection of 60 pulp-fiction book covers includes such kitschy classics as Tomcat in Tights, She Couldn't Be Good, and Sex-A-Go-Go.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published February 21, 2002

Reviews

[James Stone · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a miniature book that is a lovely curiosity for collectors of books from the fifties and sixties. It is a gathering of the covers of what might have been called, “racy” or “sexy” pulp paperbacks. The author has gathered the front covers and the back cover blurbs of about 30 or so books. The themes are all variations on the “bad girl” trope. They are, of course, all in bad taste and are politically incorrect by today’s standards.
The little book, including a high heel book mark, is a nod to a culturally different time and is a cute guilty pleasure for Book collectors.

[Brendan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a tremendously quick read. The book cover pictures feature as prominently as the text. So it's not meant to be taken as serious literature. But it does what it does quite well. Humor, a look at what pulp fiction was like back in the day, a bit of fun.

As a bonus, it includes a string bookmark with a tiny high-heeled shoe at the end of it.

[Renae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, entertaining, and full of the classic pin-up art I love.

[James Crawford · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an incredibly-small size book, physically. It consists of cover reproductions of various pulp-fiction paperbacks and a brief description of each.