Archive for February, 2009
The Hucksters by Frederic Wakeman
Posted by labeau on February 15th, 2009 filed in books
Originally published in 1946.
The Hucksters was amongst the top ten bestselling novels of 1946, and its success initiated a mini-trend of fiction about advertising (Madison Avenue no doubt employed any number of aspiring novelists who saw their chance to upload their bosses’ quirks into the public consciousness). In fact, a year later [...]
Henry Kuttner- Two Novels
Posted by labeau on February 15th, 2009 filed in books
Fury, published 1947
The Time-Axis, published 1948
Like much pulp science fiction of the 1940s, the novels and stories of Henry Kuttner and his wife C.L. Moore were written at high speed. Some top genre writers of the era used to boast that they never revised their work. This often makes for some dated and boilerplate stuff [...]