ENG237H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: French New Wave, Hard Science Fiction, Amazing Stories
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Page for intro - 6 for body (3 for each book) one for conclusion - roughly. Author by author or point by point: author. The pulps : science fiction 1890s/1920s/(maybe even up until)1930s in this time period sf was published mostly in journals, magazines, periodicals Explosion of magazines - cater to specific genres: definition of genre categories western romances, scifi, etc, pulp - phrase used to denote a particular type of story printed in a series of niche-marketed magazines. Higher literary standards greater attention to characteristics, and story turn to inner space (ie. psychology, introspection, inner landscapes theme of entropy (ie. everything moves inevitably toward dissolution) Kipple - constant humiliation, garbage, refuge - fuller and fuller of kipple idea of entropy: socially, culturally, psychologically and so on. Coined by bruce in 1983 as title for a story published in amazing science fiction.
