The Golden Age of Gay Fiction
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (586 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003SNJWUK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 122 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Ambitious and fascinating history of gay pulp fiction!" according to Bob Lind. Same as many avid readers of gay fiction in my generation, I first became aware of that genre through the pulp fiction paperbacks of the 1950's-1970's, which served as one of the few visible signs - especially to those of us who were not familiar with (or afraid of) big city gay bars - that we were not alone. The books were usually cheesy in writing style, cheaply manufactured, and often portrayed its gay characters in less than a completely positive light. But they provided visibility. "Poor formatting." according to Adam D. Dunn. To say this Kindle edition of this book has poor formatting is to grossly understate the word "poor".I own the paperback and bought the Kindle edition to read on the go, but the way it's set up, it's unreadable. For example, the paperback opens with the quote "The Golden Age was first" in the paperback edition. In the Kindle edition, it is changed to "The Golden Age was rstrst"The pages in the paperback are divided into columns and in the Kindle Edition the columns sometimes run togeth. Superb examination of mostly ignored books As an avid reader (and an out gay man) I was always searching for books dealing with gay men or subjects. I grew up in the 1970s and, except for the occasional gay character, I didn't think gay fiction even existed. It's not until the past 20 years or so that I found out I was (happily) wrong. It started with old gay fiction books being reprinted (such as Gordon Merricks books and the outrageous C.A.M.P. ones) and studies of gay fiction have been written. First up was Michael Bronski's
The books were definitely out -- out on the revolving paperback bookracks in grocery stores, dime stores, drugstores, magazine agencies, and transportation terminals across the nation for youths and senior citizens, in the cities and the rural areas alike, to find and to devour.Here 19 writers take you on a tour of this Golden Age of Gay Fiction -- roughly the period between the first Kinsey Report and the first collection of Tales of the City -- paying attention to touchstone novels from the period but, even more, highlighting works of fiction that have been left unjustly to gather dust on literary shelves.Written by authors, scholars, collectors, and o