It did not begin as a pulp, however, but as a weekly "story paper" titled The Golden Argosy , consisting of youth-oriented fiction and "rags to riches" tales by the likes of Horatio Alger, Jr.
It was the brainchild of Frank Andrew Munsey, a Western Union telegraph manager who dreamed "great dreams to the tune of the printing-press. Munsey moved to New York City in September Following several months of financial hardships and entrepreneurial uncertainty, he published the first issue of The Golden Argosy December 9, After several years, the drawbacks of producing a paper specifically for juvenile readers led Munsey to rethink his targeted audience. Juvenile audiences continuously outgrew the medium, and they lacked disposable incomes of their own that would attract advertisers.
Following this reasoning, the all-new Argosy appeared in October ; the magazine was now intended for an adult audience, and was produced on less-expensive pulpwood paper, allowing for a substantial increase in page numbers and content. This new type of periodical, the pulp magazine, was a runaway success, and within ten years Argosy 's circulation had surpassed , a month.
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Oct 12, Andrew rated it it was amazing Shelves: short-stories-essays , literature-classic , to-own-when-rich. Stephen King called this basically the best short story collection ever and that was enough for me.
I've been searching it out since, figuring something as wonderful as King says wouldn't be so hard to find I eventually had to check it out from a university library after not finding it for years second-hand, and refusing to pay some-odd dollars online.
I was expecting something a little bolder perhaps than this staid anthology of popular classics -- the editors basically printed the most of Stephen King called this basically the best short story collection ever and that was enough for me.
I was expecting something a little bolder perhaps than this staid anthology of popular classics -- the editors basically printed the most often-published stories of the previous 70 years or so -- but I can't complain about the results.
It serves as an excellent introduction to the classics of the format; I'm using it as a sort of jumping off point for an in-depth exploration of short stories per se. It has served me well in this respect, showing me essentially a baseline for high quality short literature, and in many cases the very birth of certain styles and techniques. I would recommend it to fans of classic literature for that reason alone. Overall I really liked almost half of the stories, finding the other half forgettable.
Strange but true. As for my loves, well I don't know, I think you have to experience them to really understand what I want to say here. For example, sure you know Jack London is an outdoorsman and a frontiers-y type of writer, that he likes his snow and dogs, but you don't know until you read "To Build a Fire" that he's also a master of high suspense, bringing the cold to you as you've never felt from a book, and making you suffer along with his poor misguided protagonist.
I have rarely been as tense while reading anything. I see in it a precursor to a lot of what Salinger was trying to do in Nine Stories , what with this unbearable interpersonal tension that winds up snapped in the most horrific and bizarre way possible.
The resolution is at the same time shocking and utterly inevitable, and it hits you like something really heavy that hits things hard. It's beautiful though. I also want to give a special shoutout to "Chickamauga" for the amazing voice, much better done IMO than Twain in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog," which I have to say I still don't really get as a piece of literature. So the best ever? Not sure, some of it definitely feels stuffy and dated.
I'm also definitely not qualified to say, but someone like Stephen King might know. Is it something you should read if you like classic literature and short stories? Something I want to own some day, when I can justify the asking price for an out-of-print book? Also yes. Not Bad Reviews pointblaek Jun 30, Martin Ortiz rated it really liked it. With most of the stories being in public domain, all but 2 of the 40 stories are available on-line from legitimate sources.
I put together links to those stories which are available. Most of the stories hold up well. I can see how a consummate storyteller would choose this as his favorite. The Table of Contents. Stevenson The Lady or the Tiger? Feb 07, Barbara rated it it was amazing. A most fascinating collections of stories. I read it on the recommendation of Stephen King.
Nov 12, Nancy rated it really liked it Shelves: uncle-steve-recommends , classics-canon. This is an out-of-print book which is a collection of short stories from various authors. Stephen King has said that this is one of his favorite books, so my curiosity was piqued and I had to read this.
There are a total of 40 short stories in this book, all but one of which are public domain and free to read on the internet which is a good thing considering the book is very hard to find. One gentleman got hold of the table of contents and made a giant listing of the links to each story on his This is an out-of-print book which is a collection of short stories from various authors. Also please note, your financial donation will help to keep this service alive. This web site may contain copyrighted material which has not been specifically authorized for our use.
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