pulp magazine
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- noun
- /pʌlp ˈmæɡəˌzin/
- Archaic
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revista pulp
- By the 1940s, the pulp magazines had begun their plunge into oblivion.
- pulp magazines like Weird
- pulp magazines like Weird Tales
- pulp magazine covers
So he starts reading pulp magazines and then he decides he wants to start writing and he starts to accumulate rejection slips.
- So he starts reading pulp magazines and then he decides he wants to start writing and he starts to accumulate rejection slips.
Examples
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Many classic horror stories first appeared in pulp magazines, captivating audiences with their sensational tales.
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In the early part of the 20th century, short stories in pulp magazines were very popular.
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Then a new generation of fantasy editors came along who hadn't grown up in the pulp magazine tradition.
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Many of these pulp magazines featured great authors telling great stories in the short story or novella format.
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#8. H. P. Lovecraft: An army of eccentrics earned their livings cranking out short stories for the pulp magazines of the early 20th century.
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And that is as it should be, since H. P. Lovecraft (or HPL, as he was and remains known) was first and foremost a writer of what he called weird fiction, most of it published in pulp magazines like Weird Tales during his lifetime (1890-1937).
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In the 1930s, readers eagerly waited for the release of the latest pulp magazine filled with thrilling adventures.
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He discovered his love for writing after getting published in a popular pulp magazine during college.
Synonyms
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A cheap magazine printed on rough paper with exciting stories
Antonyms
How Sensational
- Literature
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- Archaic
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- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
There is a compositional link: 'pulp' (cheap, low-quality paper or the genre 'pulp' meaning sensational popular fiction) combined with 'magazine' yields a magazine produced on cheap paper with sensational content. However, the specific genre/historical sense of 'pulp' (and its connotations of sensational stories) is culturally and historically specific and not fully predictable from the literal noun for many B1 learners, so prior exposure helps.
Etymology
The noun pulp magazine comes from the cheap, rough paper called pulp that these magazines were printed on and the wild, exciting stories they carried. That's why the term now means a magazine printed on cheap paper with exciting but not very good stories.