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The rise and fal

Terry Peters
Contributing Writer

@ Pulp Culture by Frank
--M. Robinson & Lawrence’
Davidson, Collectors
. Press, 204 pages, $55

There was 2 time, long
before television, that the
most popular form of enter-
tainment was reading, and in
that time pulp fiction was
king. Starting in the late
1800s and carrying on into

othe °50s the demand for’
S pulp magazines grew. What
began as just adventure sto-
‘ries of romances becamé
more diverse as the market |

“> broadened. s

“The future lay in spe-
“cialization, and by the time
the pulps finally died, more

than twelve hundred differ- °

ent titles had appeared,’
exploiting every human |

* endeavor from making love

«to making-money, from

~ throwing a football to flying
a: Zeppelin.”

“: The authors have provid-

ed” a detailed history of the .

Friday, October 13, 2000

focusing on the main writers
and artists. The strength of
the book lies with the terrif-
ic reproduction of over 250
different covers. They show
the changing tastes and

__ standards of society. From

ise and fall of pulps, outlin-.

ag the various trends and

simple portraits of rugged
outdoors men through te
scantily clad women in dan-
ger, the cover act attempted
to lure the reader inside, just
as magazines covers today
do.

Many of the writers went

from the pulps to publishing 2

success, such as Raymond
Chandler and Louis
L’Amour, while others made
the transition to television
script writing and movies. In
the pulps they had learned
how to entertain. |

Authors Robinson and
Davidson have taken their
lesson to heart and created a
very entertaining look ata
style that has come and
gone but left its mark on
popular culture.

B Freese My Margarita by
Lauren Henderson, Arrow

Books, 371 pages, $15.95
From the opening scene
in a downtown London
fetish bar, to the surprise
ending, Samantha Jones
never loses her cool. She is
the ultra hip sculptor who
seems to have trouble tor a
shadow, Whea the chance to
work on the set design of a
new play presents itself, Sam
jumps at the opportunity.
The curtain hasn't risen

before a body is discovered
in the theatre’s basement
and no one knows who to
blame.

Henderson keeps the
banter sharp between the
actors and takes us ona

bitchy backstage tour of play

production, Who do you
trust when everyone Is so
selfinvolved they can’t walk
past a mirror without
remarking on how good

they look? The London
police are confused, the pro-
ducers are pulling their hair
our, and there's a killer in
their midst. Meanwhile,
Jones struggles to complete
the mobiles which she hopes
won't be her final work.

This unlikely heroine in a
rubber mini skirt breathes
some fresh air into an all-
too-otten fatigued genre of
mystery writing. .

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Literally. Trentadue. is: Italian. and_ translated.
mearis-"32", hence her unusual name for a book- *
Store that's become widely known te _many
throughout the North Shore. :. 7

Mary recently moved 32 Books from i its Lonsdale
location.to Edgemont Village, a location that she
finds has a great sense of community.

independ t bookstores ‘ike 32 Books offer * a totally different experience” from
the big box store mode of bookselling. “We hand-pick our books so that customers
‘don’ t have to look through 10 hooks, to fi ind a a great one.” ~

- Customer service is our focus at ‘32 Books. That and sharing their passion for ”
. ” hooks: Mary and Jackie Gore de this together. Jackie is a “book lover” and a valu-
able source for customers looking for that special book. :

. 32 Books specializes i in lifestyle bocks that include cooking, gardening, self- “help, .
"the outdoors and a wide variety of BC books. She also carries adult fiction with a:.-
variety of international authors and “as many Canadian authors as possible.”

“In addition, 32 Beoks has become known for its author events -:;::
‘and bookclubs. Several author nights are booked this month |
. and bookclubs keep them "really busy.” Mary not only stocks a.
‘Jot of books for bookclubs she runs a club out of the store and
* .offers”’Intro Nights" to assist new clubs just starting out. _

“Mary is also president of the BC Bookseliers Association
"and a strong supporter of independent book stores.

“t invite you to visit. 32 Books and skare in our ‘celebra-
tion on Saturday, October 14, 2000.” — Mary -

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