Author J.D. Cowan returns with a new volume that gives readers the autopsy report on what – or who – killed the pulps.
Once upon a time, there was a tradition of storytelling that went back into the Gothic romances all the way through the fairy tales into the classics. It was a world without genre boundaries, checked boxes, and corporate writing workshops. This tradition created all the things you grew up with, the stories and ideas you hold dear, and the beating heart of adventure that has sustained us since the beginning of recorded history.
And then it was destroyed.
Learn how a gaggle of Fanatics poisoned the well of discourse and imagination by turning storytelling into mechanical formulas with rules and boundaries that never existed before. Who gave them this power, and how much of their garbage still taints discourse and the industry today? In The Last Fanatic, all will be laid bare.
It is time for the truth to be shouted out loud!
This is no puff piece, either. It’s 400 well-researched pages of info that oldpub – and fandom – wanted kept in the memory hole. Add in a foreword by legendary Appendix N scribe Jeffro Johnson, and you’ve got a publishing industry exposé with a pedigree to back up its challenge to the status quo.
Learn the truth that Pop Cult fanatics don’t want you to know.
Superior read! Glad I was able to get the jump on this via JD’s mailing list!
It’s very much worth the time for anyone who is wondering “how did Entertainment, and specifically genre fiction, get to where it is in 2022?”
Couple this with a few other select books, such as DGMTPWHY, and you have a large slice of History, Theory, and Forward Planning for navigating your future Entertainment selection, creation, and enjoyment.
Thanks for the ringing testimonial!
Does Sam Lundwall still attend scifi conventions? I’d love to send JD a hardcover edition that features Lundwall’s autograph.
“You are a Canadian bigot! Sincerely, Sam J Lundwall.”
Off topic, I know, but the Georgia Guidestones were just destroyed. Seems like something interesting, especially given the mysterious nature of the explosion.
Brian,
I look forward to reading the book. I’d read the original posts at JD’s blog. It was very eye opening and I reflected on the network effects of cabals and determined groups to change society. Pulp rev and Superservise are a new determined group to regress and return storytelling to what its original premise: telling entertaining stories that delight the audeince.
xavier