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Dedicated to reviving an interest in books about youth and seeing that they get put back into print. The TP logo stands for Teen Pulp! Friday, August 5, 2011. Is an exploration of the history of Young Adult Fiction with a focus on the 1970's and 1990's. Currently there are articles on Frank Bonham and Kin Platt as well as an in depth interview with Shelley Stoehr. Also, be sure to check out our BOOKLIST. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Will give you an idea of the types of books we are interested in ...
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discard treasures: I was a 90’s teen zine freak!!!
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Sunday, August 19, 2012. I was a 90’s teen zine freak! Before the internet, I found culture in suburban shopping malls. Tower records was my Google and I enjoyed pouring over the selection in their aisles. It wasn’t just the music though. What attracted me was the large selection of magazines they stocked. It was there that I discovered EC Comics, fanzines such as Roctober. And even more lurid fare in their “adults only” section. For example, the British magazine Deadline. When my parents got divorced, m...
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discard treasures: Mary Downing Hahn
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Saturday, March 2, 2013. A former librarian, Hahn had her first book published when she was 41. She has stayed steadily prolific since then, with over 30 titles to her name. And she is still at it! Which is based on the murder of two teenage girls she knew in the 1950's. The three books I've chosen to write about here are Daphne's Book. 1983), Tallahassee Higgins. 1987), and The Wind Blows Backward. When Jessica finally meets up with Daphne to work on their project, she finds that there is a lot to like ...
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discard treasures: Adam at Six A.M. (1970)
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Sunday, September 16, 2012. Adam at Six am (1970). After watching Hail, Hero! See previous post) I knew that my fixation with early Michael Douglas movies had just begun. Next up was Adam at Six A.M. 1970) and I was far from being disappointed. This is one of the best films I have ever seen! First off, the script for this amazing thing was written by Steven and Elinor Karpf. This writing team went on to pen many of my favorite made-for-tv movie including the near cult classics Gargoyles. Douglas plays Ad...
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discard treasures: Beverly Hills 90210 outsiders
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Monday, August 27, 2012. Beverly Hills 90210 outsiders. Other young adults who attempt to permeate this group, don’t fare as well. I find these auxiliary characters fascinating. These tragic outsider characters are what keep the show interesting for me. Is it because his character was poor in comparison and not from Beverly Hills? If this is the case, then as a viewer Ray gets my sympathy. To the credit of the writers, Ray does make a brief appearance in Season 7, having worked out most of his issues...
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discard treasures: June 2011
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Monday, June 27, 2011. Kin Platt and Me. A new, more mature entry about Kin Platt HERE. In the meantime I dug up this piece from 5 years ago. So it was me on the phone with a man nearly 70 years my elder. But even in old age, his voice was strong and confident. Still, there was modesty there and he seemed surprised and even a bit grateful that I had called. I got his address and we decided that we’d be penpals. Was it possible that he could be lonely too? I read up a little on his life and discovered tha...
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discard treasures: Bad Ronald is SCARY!
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Thursday, August 23, 2012. Bad Ronald is SCARY! The 1974 made-for-tv movie Bad Ronald. The film’s screenplay was based on the paperback book published just one year earlier in 1973 by John Holbrook Vance. In the movie the girls are more fortunate. In the novel, not so much. Two of them are captured and later killed by Ronald. The Young Poisoner's Handbook. Posted by dave k. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). More by Dave K. Then) Afterschool specials and the American dream. (now)? Bad Ronald is SCARY!
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discard treasures: March 2013
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Saturday, March 2, 2013. A former librarian, Hahn had her first book published when she was 41. She has stayed steadily prolific since then, with over 30 titles to her name. And she is still at it! Which is based on the murder of two teenage girls she knew in the 1950's. The three books I've chosen to write about here are Daphne's Book. 1983), Tallahassee Higgins. 1987), and The Wind Blows Backward. When Jessica finally meets up with Daphne to work on their project, she finds that there is a lot to like ...
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discard treasures: May 2013
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Saturday, May 11, 2013. More vintage illustrated novels for and about young people. Here are a few poetic short novels for young readers that I picked up recently because I loved the illustrations. I purchased each of these books for a dollar at a used bookstore in Portland, Maine. All three turned out to be amazing reads. It seems I can never get enough of youth novels published in the 1960s and 1970s! By Henry Treece (Illustrated by Charles Keeping) 1963. Here is another UK paperback published by Pengu...
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discard treasures: July 2011
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Thursday, July 28, 2011. William Campbell Gault - writer for teens? T (1910-1995) was a prolific pulp author whose work I would like to read more of. As of now, I've only read a few of his books, all of which I've enjoyed, including his debut novel Don't Cry For Me. From 1952. Gault had a long and varied writing career that included over 70 novels and hundreds of stories for pulp magazines dating back to the 1930's. He is most well known for his Brock Callahan mysteries. 1965) Tom is an established winne...
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