{"product_id":"zombies-from-the-pulps-twenty-classic-stories-of-the-walking-dead-paperback","title":"Zombies from the Pulps!: Twenty Classic Stories of the Walking Dead - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Shanks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZOMBIES  From \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eWorld War Z\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003ePlants vs. Zombies\u003c\/i\u003e, they have become a multimedia pop culture sensation. But this isn't the first zombie boom-in the 1920s and 30s, stories of voodoo zombie masters, mad scientists animating corpses, and evil sorcerers raising undead armies first began to appear in books, in movies, and in the pages of the pulp magazines. This volume collects twenty creepy tales from pulps like \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDime Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTerror Tales\u003c\/i\u003e by writers like H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, Manly Wade Wellman, Henry Kuttner, and E. Hoffmann Price. From genuine horror classics like \"Herbert West-Reanimator\" and \"Pigeons from Hell\" to rare and hard-to-find tales from the notorious shudder pulps, this anthology edited with an introduction by Jeffrey Shanks is one that no zombie fan should miss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey Shanks is an archaeologist, historian, and scholar of early 20th century popular culture and speculative fiction. In particular, he specializes in the history and literature of the pulp magazines and early comic books. He has published a number of popular and scholarly articles on pulp writers like Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Comic Book Collectors Association and is the co-chair of Pulp Studies for the Popular Culture Association. Most recently he has written or co-written chapters for several academic volumes including \u003ci\u003eCritical Insights: Pulp Fiction of the 20s and 30s\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUndead in the West II: They Just Keep Coming\u003c\/i\u003e. His chapter \"Hyborian Age Archaeology\" in the book \u003ci\u003eConan Meets the Academy: Multidisciplinary Essays on the Enduring Barbarian\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2013 Robert E. Howard Foundation Award for Best Article. Jeffrey is currently co-editing the critical essay collection \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales: The Unique Magazine and the Evolution of Modern American Horror and Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 414\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42117349048455,"sku":"9781495236044","price":26.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/012a20c3a6bf1e1711a429121ef18f65.webp?v=1732523824","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/zombies-from-the-pulps-twenty-classic-stories-of-the-walking-dead-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}