Hip Pocket Sleaze
The Lurid World of Vintage Adult Paperbacks / Bad Books

Author: John Harrison
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Format: Paperback
Size: 8.5 x 5.5
Page Count: 392
ISBN-13: 9781900486484
Weight (g): 570
Genre: Smut
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Headpress.com Price: £14.39

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HIP POCKET SLEAZE is an introduction to the world of vintage, lurid adult paperbacks. Charting the rise of sleazy pulp fiction during the 1960s and 1970s and reviewing many of the key titles, the book takes an informed look at the various genres and markets from this enormously prolific era, from groundbreaking gay and lesbian-themed books to the Armed Services Editions. Influential authors, publishers and cover artists are profiled and interviewed, including the "godfather of gore"H. G. Lewis, cult lesbian author Ann Bannon, fetish artist par excellence Bill Ward and many others. A companion to Bad Mags, Headpress' guide to sensationalist magazines of the 1970s, HIP POCKET SLEAZE also offers extensive bibliographical information and plenty of outrageous cover art. Contents: Introduction A Short History Of Paperbacks The Birth Of Pulp Fiction Armed Services Editions: Selected Titles Adult Paperbacks Strange Sisters & Queer Daddies: Lesbian & Gay Paperbacks The Smut Peddlers: Writer Profiles & Interviews Victor J. Banis Ann Bannon Lawrence Block Richard E. Geis Jim Harmon Ron Haydock Robert Tralins Edward D. Wood, Jr. Masters Of The Provocative Art Gene Bilbrew Eric Stanton Bill Ward Interview with Dede Aday Macdonald Vintage Adult Paperback Reviews The 1970s: When Softcore Hardened & The Sleaze Became Sick 1970s Adult Paperback Reviews Linda Lovelace Greenleaf, The Way It Was Horwitz New English Library Interview with D.J. Norman Other Genres Turning On and Dropping Out: Drugs and Counterculture Scream & Scream Again: Horror Tie-Ins The Gore Novels Of Herschell Gordon Lewis Interview with Herschell Gordon Lewis The Devil Made Them Write It: Witchcraft & The Occult Witchcraft Magazines Charles Manson: Paperback’s First True Crime Hero Miscellaneous Offbeat & Esoteric Titles Classic Smut Film Rags Adam Film World Interview with Kevan Jensen Cinema Blue Daring Films & Books Exciting Cinema Torrid Film Reviews X-Films Sex For Sale 8mm — The Dirty Little Film Gauge Photo Sets & The Sounds Of Sex Collector Interviews Chris Eckhoff Miriam Linna Appendix Notable US Publishers and Their Titles Corinth Paperback Manuscript Guidelines (circa 1965) 8mm Stag Shorts & Loops: A Partial Listing Sordid Sources Recommended Reading Index