Pulp Fiction Definition – What’s the best definition for the pulp fiction genre? Books in the pulp fiction genre are made up of lurid and exploitative stories that involve one of the main characters being a hero. Often the heroes save damsels in distress from some dark and evil danger. The pulp genre started out with short stories in magazines, but has grown to novel length, illustrated works.
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Pulp Fiction Definition – Examples
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1. The Zombie Room by R.D. Ronald
2. The Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald
3. A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
4. Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
5. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
6. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
7. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
8. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
9. The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
11. The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard
12. The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
13. A Time to Kill by John Grisham
14. Man of Bronze by Kenneth Robeson
15. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
16. The Bloody Crown of Conan by Robert E. Howard
17. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
18. The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
19. The Firm by John Grisham
20. The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
21. The Client by John Grisham
22. The Rainmaker by John Grisham
23. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
24. Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
25. The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
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