{"id":692,"date":"2010-04-09T13:40:24","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T20:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpBlogs\/YellowedPerils_test\/?p=692"},"modified":"2017-06-20T09:29:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:29:32","slug":"when-pulps-were-the-size-of-the-sears-roebuck-catalog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2010\/04\/09\/when-pulps-were-the-size-of-the-sears-roebuck-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"When pulps were the size of the Sears, Roebuck catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-695\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2010\/08\/monsterpulp-lg.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[692]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2010\/08\/monsterpulp.jpg?resize=150%2C209&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A giant issue of Amazing Stories Quarterly\" title=\"A giant issue of Amazing Stories Quarterly\" width=\"150\" height=\"209\" class=\"size-full wp-image-695\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A giant issue of <em>Amazing Stories Quarterly<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If my kids read that headline, first thing they would ask would be: \u201cWhat\u2019s a Sears, Roebuck catalog?\u201d But that\u2019s another story.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the late 1990s when we were living in the Tampa Bay area, I first visited pulp dealer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cultureandthrills.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Alexander<\/a>\u2019s Tampa warehouse. It was the largest single collection of pulps I\u2019d ever seen. The warehouse housed not only the pulps he had for sale, but also books, movie memorabilia, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Beside the rows of shelved pulps, what really caught my attention were the monsters high on a shelf to the right.<\/p>\n<p>The pulps I was familiar with were of the standard half-inch thick, around 128-page variety. What were these behemoths?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Turns out they were quarterly editions of science fiction pulps.<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine plunking down your 50 cents and hauling home a nearly 2-inch-thick collection of outlandish entertainment? That would last a kid days.<\/p>\n<p>Years later I broke down and bought one of the monsters \u2013 the Winter 1950 number of <em>Amazing Stories Quarterly<\/em> \u2014 and discovered the secret. It wasn\u2019t some fantastically large single issue; it was actually three unsold monthly issues \u2013 June, July and August 1950 \u2013 glued together to form a single magazine. The only thing missing were the front and back covers of the individual magazines.<\/p>\n<p>For a 50-cent cover price you got 75-cents worth of pulp science fiction. Would you have waited for the quarterly to save a quarter?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 William<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If my kids read that headline, first thing they would ask would be: \u201cWhat\u2019s a Sears, Roebuck catalog?\u201d But that\u2019s another story. Back in the late 1990s when we were living in the Tampa Bay area, I first visited pulp dealer David Alexander\u2019s Tampa warehouse. 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