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Pulp fiction covers

A variety of pulp fiction titles and formats are held as part of Special Collections & Archives' (SCA) rare book holdings. Ranging from westerns and hardboiled crime to science fiction, fantasy and exploitation, they reflect changing and emerging societal attitudes about topics such as race, sexuality and technology. Among the selection of pulp fiction covers included here are titles from the B.P. Nichol Library of Science Fiction, the Lesbian Literature Collection and the Black Experience Collection.

Blues for a Black sister
Illustrated depiction of Richard Spade holding a gun while looking over his shoulder. In the background is a side profile of a woman singing into a microphone, behind a red gun sight, and a black and white syringe. Verso includes portrait of B.B. Johnson wearing sunglasses with a pipe in his mouth., 64-657.
Mother of the year
Illustrated depiction of Richard Spade tucking a gun into his belt band. In the background is a bikini wearing Miss World, smiling with arms outstretched, behind a red gun sight. Verso includes portrait of B.B. Johnson wearing sunglasses with a pipe in his mouth., 64-343.