Before he was reviled for founding a religion (which he rightly said was the way to get rich), L. Ron Hubbard was one of the bright stars of the pulp fiction era of the 1930s and ’40s. He wrote in nearly every genre, and though he is today best remembered for that religion and his sf, his pulp fiction collection is impressive. Galaxy Press will now be issuing all of that pulp fiction under the auspices of their newly created “Stories from the Golden Age Book Club”. They’ll be releasing the entire Hubbard pulp oeuvre as both paperbacks and audio books, priced at $9.95 each (including postage).
The paper books will include black-and-white illustrations from the original pulp magazines and glaossaries of cultural and historical terms. Audiobooks will have “cinematic sound effects and music, created in the style of old-time Hollywood radio dramas,” and will run about two hours each.
They already list five titles as available: Under the Black Ensign (a swashbuckling pirate adventure), The Great Secret (a fantasy-mystery, which also includes the sf stories “Space Can”, “The Beast”, and “The Slaver”), Spy Killer (a spy story), Branded Outlaw (western), and If I Were You (fantasy, which also includes the fantasy story “The Last Drop”). Additionally, they’re offering Stories from the Golden Age ePulp, the complete collection of 80 audiobooks, all pre-loaded on an iPod for $750.
For more details, and ordering information, see this page.