A literary genre I didn't even know existed.

[Bucky]

Poll question: A literary genre I didn't even know existed.

Hillbilly exploitation literature. Damn, people must've been way suppressed in the 1950s to get turned on by bad hygiene, low education levels, and suggestions of in-breeding. A sampler for ya...



#1                 #2



#3                 #4



#5                 #6



#7                 #8



#9                 #10

[Richardo]

1. That redhead is about to get a handful of Harbin's Ridge, all right.

Oh yeah.

[mitchum]

2. I have several of those...even real literature like Caldwell's "Tobacco Road"..

and "God's Little Acre"
and Faulkner's "Sanctuary"
and Tennessee Williams' plays
were reissued in paperback with those great lurid covers

[SoxFan]

3. My wife is from Arkansas, so I find all of these strangely arousing

:loveya:

[sarge43]

4. Considering the environment all those women look remarkably healthy and well fed . n/t

[Sheltiemama]

26. And their makeup is flawless.

Most of them seem to have just had their hair done, too.

[mikeargo]

5. John D. MacDonald?

Must have been before Travis McGee, I gather.

[mitchum]

7. He wrote lots of pulp in the 50s

[woofless]

13. Mac Donald is one of my favorite authors.

His stuff is much better than run of the mill pulp trash. He can really write, and has a fine sense of honor. Trashy behavior is not uncommon, now or then. J.D.M. made it all so human.

[mitchum]

15. Agree with you about MacDonald; if you have not already done so...

check out Charles Willeford.
He was another master.

[caitxrawks]

6. HOT DAM!!

Thass sump'um, raght thar.

[Phentex]

20. Nothing compares to "kidnapers" in kilts!

Love the spelling, too!

[Bucky]

22. I wonder if that's a British spelling (or British "speling" as they write in England)

or if it just refers to how you would normally grab ahold of a kid by the nape of her neck.

[mitchum]

8. Where the fuck is Common Law Hound Dog?

a classic from the genre

[hunter]

9. #9 there looks maybe fifteen trying to pass as twenty.

Her JPO has been looking for her. Please call.

[proteus_lives]

10. I want to read these books now.

[Love Bug]

11. "An original novel -- not a reprint"

As if anyone would... lol

Those are a hoot! I suppose the genre developed for all of those "L'il Abner" fans who wanted to know what REALLY went down in Dogpatch!

[Richardo]

12. Two of them are "Complete and Unabridged"

That's good - I'd hate to think I missed out on any key exposition or character development. :D

[Patsy Stone]

14. What does it take to rate a Gold Medal in this genre?

I vote for either of the ones with a jug of moonshine on the cover.

[lunatica]

16. Overalls are so sexy!

And don't forget the suspenders over t-shirts! And OH MY GOD! Combine the two and I'm putty! Be still my heart!

[alphafemale]

17. #6 i guess i missed the episode where Sam Beckett leaps into Ozark bodice rippers.

Damn. That might have been fun.

[Bossy Monkey]

18. I don't know which I like better, the novel book special or the whisky mine

I wonder if you can pick up any of these titles in Branson?

[nuxvomica]

19. Ace Books!

I was thinking of submitting my novel to them. I guess I'll have to "punch it up" a little first.

[Iggo]

21. HOT DAM!!!

Salacious Scots! Come on!

[RainDog]

23. thanks for posting these!!!

I love vintage pulp.

we should have a thread of favorite pulp covers. yes, I am that geeky.

[Lars39]

24. wow...didn't know about these!

These certainly had a hand in feeding the anti-southern bias people like my mom faced in the northern states.

[JTG of the PRB]

25. I have no idea what a whiskey mine is... But suddenly I want one.

:9

[Dramarama]

27. Lincoln?!

haha

[MilesColtrane]

28. What's with the creative titles?

Why not just call them "Brotherfuckers" #1 through 10?

[treestar]

29. Maybe this is just a genre

But one wonders if the class issue means something - proper middle class people don't indulge in passions, etc., so they wrote it about a lower social class.

[Withywindle]

30. Hixploitation!

Yee-haw!


The first one is worrisome. It's very difficult to walk on mostly vertical land in high heels.

[Odin2005]

31. DUpe

[Odin2005]

32. HOT DAM!!!

:rofl:

[asdjrocky]

33. Those are so cool.