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Gold Medal Books, the Glossary

Index Gold Medal Books

Gold Medal Books, launched by Fawcett Publications in 1950, was an American book publisher known for introducing paperback originals, a publishing innovation at the time.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Ann Bannon, Book, Bruno Fischer, Charles Williams (American author), Donald Keyhoe, Fawcett Publications, John D. MacDonald, Lesbian pulp fiction, Loophole, Louis L'Amour, MacKinlay Kantor, Marijane Meaker, New American Library, New York City, Newsagent's shop, Odd Girl Out (novel), Paperback, Pseudonym, Pulp magazine, Richard Matheson, Richard S. Prather, Ron Goulart, Sax Rohmer, Spring Fire, Tereska Torrès, True (magazine), United States, W. R. Burnett, Women's Barracks.

  2. 1950 establishments in New York City
  3. American companies established in 1950
  4. Book publishing companies based in New York City
  5. Fawcett Publications

Ann Bannon

Ann Weldy (born September 15, 1932), better known by her pen name Ann Bannon, is an American author who, from 1957 to 1962, wrote six lesbian pulp fiction novels known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles.

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Book

A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images.

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Bruno Fischer

Bruno Fischer (29 June 1908 – 16 March 1992) was a German-born American author of weird and crime fiction.

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Charles K. Williams (August 13, 1909 – April 5, 1975) was an American author of crime fiction.

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Donald Keyhoe

Donald Edward Keyhoe (June 20, 1897 – November 29, 1988) was an American Marine Corps naval aviator, Donald E(dward) Keyhoe.

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Fawcett Publications

Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett (1885–1940).

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John D. MacDonald

John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916December 28, 1986) was an American writer of novels and short stories.

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Lesbian pulp fiction

Lesbian pulp fiction is a genre of lesbian literature that refers to any mid-20th century paperback novel or pulp magazine with overtly lesbian themes and content.

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Loophole

A loophole is an ambiguity or inadequacy in a system, such as a law or security, which can be used to circumvent or otherwise avoid the purpose, implied or explicitly stated, of the system.

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Louis L'Amour

Louis Dearborn L'Amour (né LaMoore; March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American novelist and short story writer.

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MacKinlay Kantor

MacKinlay Kantor (February 4, 1904 – October 11, 1977), born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter.

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Marijane Meaker

Marijane Agnes Meaker (May 27, 1927 – November 21, 2022) was an American writer who, along with Tereska Torres, was credited with launching the lesbian pulp fiction genre, the only accessible novels on that theme in the 1950s.

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New American Library

The New American Library (also known as NAL) is an American publisher based in New York, founded in 1948.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newsagent's shop

A newsagent's shop or simply newsagent's or paper shop (British English), newsagency (Australian English) or newsstand (American and Canadian English) is a business that sells newspapers, magazines, cigarettes, snacks and often items of local interest.

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Odd Girl Out (novel)

Odd Girl Out is a lesbian pulp fiction novel written in 1957 by Ann Bannon (pseudonym of Ann Weldy), the first in a series of pulp fiction novels that eventually came to be known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles.

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Paperback

A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.

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Pseudonym

A pseudonym or alias is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym).

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Pulp magazine

Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 until around 1955.

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Richard Matheson

Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.

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Richard S. Prather

Richard Scott Prather (September 9, 1921 – February 14, 2007) was an American mystery novelist, best known for creating the "Shell Scott" series.

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Ron Goulart

Ronald Joseph Goulart ((January 13, 1933 - January 14, 2022) was an American popular culture historian and mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. He worked on novels and novelizations (and other works) being published under various pseudonyms such as: Kenneth Robeson, Con Steffanson, Chad Calhoun, R.

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Sax Rohmer

Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward (15 February 1883 – 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist.

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Spring Fire

Spring Fire, is a 1952 paperback novel written by Marijane Meaker, under the pseudonym "Vin Packer".

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Tereska Torrès

Tereska Torrès (born Tereska Szwarc; 3 September 192020 September 2012) was a French writer known for the 1950 book Women's Barracks, the first "original paperback bestseller." In 2008 historians credited the republished book as the first pulp fiction book published in America to candidly address lesbian relationships, although Torrès did not agree with this analysis.

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True (magazine)

True, also known as True, The Man's Magazine, was published by Fawcett Publications from 1937 until 1974. Gold Medal Books and True (magazine) are Fawcett Publications.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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W. R. Burnett

William Riley Burnett (November 25, 1899 April 25, 1982) was an American novelist and screenwriter.

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Women's Barracks

Women's Barracks: The Frank Autobiography of a French Girl Soldier is a classic work of lesbian pulp fiction by French writer Tereska Torrès published in 1950.

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See also

1950 establishments in New York City

American companies established in 1950

Book publishing companies based in New York City

Fawcett Publications

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Medal_Books

Also known as Fawcett Gold Medal.