Description
“Pure, demented delight.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Paperbacks fromHellis as funny as it is engaging.”—The Washington Post
“The book is a true appreciation of the genre.”—Los Angeles Times
“Just thumbing through these pages will bring back your youth—and terrify you all over again.”—Newsday
“A loving examination of lurid pulp book covers from the 1970s and ’80s.”—Atlas Obscura
“Paperbacks from Hell is as wild as its source material.”—The A.V. Club
“[Paperbacks from Hell] will delight anyone with an interest in horror, design illustration, or the macabre.”—Print Magazine
“A nostalgic treat.”—Playboy Online
“You may find yourself trying to stock up on old titles so you can get your fill of gloriously trashy scares.”—Bustle
“Terrific…Written with wit and affection, lavishly illustrated with a wide selection of the era’s cover art, Paperbacks from Hell was an attempt to reckon with the tidal wave of horror narratives that filled the bookshelves for two decades.”—Locus
“The very best horror novel reference material on the shelves right now, bar none.”—Dread Central
“As a reference book, as a celebration, and as an appreciation, it’s one of the best books about the horror genre that I’ve ever had the pleasure to read…This gets my highest possible recommendation.”—Blu Gilliand, Cemetery Dance
“[A] literary house of horrors.”—Houston Chronicle
“[Hendrix] approaches 20th century genre fiction with a historian’s eye and a comic’s sense of humor and timing.”—The Oklahoman
“Really fun to flip through if you love kitschy ’70s and ’80s book culture.”—CNET
