{"product_id":"2940012404961","title":"Vanguard From Alpha","description":"Human time-bomb from the moon!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe spy team from Earth knew they were looking for trouble when they secretly landed in Luna Area 101-- the dangerous Rosk territory. But the fearless trio got more than they bargained for at the hands of these hostile guests of Earth. Tyne and Murray escaped with their lives. The third man was dead, and Tyne suspected that Murray had murdered him in cold blood.  Ready to confront him with his charge, Tyne discovered that Murray had disappeared somewhere in the banned area. But when he followed him, he discovered something vastly more dangerous than Murray's guilt or innocence--the Rosks threatened imminent invasion of Earth. And only Tyne now held the secret that could deflect their hordes of death.  Yet he dared trust no one with it--not even himself!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout Vintage Pulp Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new revolution was underway at the start of the 1940s in America--a paperback revolution that would change the way publishers would produce and distribute books and the reading public would consume them. In 1939 a new publishing company--Pocket Books--stormed onto the scene with the publication of its first paperbound book. Unlike hardback books, these pulp paperbacks were available in drugstores, newsstands, bus and train stations, and cigar shops. The American public could not get enough of them. The popular pulp genres reflected the tastes of Americans during World War II--mysteries, \"sleaze\", thrillers, and \"hardboiled detective\" stories were all the rage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early 1950s new pulp fiction sub-genres emerged--science fiction, lesbian fiction, juvenile delinquent and \"sleaze\", for instance--that would tantalize readers with gritty, realistic and lurid stories never seen before.  Publishers had come to realize that sex sells.  In a competitive frenzy for readers, they tossed away their staid and straightforward cover images for alluring covers that frequently featured a sexy woman in some form of undress, along with a suggestive tag line that promised stories of sex and violence within the covers.  Before long, vintage pulps with sensational covers had completely taken over the paperback racks and cash registers.  To this day, the pulp cover art of these vintage paperback books are just as sought after as the books themselves were sixty years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are excited to make these wonderful pulp fiction stories available in ebook format to new generations of readers, as a new revolution--the ebook revolution--is in full swing.  We hope you will enjoy this nostalgic look back at a period in American history when dames were dangerous, tough-guys were deadly, dolls were delicious and spacemen were downright daring!","brand":"Gate Way Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174579060976,"sku":"2940012404961","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012404961_p0.jpg?v=1763568343","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012404961","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}