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The Memoirs of an Angry Man
Earl Kemp
其他書名
The Wit, Wisdom, and Sometime Humor of the Fourth King of Pornography
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013-09-18
主題Biography & Autobiography / Political
ISBN14827266379781482726633
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DZILngEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Earl Kemp The Memoirs of an Angry Man The Wit, Wisdom, and Sometime Humor of The Fourth King of Pornography Who is Earl Kemp? Why is he so angry? You will be both amazed and delighted sometimes laughing and sometimes nearly crying as you find out the answers to those questions. Discover how a farm boy from the bayous of southern Arkansas left home to go to the big city, Chicago, and become a major figure in post-World War II science fiction fandom. In his own words, Earl Kemp tells the story of how he discovered fandom, quickly becoming the President of the University of Chicago Science Fiction Club. Find out how he met William Lawrence Hamling, once editor of the Ziff-Davis pulp magazine, Fantastic Adventures, now a publisher in his own right with his science fiction magazine, Imagination. Their friendship would blossom into one of the most important partnerships in the history of publishing when they founded and built the Greenleaf adult book empire, which at its zenith was the fifth-largest paperback publishing company in the U.S., right behind Bantam. Along the way Earl Kemp met and knew everyone of in the field of science fiction, using his contacts to publish his Hugo award winning fanzine, Who Killed Science Fiction? in 1961. As he charmed his way into the hearts of his fellow fans, they even made a movie about him. Quite a feat for a farm boy! And if that was not enough, Earl Kemp founded Advent:Publishers, the oldest science fiction specialty publisher still owned and run by the original members, outlasting all the others from the Golden Age of Science Fiction...all of them, including Fantasy Press, Gnome Press, Shasta Publishers, and even the much celebrated Arkham House. You will be fascinated as Earl Kemp tells all about the transition from the science fiction world to the adult book world, as he became the Fourth King of Pornography, and the dire consequences that befell the two partners as the federal government took them to task for illustrating the Presidential Commission's Report on Pornography and Obscenity. Their battle for Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Speech would take them to the US Supreme Court...and then to prison. Undaunted by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, you will read how Earl Kemp dealt with all of these events with pluck, humor, and quite a bit of wit, even as the government tore his entire life apart, destroying his family, his fortune, and his career. But that was not the end of his adventures, merely another one in his long life as he rose from those bitter ashes like a Phoenix only to be "discovered" by yet another generation, finally finding his rightful place as a Hero in the fight for the most important freedoms that all men strive to obtain. As you discover the answers to why Earl Kemp is an angry man you will most certainly be entertained, amused, and inspired by his many and varied adventures and exploits. 8 ½ x 11 inches softcover, profusely Illustrated, 268 pages