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Who do you think was the most influential of the Pulp Magazine Era authors?
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I like all authors listed. As for most influential, I guess it would depend on genre or subgenre.Howard of course for sword and sorcery. Hammett's influence on PIs is far reaching. Gibson and Dent have kind of become the Godfathers of the hero set. Burroughs' Tarzan is one of those characters that everyone in the world has heard of.
As said earlier, I like all for different reasons.
I voted for Hammett, for the obvious reasons; but really the most influential would probably Tabolt Mundy or max Brand or Earl Stanley Gardner -- who were the giants in their day.
I don't think Lovecraft had much influence while he was alive, but obviously he created a mythos that is still very popular today. For my money though - Edgar Rice Burroughs was the most influential. He created several characters that are still read today - most notably Tarzan and John Carter, Warlord of Mars.
I would have like to say Howard, after all he founded a genre (Sword and Sorcery), but I think HPL has probably had more wide ranging influence over all.I don't know enough about the Noir side to vote on that!
It's hard to choose between these authors; comparing Dashiell Hammett to ERB or HPL is kind of like comparing apples to oranges to kumquats. I rather like ALL of them, but all for different reasons..
I had a hard time on this question too, but basically choose Hammett because he influenced Chandler and others beyond just the hard boiled genre, as Jim points out.
As a side note, has anyone else here ever read Robert E. Howard's short Conan story "Rogues in the House" ? I know Howard claimed he didn't care much for the private eye story, but to me RITH is one of the most noirish things REH wrote.
