Gold Medal Books
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Gold Medal Books was a pioneering American paperback imprint, especially known for its mid-20th-century original genre fiction, including crime, mystery, and science fiction novels.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gold Medal Books canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
paperback book imprint
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publishing imprint ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributionChannel | mass-market distribution ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| focus | commercial genre fiction ⓘ |
| format | mass-market paperback ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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crime fiction ⓘ hardboiled crime ⓘ men's adventure ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ western fiction ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Greenwich, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1950 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of original paperback publishing in the U.S.
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later paperback crime imprints ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| market |
drugstores
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mass-market retail outlets ⓘ newsstands ⓘ |
| notableAuthor |
Charles Willeford
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Charles Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ David Goodis NERFINISHED ⓘ Day Keene NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald E. Westlake NERFINISHED ⓘ Evan Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ Gil Brewer NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ John D. MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Block NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel White NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis L'Amour NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Spillane NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Rabe NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip K. Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard S. Prather NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Sturgeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering original paperback publishing in the United States
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publishing original novels directly in paperback ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Fawcett Publications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationType |
original fiction paperbacks
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reprint paperbacks ⓘ |
| publisher | Fawcett Publications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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