Acquired Tastes XLIII:
Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 209
Golden Boy Books
Part 3 of 3
Today we take a look at Golden Boy Books.
Golden Boy Books was an imprint published by Arena Publications, who operated out of a facility at 12011 Sherman Road in North Hollywood, California, 91605. They published a total of 27 titles under this imprint between 1978 and 1979.
All the books feature colorful artwork by the same artist, done in a very soft, romance-novel type style, with the distinctive 'GB' logo adorning the center of the book's back cover. With few exceptions, the illustration is presented on a white background with a bold, colored title floating above it.
These books sell for between $50-$189, though listings are somewhat rare.
Here are the last ten titles...
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Up On the Floor
Author: Chad Stuart
Golden Boy Books
1978
GB-119
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Star Struck
Author: Ward Michaels
Golden Boy Books
1978
GB-120
According to Hommi Publishing's Big Ass List, this one is about "the film industry".
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William J. Lambert, III (William Maltese) is an extremely prolific author who has written in a number of genres. His pseudonyms include Christopher Dane, Adriana DeBolt, Karl Klyne, Anna Lambert, Billy Lambert, W Lambert III, Willa Lambert, William Maltese, Lambert Wilhelm and several others. He's written gay-oriented novels for many imprints, including Greenleaf Classics, BlueBoy, HIS69 and Golden Boy Books. His most recent novel was published in 2019.
William J. Lampert III
The Rock Brothers
Author: Michael Murry
Golden Boy Books
1979
GB-122
Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.
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Twins
Author: Ward Michaels
Golden Boy Books
1979
GB-123
K-YMCA
Author: Chad Stuart
Golden Boy Books
1979
GB-124
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Big Foot
Author: Alex Mann
Golden Boy Books
1979
GB-125
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Enlisted Man
Author: Cort Forbes
Golden Boy Books
1979
GB-126
Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.
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Shaft
Author: Bryant Tyler
Golden Boy Books
1979
GB-127
Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.
Author: Kyle Reich
Golden Boy Books
1979
GB-128
Starstruck - Olly Alexander
Kyle Reich is a pseudonym used by Lambert Wilhelm.
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And that's all for Golden Boy Books.
Next week: another tantalizing vintage gay pulp fiction imprint.
Until then...
Thanks for reading.
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1 comment:
Love Olly!
Have you seen It's a Sin?
And these book covers kind of regressed a little. Oh, I'm sure Lampert brought the smut, but the quality of the covers is... not the same?
XOXO
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