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I'm just reading this thread this evening and still hung up on the definition of pulp fiction since no one gave it the definition I always had. So I looked it up on the Internet, and while there were several definitions, most are along these lines: "fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp." The lurid and sensational were always part of my idea of what made for pulp fiction.
As to quality of writing falling off, for the mysteries I tend to read, if it happens, it tends to happen in the 10-12 book range. I think some authors simply run out of story line ideas, and in fact one English author whose books I made an effort to get put a forward on the last one saying basically just that - there wouldn't be any more of the series because he just couldn't come up with more story ideas.
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