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Pulp Fiction Collection from an Australian collector. The 850 ‘pop culture’ volumes were acquired to counter but also to complement the older book collections. There are detective novels, westerns, science fiction, sports novels and romances, most of which were published in Australia.]]> Stella Stirling]]> Magazines]]> Astounding Stories magazine, first published in 1930. After graduating with a PhD in experimental psychology from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Salive moved to Auckland in 1972. He continued his SF collecting, and he became one of New Zealand’s early adopters of Commodore 64 computer technology. In 2013, Salive’s wife, Rachel, donated the 2500-volume Hal Salive Science Fiction Collection to Special Collections. It is a fine legacy, and a valuable asset.]]> Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr]]> Magazines]]>