Andrew Nette

Andrew Nette is a writer of both fiction and nonfiction, a reviewer, and a pulp scholar. He is the author of three novels, Ghost Money, Gunshine State and Orphan Road, and his short crime fiction has appeared in print and online publications. He also coedited Hard Labour, an anthology of Australian short crime fiction, and LEE, an anthology of fiction inspired by American cinema icon, Lee Marvin.

His scholarly works are Rollerball (Liverpool University Press, 2018), a monograph about Norman Jewison’s 1975 dystopian classic, and Horwitz Publications, Pulp Fiction and the Rise of Australian Paperback (Anthem Press, 2022).

His reviews and non-fiction have appeared in hard copy and online publications, including The Los Angeles Review of Books, Guardian Australia, CrimeReads, Overland, Sight and Sound, and Australian Book Review. He has also written for the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and The British Film Institute, and has contributed booklets, visual essays and commentaries for film releases by Arrow, Kino Lorber, Powerhouse Films, Severin Films, Vinegar Syndrome, Imprint and Umbrella Entertainment.

He writes a regular newsletter under his name on Substack.

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Praise

“Andrew Nette, Samm Deighan, and their boisterous band of noteworthy collaborators serve up an impressive, breathlessly globetrotting tour of Cold War–era left-wing cinemas of resistance in this beautiful volume. Movie lovers will find a new trove of treasures to screen; film aficionados will dive into the debates stimulated by these provocative contributions.”
—Jonathan Kirshner, author of Hollywood’s Last Golden Age

“Navigating the rivers of blood between exploitation films, revolutionary cinema, and beyond, this is a vital, lively, necessary book for anyone interested in cinema, politics, or both. Nette and Deighan seem to have seen everything, and they make connections that change and deepen our understanding of the moving image, the moving world.”
—Howard A. Rodman, former president of Writers Guild of America West

“Revolution in 35mm is a fantastic collection of essays, as vital and compelling as the films they analyze. The authors engage in the cinema of the time mindful of the context but also underline the relevance of the work today. Highly recommended.”
—John Bleasdale, host of the podcast Writers on Film 

“The writing in Revolution in 35MM not only conveys a wholehearted enthusiasm for a diverse cross-section of cinema from around the world, but thoughtfully considers the socio-political conditions these films were aiming to challenge. An invaluable blend of cultural history and film critique, the book is a celebration of iconoclasts who channeled righteous anger into all manner of ‘political cinema,’ whether by attacking issues directly or covertly smuggling topical themes into popular genre fare. Even the most seasoned cinephile will come away with dozens of unfamiliar titles to seek out.”
—Bill Ackerman, host of the podcast Supporting Characters

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Praise

“From the profane to the sacred, this scholarly, obsessive volume reveals forgotten tribes of Amazons, Soul Brothers, Hustlers, Queers, Vigilantes, Radical Feminists and Revolutionaries—the radical exploitation of gnostic pulp.”
—Jon Savage, author of 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded

“This is the ultimate guide to sixties and the counter culture, of which I was a part. Long hair, bellbottoms, short dresses, and a kiss-my-ass attitude to the powers that be. Real meat on real bone, the stuff of one of the most unique and revolutionary generations ever, baby. You need this.”
—Joe R. Lansdale, author of the Hap and Leonard Series

“This book is a story about stories—the rough-and-tumble mass fiction of the 1950s to the ’80s, written to offend The Establishment and delight the rest of us. In Sticking It to the Man, McIntyre and Nette offer us a fascinating smorgasbord of (un)savory tales—the kind whose covers entice and whose texts compel. These are the novels that provided us with our guiltiest reading pleasures of the mid-to-late Twentieth Century. They are reviewed by the critics who understand them best, and who give us lively insights into the historical and social forces in play as they were being written. The authors represented range from top-of-the-line famous to almost anonymous, and they all have something chewy to say. Plus—you have the added fun of enjoying reproductions of those wicked pulp paperback covers. You had better buy two copies!”
—Ann Bannon, author of The Beebo Brinker Chronicles

“Oh, the man has been stuck! Get ready for a wild ride through the worlds of ground breaking novels of gay life, thug life, and working-class struggles on three continents, while learning about the social significance of many marginalized works of “pulp fiction.” America still isn’t ready to stand and look at itself (to paraphrase one author quoted in these pages), but this book has done its job and sent me back to the originals. Now I have a bunch more books to put on my must-read list. And you will, too.”
—Kenneth Wishnia, editor of Jewish Noir and author of 23 Shades of Black

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Praise

“Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats is populated by the bad boys and girls of mid-twentieth-century pulp fiction. Rumblers and rebels, beats and bikers, hepcats and hippies—pretty much everybody your mother used to warn you about. Nette and McIntyre have curated a riotous party that you won’t want to leave, even though you might get your wallet stolen or your teeth kicked in at any given moment.”
—Duane Swierczynski, two-time Edgar nominee, author of Canary and Revolver

“The underbelly of literature has been ignored for too long. This book redresses that imbalance, as over twenty authors explore low-life fiction in Australia, the UK, and the USA. Thoughtfully written and delightfully accessible, this is a book for all seasoned readers.”
—Toni Johnson-Woods, author of Pulp: A Collector’s Book of Australian Pulp Fiction Covers

“The authors of this volume have paid their dues. They’ve haunted the junk shops and flea markets, combed through the ratty cardboard boxes, smelled the mildew, inhaled the dust. They’ve turned a fresh and fearless eye to the unambiguously collectible, blue-ribbon 1950s and ’60s pulps, and then turned that same awareness to later material, from the ’70s—and they’ve identified a surprisingly durable pulp tradition which we can refer to as ‘tribe pulp,’ a tradition which to my knowledge hasn’t been really named till now, certainly not as clearly and cogently as here.”
—From the foreword by Peter Doyle, author of City of Shadows and The Big Whatever

Book Events

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Reviews

• The Impact of Images
• Dangerous Visions and New Worlds in College & Research Libraries
• Impact of New Wave Science Fiction
• Dangerous Visions and New Worlds in MBW
• Impact of New Wave Science Fiction
• Science Fiction in a Time of Crisis
• Radical Left-Wing Science Fiction
• Science Fiction in a Time of Crisis in Filmmaker Magazine
• Dangerous Visions and New Worlds in Rain Taxi
• Dangerous Visions and New Worlds on The Newton Review of Books

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Interviews

• Radical Speculation: Science Fiction As Revolution
• Dangerous Visions and New Worlds with Andrew Nette
• Sticking It To The Man book (with Iain McIntyre in the studio) on Junkyard radio
• Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, And Real Cool Cats book (with Iain McIntyre live in the PBS Studio)!

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Mentions

• Andrew Nette’s 10 Favorite Films of Political Violence and Revolution
• Gift suggestions for the hard-to-shop-for person in your life— from the Montana Library Association.
• Sticking It To The Man in Paperback Warrior
• On the Fly! and Sticking it to the Man in CultureMag!
• Challenging Times Changed Popular Fiction —Sticking It To The Man in Killer Covers

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Blog

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