Publications in Rapture

Rapture produced many different publications in its heyday. The underwater city promoted competition and a Laissez-faire economics environment, so journalism, publishing, and other facets of the print industry were divided among many different privately owned businesses.

History
Rapture's publications kept the many people of the city entertained and in the know. On the surface, a publisher might reject an individual's work for being too forward-thinking or risqué, but in Rapture, the only concern was whether a profit could be made. For the journalist the reason could be their vocation. For the author it could be their art through words. Whether it was the Bookstore in the Housewares department of Fontaine's, Harold Parson's meager shop in Pauper's Drop, or the various news vendors and kiosks in between, the citizens of Rapture had a wide variety of places where they could get their periodicals.

Like many businesses in Rapture, the print industry was dramatically effected by the 1958 New Year's Eve Riots, the Rapture Civil War, and the eventual collapse of civilized society. Under Security Order 217 all publications in Rapture were suspended.

Newsprint

 * Rapture Standard
 * Rapture Tribune
 * Rapture Daily Post
 * Do Tell!
 * Heller News

Literature

 * Applied Headology
 * Applied Genetics
 * Dawkin's Law
 * Don't Let the Bastards See You Sweat, Frank Fontaine's self-help guide to getting ahead.
 * Evolutionary Biology
 * Mendelian Practice
 * Practical Eugenics
 * Pressure Mechanics
 * The Beautiful and Damned
 * Unity and Metamorphosis, Sofia Lamb's book on overcoming the self.

Magazines

 * Couture
 * Magnate
 * Rapture: Luxury You've Earned
 * Rapture Woman
 * Science and You

Erotic Reading Material

 * Appetite For Sin!
 * Below Decks
 * "Big Daddy"
 * Co-Eds
 * The Farmer's Daughter
 * Gender-Bender
 * Lusts
 * Mother May I?
 * Pearly Gates