Ep 1: Introduction to the Show, Ace Doubles, and Lisa Morton Interview
In our first episode, Paperback Show host/producer Ricky Lee Grove introduces the Paperback Show Podcast. He shares the story of his first paperback purchase at the age of 12 years old. At a local used paperback shop, he picked up an Ace Double paperback which contained Philip E. High’s Reality Forbidden and A. Bertram Chandler’s Contraband
Paperback Show Ep 1 Covers Gallery
In the first episode of the Paperback Podcast, I referred to several books. Here are the covers of those books. The Philip K. Dick covers are some of my favorites Episode 1 – Covers
New Arrivals for the Paperback Show Library
I love shopping for books. Recently, went to the Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood, CA., and spent a couple of hours going through the paperback collection. I discovered some great paperbacks at reasonable prices: Gothic Romance, Black Fiction, Mystery, Naval Fiction, and Literary Fiction. I found a great old Penguin Classics paperback edition of Thomas
The Uncanny Spell of Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy
“That’s how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality.”― Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation I can’t stop reading and re-reading the remarkable trilogy of novels by Jeff Vandemeer collectively titled The Southern Reach Trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance). The one-volume hardback edition came out last
Favorite Book Links
This page lists several BOOK LINKS to websites I visit weekly for information and news on books, bookstores, and reading. I’ll be updating this list frequently as I discover new sites that interest and inspire me. Kayo Books is the absolute best bookstore for vintage paperbacks and pulps. Located in San Francisco, the store is
Ep 3 – Raymond Chandler & the Big Sleep. Special Guest: Richard Brewere
Episode 3 of the Paperback Show features a discussion of the novels of Raymond Chandler with bookseller and audio-book producer, Richard Brewer. We focus, in particular, on Chandler’s classic – The Big Sleep. It was a lengthy conversation so we released a condensed version of the show for our regular podcast. We are making the
Broken April by Ismail Kadare
I’m always looking through articles and bibliographies on books; searching for new authors and new reading experiences. So when Caustic Cover Critic recommended Broken April in his Best-Books-of-the-Year (2009), I was intrigued. “It’s very well written, which helps, but the underlying idea is even more fascinating. The setting is Kadare’s native Albania, where the hill-dwelling people have
First Lines From Recent Paperback Purchases
Looking over my vintage paperback loot from the recent 32nd Annual Paperback Show, I found myself reading the first paragraphs of each book in succession just to get a taste of the writers style. They were surprisingly different. In fact, the one book that I bought on a whim (The Mark of Pak San Ri) with
Ep 1 – Introduction to the Show & Ace Doubles
In our first episode, Paperback Show host/producer Ricky Lee Grove introduces the Paperback Show Podcast. He shares the story of his first paperback purchase at the age of 12 years old. At a local used paperback shop, he picked up an Ace Double paperback which contained Philip E. High’s Reality Forbidden and A. Bertram Chandler’s Contraband
