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Written by April 12, 2022

Ep 6 – Sexy Sleaze Paperbacks and Orie Hitt

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We discuss the history of this unique paperback genre, how the books were written and distributed, and the people who read them (primarily men). The era (excuse the pun) “peaked” in the 1960s when new readers and marketplaces emerged (the adult bookstore). Even established authors like Robert Silverberg and Harlan Ellison wrote (using pseudonyms) these

Written by March 26, 2022

Ep 5 – Gold Medal Paperbacks

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This week we’ll be talking about Gold Medal Paperbacks. Founded in 1950 by Fawcett Publications, this company was the first successful publisher of paperback originals. That means they didn’t reprint already published hardback books which every other paperback publisher did, but original works of fiction. And they were incredibly successful.  We begin the show however

Written by March 11, 2022

Ep 4 – The Armed Services Paperback

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In this episode, we look at the history of the Armed Service Edition (ASE) paperbacks made specifically for American soldiers fighting in World War II.  The background of America’s response to Nazi book burnings, the formation of various groups to provide soldiers with reading material, and the final creation of the group that would select, edit,

Written by March 4, 2022

Ep 3 – Raymond Chandler and The Big Sleep

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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

Written by February 18, 2022

Ep 2 – Pocket Books, Vampire Hunter D Novels, and Guest M dot Strange

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  In our second episode of the Paperback Show, host Ricky Lee Grove presents a brief history of the first major paperback publisher – Pocket Books. Next, he looks at the amazing phenomenon of the Vampire Hunter D novels written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano since 1983 and published in English initially

Written by January 27, 2022

Ep 1: Introduction to the Show, Ace Doubles, and Lisa Morton Interview

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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

Written by January 5, 2022

Ep 3 – Raymond Chandler & the Big Sleep. Special Guest: Richard Brewere

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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

Written by October 22, 0202

Episode 9 – Dan Marlowe: Neglected Gold Medal Crime Novelist

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Dan J. Marlowe is a master crime novelist who deserves to be part of the pantheon of crime writers like Jim Thompson, Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake), and Patricia Highsmith. Why has he been forgotten? Probably because he wrote his major crime novels for a paperback publisher (Gold Medal) and never had a hardback publisher. Also,

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