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  • Episode 114: Black Detectives

    Episode 114: Black Detectives
    2025/02/17
    In this very special episode of the Paperback Warrior Podcast, Eric celebrates Black History Month with an exciting and education feature on Black Detectives in vintage fiction. In addition, Eric reviews the brand new issue of Men's Adventure Quarterly, specifically the UFO pop-culture in vintage magazines, comics, and film. Also, a look at one of Eric's favorite YouTube channels and much more. Stream on any platform and also on YouTube HERE.

    Be sure to visit Paperback Warrior for written reviews on over 1,500 vintage paperbacks, comics, and pulps, including an archive of over 100 podcast episodes.
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    31 分
  • Episode 113: Bill Gulick

    Episode 113: Bill Gulick
    2025/02/03
    In this episode, Eric heads out west to examine the career of Bill Gulick, a prolific western writer that contributed to the pulp western, adventure magazine, and paperback original market. In addition, Eric provides an emotional farewell to his friend, the late great Stephen Mertz, looks at the upcoming Hard Case Crime publications, and reviews a brand new crime-noir paperback from Black Gat Books.
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    28 分
  • Episode 112: Stewart Sterling

    Episode 112: Stewart Sterling
    2025/01/20
    Today's exciting episode reviews the life and career of a crime-fiction and pulp megastar named Stewart Sterling. He wrote over 400 pulp detective stories and is credited as the creator of the specialty detective formula. Sterling also wrote numerous paperbacks for publishers like Beacon, Fawcett Gold Medal, Dell, Ace, Pyramid, and Avon. Additionally, the fallout from the Brian G. Berry accusations, Eric reviews the new sword-and-sorcery novella Doom of the Dark Delta by James Reasoner, and much more.

    You can also stream the episode on the Paperback Warrior blog HERE. Be sure to visit paperbackwarrior.com weekly to read at least four new reviews covering genres like crime-fiction, western, fantasy, horror, pulp, and graphic novels.

    Subscribe to our YouTube channel HERE to see daily video shorts on books, authors, publishers, and comics as well as a weekly full-length video. You can listen to this episode on YT HERE.
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    28 分
  • Conversations - Brian G. Berry

    Conversations - Brian G. Berry
    2025/01/13
    Today, Paperback Warrior introduces an exciting new segment to its video and podcast programming called Conversations. In this inaugural episode, Eric sits down with horror author Brian G. Berry to discuss his action-adventure, horror, and science-fiction novels, his unique writing style inspired by cult cinema and trash VHS, and the recent controversy surrounding his novel's removal from store shelves and his dismissal from Encyclopocalypse Publications. Stream the audio portion only HERE. Watch the full visual experience HERE.
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    32 分
  • Episode 111: George Harmon Coxe

    Episode 111: George Harmon Coxe
    2025/01/06
    On this episode Eric presents a feature on George Harmon Coxe, a prolific pulpster that wrote a number of series titles in the early 20th century before authoring full-length novels in both paperback and hardback. Additionally, a second feature is presented on vintage book publisher Hillman. Eric also reads an pulp story by legendary crime-noir writer John D. MacDonald. You can stream on YouTube HERE.

    You can view over 1,000 reveiws at paperbackwarrior.com and listen to the prior 110 episodes of the podcast.
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    46 分
  • Episode 110: Alistair MacLean

    Episode 110: Alistair MacLean
    2024/11/25
    In this last episode of 2024, Eric takes a breathtaking leap into the high-adventure, high-octane world of Alistair MacLean. He dives into MacLean's career with capsule reviews and descriptions of every single novel including commentary on the various films and screenplays spawned by the author's work. In addition, Eric remembers the late Robert Randisi and reviews a historical action-adventure novel titled Viking Slave. A companion to this podcast episode can be found HERE which showcases Eric's robust Alistair MacLean book collection.

    Be sure to follow paperbackwarrior.com for 4 new book reviews every week and access to over 1,000 reviews and articles about vintage fiction. You can also find the prior 109 episodes of the Paperback Warrior Podcast there.

    Be sure to subscribe and follow to keep up-to-date on all of the happenings at Paperback Warrior.
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    28 分
  • Episode 109: Deer Hunter Horror

    Episode 109: Deer Hunter Horror
    2024/11/11
    Into the woods we go! In this episode, Eric takes a journey through a popular niche genre of men's action-adventure novels - Deer Hunter Horror. Capsule reviews are presented for novels like Shoot, Open Season, Deer Hunt, High Hunt, and more. Also, a contemporary novel is reviewed titled East Indianman by Griff Hosker. Stream on any podcasting platform or at the Paperback Warrior Blog HERE. Be sure to check out the companion video HERE featuring a deep dive into an obscure book store in central Florida with loads of vintage paperbacks and appealing pop-culture.
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    51 分
  • Episode 108: Dean R. Koontz

    Episode 108: Dean R. Koontz
    2024/10/28
    Another exciting episode of the Paperback Warrior Podcast. In this episode, Eric discusses the life and work of legendary best-selling thriller writer Dean R. Koontz, complete with the numerous pseudonyms he used throughout his career and the many genres he contributed to. In addition, Eric reviews an iconic horror novel from the 1800s and reads a horrifying "when animals attack" story titled "Weasels Ripped My Flesh". You can stream the episode on this platform and on the Paperback Warrior blog HERE. Also, be sure to view the entirely different, exclusive video ranking Eric's favorite Dean R. Koontz novels HERE.
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    57 分