Paperback Warrior

Feb 02 2025 113 ep. 36 mins 208
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Paperback Warrior is the internet’s best podcast for vintage fiction reviews and features in the action-adventure, hardboiled crime, western, pulp, comic, and espionage genres.

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Episode 113: Bill Gulick

Feb 02 2025 28 mins  
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 fro

Episode 112: Stewart Sterling

Jan 19 2025 27 mins  
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.

Conversations - Brian G. Berry

Jan 12 2025 32 mins  
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 remov

Episode 111: George Harmon Coxe

Jan 05 2025 46 mins  
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 str

Episode 110: Alistair MacLean

Nov 24 2024 28 mins  
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 act

Episode 109: Deer Hunter Horror

Nov 10 2024 50 mins  
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 B

Episode 108: Dean R. Koontz

Oct 27 2024 57 mins  
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" s

Episode 107: W.E.D. Ross - The King of Gothics

Oct 13 2024 71 mins  
On this spook-filled episode, Eric takes listeners through the darkened hallways and staircases of gothic-romance novels. His feature today looks at the most prolific author of all-time, William Edward Daniel Ross. He wrote over 350 novels of gothic-romance, nurse-fiction, and short-stories. He also authored the 32-book series of Dark Shadows paperbacks that were tie-in novels to t

Episode 106: Jack Finney

Sep 29 2024 38 mins  
In this episode, Eric delves into the career of author Jack Finney. He wrote science-fiction and crime-fiction novels that included time-travel, heists, and prison breaks. Eric reviews Finney's most famous novel, The Body Snatchers, which was the basis for the Invasion of the Body Snatchers film franchise. In addition, Eric discusses his antique mall paperback shopping and reviews

Episode 105: The Crazy Career of Sydney Horler

Sep 15 2024 42 mins  
Today's brand-new episode focuses on one of the most polarizing authors of the early to mid 20th century, Sydney Horler. He wrote 150 books and authored over 1,000 short stories while waging a headline war with his contemporaries. We dive into his life, his involvement in London's criminal underworld, and the many series titles and characters he created. Eric also reviews a private