Rob & Greg muse over sci-fi & Rob covers The Hugo Awards, Hugo Gensback, & René Guyon, the lone Frenchman at France. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Rob chats with musician Erik Knear about his oeuvre, and about his late father, France writer Michael E. Knerr. Some samples of Erik's work: "Its All Adding Up"    • Its All Adding Up ~ Erik Knear   "Pi (Between He4ven and 3arth)"    • Pi (Between He4ven and 3arth) ~ Erik ...   "Michael Knerr"    • Michael Knerr   "What Was That You Said To Me"    • What Was That You Said To Me  ..read more

Join host Rob Huffman as he discusses France Book’s Cleopatra’s Blonde Sex Rival (F-15) from 1962 by Walt Vickery with W. Paul Apel, author of the newly published I Watched Football Early the Day I Died: The Lost Ed Wood Frank Leahy Screenplay. They talk plenty about Wood, too. And how this France book was considered "Evil Literature" in Ireland. Leahy, of course, coached for the Fighting Irish at the University of Notre Dame. ***Get Paul’s book now: https://www.amazon.com/Watched-Footba... ***And check out Aoife Bhreatnach's podcast, Censored (she’s the one the helped with the details conce ..read more

A short-story writer for France Magazines…but also “the most significant figure in 20th century American science fiction publishing”! Join Rob and Greg as they dig into David Grinell...aka Donald A. Wollheim! Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: France Books' Paperback Writers is a video podcast (with some being available as audio podcasts)...and hopefully one day also a book (and maybe even more). Discover the fascinating characters who wrote sordid novels for this publisher from 1962-1963. A true crime writer, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, a Who's Who of sci-fi writers, and the person who ..read more

With Greg and Rob on assignment, Shirley briefly covers the literary achievements of George H. Smith in celebration of his one-hundredth birthday.   “Narakan Rifles, About Face!” by Jan Smith aka George H. Smith: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31519/31519-h/31519-h.htm   “Benefactor” by George H. Smith as told by Chip Slater: https://youtu.be/vwtcpk3AZV4   Note: “The Unending Night from 1964 was begun by Marion Zimmer Bradley.”   Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: France Books' Paperback Writers is a video podcast (with select audio podcasts)...and hopefully one day also a book ..read more

Rob and Greg talk with writer-editor-publisher Jean Marie Stine. She might not have written for France…but she knew a lot of folks that did! And she knew the agent of many of them, too. From Edgar Rice Burroughs to Ed Wood, Jr., from Ace Books to Essex House. Did Bjo Trimble save Star Trek…or was it Martin Luther King, Jr.? Tune in and relive the sin and the sci-fi of the 60s. (Bonus points for knowing who played Captain Kirk on Star Trek!--Hahaha!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

In episode one, Rob & Greg tease the hell out of the series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more