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Breakfast in the Ruins by Michael Moorcock.
New Wave science fiction masterpiece
Jul 25, 2025
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Cover of the Week: Viva Gringo! by Borden Chase
Cover art by ? Late novel by the author who broke the mold of the Western genre
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Ep 28 - Favorite Books Read in 2025
Paperback Show podcast with special guest, Matt Kelland
Dec 31, 2025
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Books Entering Public Domain in 2026
Maltese Falcon, Vile Bodies, Last and the First Men, It Walks by Night, and more
Dec 28, 2025
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Remembering Pickwick Books on Hollywood Boulevard (1938-1968)
Apr 7, 2025
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45th Annual Paperback Collectors Show
Mar 25, 2025
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Covers of the Week: Orwell and Zola, Early Avon Paperbacks
Contrasting cover art for early Avon paperback classics
Dec 23, 2025
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Cover of the Week: Retief's War by Keith Laumer
Cover art by Carlos Ochagavia
Dec 3, 2025
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Remembering Papa Bach in Santa Monica, CA. (1965-1985)
A remarkable bookstore that had two lives and then faded into L.A. memory
Nov 25, 2025
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Cover of the Week: From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjon
Inventive Icelandic author blends mythology and folklore with the surreal
Nov 12, 2025
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A Tale of Two Covers
Exploring Meaning in Two Different Cover Designs for Faulkner's "Go Down, Moses"
Nov 5, 2025
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Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
Reframing the Serial Killer era as a symptom of ecological and social decay
Oct 22, 2025
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Cover of the Week: Lone Hand by Evan Evans (Max Brand)
Classic western-themed cover design
Oct 16, 2025
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