60 acast.com <![CDATA[Sin & Sci-fi...]]> https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/sin-sci-fi-in-the-60s-france-books-paper-writers en Robo pulp, sleaze, midcentury erotica, softcore, adult books, Hollywood,collectibles, authors,writers,science fiction,SF, cons,zines Robo Sin & Sci-fi is back with an abbreviated more inclusive title!


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Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe *was* a video podcast. Longer form videos are still available as audio podcasts.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, and a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans and won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP Greg Javer

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]]> Sin & Sci-fi is back with an abbreviated more inclusive title!


***


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe *was* a video podcast. Longer form videos are still available as audio podcasts.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, and a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans and won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP Greg Javer

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]]> true Rob info+63e3e8941886010010cd748e@mg-eu.acast.com 63e3e8941886010010cd748e sin-sci-fi-in-the-60s-france-books-paper-writers episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/63e3e8941886010010cd748e/1787078758090-d5b90566-316e-45de-8262-74926741964d.jpeg https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/sin-sci-fi-in-the-60s-france-books-paper-writers <![CDATA[Sin & Sci-fi...]]> 63e12230-a007-11f1-8eea-85a583ada28a Rocket August! Rocket August! Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:59:43 GMT 4:01 6a8c787fec72659474ac0ab4 false https://www.youtube.com/@S-A_E.E_O 6a8c787fec72659474ac0ab4 63e3e8941886010010cd748e full 2 2

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]]> <![CDATA[Did Ed Wood (Plan 9) write "Weird Broad, Man..."?]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:28:34 GMT 22:45 6a84b2623c90594060d5049a true https://www.youtube.com/@S-A_E.E_O 6a84b2623c90594060d5049a 63e3e8941886010010cd748e full 2 1 Listen and you be the judge. This is a companion piece to The Valley Obscured by Smog by W. Paul Apel (Sin & Sci-fi) #books



Sin & Sci-fi is back with an abbreviated more inclusive title!


***


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) *was* a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi..., but all the episodes are back online, the longer form ones as podcasts. For more Sin & Sci0-fi... content, please visit https://www.youtube.com/@S-A_E.E_O.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

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]]> Listen and you be the judge. This is a companion piece to The Valley Obscured by Smog by W. Paul Apel (Sin & Sci-fi) #books



Sin & Sci-fi is back with an abbreviated more inclusive title!


***


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) *was* a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi..., but all the episodes are back online, the longer form ones as podcasts. For more Sin & Sci0-fi... content, please visit https://www.youtube.com/@S-A_E.E_O.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

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]]> <![CDATA[The Valley Obscured by Smog by W. Paul Apel (Sin & Sci-fi) #books]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:52:46 GMT 1:17:21 6a84a9feb9d83ea9ccfa903a false https://www.youtube.com/@S-A_E.E_O 6a84a9feb9d83ea9ccfa903a 63e3e8941886010010cd748e full 2 1 Robo interviews Paul about his debut novel, a coming-of-age story, that features Ed Wood of Plan 9 from Outer Space fame as a prominent character.


Sin & Sci-fi is back with an abbreviated more inclusive title!


***


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) *was* a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi..., but all the episodes are back online, the longer form once as podcasts. For more content, please visit https://www.youtube.com/@S-A_E.E_O.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

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]]> Robo interviews Paul about his debut novel, a coming-of-age story, that features Ed Wood of Plan 9 from Outer Space fame as a prominent character.


Sin & Sci-fi is back with an abbreviated more inclusive title!


***


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) *was* a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi..., but all the episodes are back online, the longer form once as podcasts. For more content, please visit https://www.youtube.com/@S-A_E.E_O.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

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]]> <![CDATA[ Erik Knear & Michael E. Knerr]]> Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:24:34 GMT 36:40 64efa5837a1a3800119f7d32 false https://youtu.be/6-zOQsm3ly4?si=QjcenO3ewbbjsjIe 64efa5837a1a3800119f7d32 63e3e8941886010010cd748e full 1 14 Robo 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": https://youtu.be/feaDaexlCPk?si=eSXVdxR-CX6AbqeN

"Pi (Between He4ven and 3arth)": https://youtu.be/Rftfl26n96E?si=0LJEnl9a2cQVDlyw

"Michael Knerr": https://youtu.be/zvNp99xNcAI?si=gKYzoS2NYIWkXQ4r

"What Was That You Said To Me": https://youtu.be/rcq5ERzWok8?si=U6ED4PW2fUO1iCyP


And just because Erik made me feel nostalgic and said the magic word, an anagram of abracadabra: https://youtu.be/wfqz9GnMyQ0?si=VXcgHt6HMhlsU0IP


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) was a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity (and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi...), but all the videos are now back online.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

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]]> Robo 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": https://youtu.be/feaDaexlCPk?si=eSXVdxR-CX6AbqeN

"Pi (Between He4ven and 3arth)": https://youtu.be/Rftfl26n96E?si=0LJEnl9a2cQVDlyw

"Michael Knerr": https://youtu.be/zvNp99xNcAI?si=gKYzoS2NYIWkXQ4r

"What Was That You Said To Me": https://youtu.be/rcq5ERzWok8?si=U6ED4PW2fUO1iCyP


And just because Erik made me feel nostalgic and said the magic word, an anagram of abracadabra: https://youtu.be/wfqz9GnMyQ0?si=VXcgHt6HMhlsU0IP


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) was a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity (and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi...), but all the videos are now back online.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

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]]> Cleopatra’s Blonde Sex Rival (F-15) w/ W. Paul Apel Cleopatra’s Blonde Sex Rival (F-15) w/ W. Paul Apel Tue, 18 Jul 2023 19:08:54 GMT 1:27:46 64b6e3470b0824001163e469 false https://youtu.be/RCMZFj44XJA 64b6e3470b0824001163e469 63e3e8941886010010cd748e full 1 12 Join host Robo 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 concerning this title being banned in Ireland): http://censored.ie/censored-podcast/


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) was a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity (and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi...), but all the videos are now back online.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

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]]> Join host Robo 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 concerning this title being banned in Ireland): http://censored.ie/censored-podcast/


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) was a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity (and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi...), but all the videos are now back online.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

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]]> Jean Marie Stine Jean Marie Stine Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:48:23 GMT 2:14:33 63e3fc872b0e2f001130073e true https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CGBU4uCTgGpL23x8OXi7A 63e3fc872b0e2f001130073e 63e3e8941886010010cd748e full 1 5 Robo 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!)


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) was a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity (and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi...), but all the videos are now back online.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

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]]> Robo 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!)


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) was a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity (and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi...), but all the videos are now back online.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Series intro Series intro Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:09:21 GMT 53:43 63e3f2d4e9019b001069e79d true https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CGBU4uCTgGpL23x8OXi7A 63e3f2d4e9019b001069e79d 63e3e8941886010010cd748e full 1 1 In episode one, Robo & Greg tease the hell out of the series.


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) was a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity (and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi...), but all the videos are now back online.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

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]]> In episode one, Robo & Greg tease the hell out of the series.


Sin & Sci-fi in the 60s: The France Books Universe (née France Books' Paperback Writers) was a video podcast and nearly a book. It has hence spun off into Space-age Erotica: Epic Obscenity (and the more inclusive Sin & Sci-fi...), but all the videos are now back online.


Discover the fascinating characters surrounding International Publications, Inc., the publisher of sordid novels (and men's magazines) from 1962-1963 under the France Books banner. A publisher who would become a renowned biker, a fellow who would later have the audacity to claim he schtupped his pal James Dean, the man who co-created comic book heroine Black Widow, the most prolific Canadian writer ever, & a Who’s Who of science fiction writers all repped by editor/agent Forrest J Ackerman (the man who coined the shortened term “sci-fi”), and many, many others, including a writer whose earlier publisher was sued for libel in the amount of $750,000 by a former king of Egypt!


Join hosts Robo & Greg as they dig deep sixty years back to unearth the hidden past. They're both Ed Wood fans & won't let up 'til they find Wood in one of the "France 75".


RIP GREG JAVER

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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