Actor and genre fiction fanatic Paul Giamatti stopped by to talk genres, collecting and the need to read!

Here are some links for you to check out more: (non-affiliated. just cause I love them)

Fathom Press- republishes rare and sought after horror and thriller books: https://fathompress.com/

Men's Adventure Library and Quarterly- publishes collections of forgotten fiction (sometimes from big names writing under a pseudonym like Robert Silverberg and Lawrence Block) from the men's adventure magazines of the 50s-70s, art books and has a magazine called the Men's Adventure Quarterly: https://www.menspulpmags.com/ and https://newtextureblog.blogspot.com/

Stark House- republishes classics of the golden era of genre fiction paperbacks along with new writers similar in style and non-fiction about the genres: https://starkhousepress.com/

Robert E Howard Foundation- THE place for fans of Robert E Howard. They republish mammoth collections of REH's writings; stories, letters, poems, articles. Books about REH by Howard scholars. They put on Howard Days festival in Cross Plains Texas and are currently raising money to save the Robert E Howard house: https://rehfoundation.org/ They also have a youtube channel with lots of great discussions:  @RobertE.HowardFoundation 

PulpFest- A yearly event held in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to celebrate all things pulp. They have panels, auctions, movies and a huge dealer room with pulp magazines, paperbacks, comics, movies, art and anything you can think of related. It is July 30th- Aug 2nd this year. Still time to sign up! https://pulpfest.com/

Valancourt Books- independent small press based in Richmond, Virginia, specializing in new editions of neglected classics, with an emphasis on horror/supernatural and LGBT literature: https://www.valancourtbooks.com/

Zines about vintage genre fiction:

Paperback Fanatic: https://a.co/d/02hsniDe

Paperback Parade (published by  @garylovisi357  ) https://www.ebay.com/str/gryphon209? 

Books about vintage genre fiction (there are so many more but here are a few that I love):

Sticking it to the Man: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1012

Girl Gangs, Biker Boys and Real Cool Cats: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=892

Justin Gifford- biographies on Eldridge Cleaver and Iceberg Slim. Pimping Fiction: the untold story of black pulp publishing. And soon the Samuel R Delaney book: https://www.justingifford.com/books

Bookery's Guide to Pulps: https://muraniapress.com/book/bookerys-guide-to-pulps-related-magazines/

Paperbacks from Hell: https://www.quirkbooks.com/9781594749810/paperbacks-from-hell/

A vintage noir novel that should have been a David Lynch movie.

A Killer's Kiss by Hal Ellson from 1959

In this episode I discuss aviation pulp fiction with a timeline of real world flying history. I also do short reviews of an issue of G8, Terrance Layhew's Mitch Mayhew series and Wrong Side of the Sky by Gavin Lyall.

National Museum of the United States Air Force: https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ Steeger Books G8 reprint: https://steegerbooks.com/shop/g-8-bat... Buy Terrance's books and support new authors writing classic pulp fiction! Unwanted Passenger: https://a.co/d/05UyK53h Diamonds in Denver: https://a.co/d/07WqsfB7 Suit Up! Podcast: ‪@terrancelayhew‬ Veritas Entertainment: https://veritasent.com/ Very cool aviation pulp website with free PDF downloadable stories from the original plane pulps and reprint books available: https://www.ageofaces.net/ (And they are often at Pulpfest though I don’t know about this one)

Riptide is the newest book being reissued by Fathom Press! It is available here: BUY RIPTIDE

The Rig is a book I'm hoping Fathom will re-issue in the future.

Today I am joined by Kris from the Speculative Reader as we discuss the 1959 Juvenile Delinquent/ Sleaze-ish novel, Gang Girl written by the one and only SF master, Robert Silverberg. It's saucy and spicy so, VIEWER BEWARE!!

Special guest Justin Marriott publisher of the Paperback Fanatic stops by to have a chat about comics, punk rock, zines, the last issue of The Paperback Fanatic, future plans, and shows off some of his youth culture and biker New English Library paperback books. (sorry the sounds gets a little wonky in places but it doesn't last long)

In this episode we are discussing the 1987 Richard Laymon book Dark Mountain. Hiking and horror. My special guests this time are from the Instagram group the Richard Laymon Book Club:

Erin- Deadhighwaybooks, Dustin- TBR problems, Brendon- cultsickness

On this episode I talk the 1952 novel This Island Earth by Raymond F Jones which was made into the movie in 1955. I also take a look at the independent 1950s publisher Shasta Publishers created by three science fiction fans.

Michael Hawk AND the Ninja Master right here on the Book Graveyard?! Today I'm talking to Chad Deal the face of many action and adventure, romance and western vintage paperback covers. BIG THANKS to Bob Deis for helping me out with some of Samson Pollen's reference photos, book covers and know how! Check out his website for the best in Men's Adventure books including art books by two of the artists mentioned in this video; Samson Pollen and George Gross: Men's Pulp Mags

Also, go check out these great blogs where I got info and book covers:

Romance blog- Sweet Savage Flame/

Cover Art blog- Paperback Palette

Spy/Action blog- Spy Guys and Gals

Intro: 00:00 Vietnam: 06:30 College: 09:14 Becoming a Model NYC: 12:09 Artists: 19:25 Poses to Book Covers: 21:47 Fashion Model Showcase: 37:46 Chatting Covers: 42:06 Should Chad Read Ninja Master?: 55:05

I go through each book I read in 2025 and rank them from worst to best with comments on each one.