Episode 116: Pat Frank and the Birth of Doomsday Fiction

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Paperback Warrior

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Paperback Warrior is an American content creator that specializes in critiquing vintage fiction. The creator's flagship is it's eponymous blog that contains over 2,000 comprehensive posts about vintage and contemporary fiction including media such as comic books, graphic novels, pulps, action-adventure magazines, digests, black and white magazines, comic strips, and movie and television tie-in content. Additionally, the brand's owner, Christopher Eric Compton, hosts the Paperback Warrior Podcast, an outreach of the blog featuring reviews, author biographies, publisher histories, bookstore guides, buying tips, interviews, and analytic commentary about the 19th and 20th century publishing industry. The brand's YouTube channel contains over 200 videos that channels the same spirit as the blog and podcast with additional commentary about Eric's national bookstore experiences and a monthly ranking video of the prior month's reads.

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Episode 116: Pat Frank and the Birth of Doomsday Fiction

Paperback Warrior

25 minutes

8 months ago

Episode 116: Pat Frank and the Birth of Doomsday Fiction

It's another brand new episode of the Paperback Warrior Podcast! On this episode Eric recaps the recent gifs he received from fans and readers and looks at all of the happenings on the podcast and YouTube channel this month. In addition, a feature is presented on Pat Frank, a mid-20th century writer that is considered one of the first post-apocalyptic fiction authors to emerge after WW2. Also, a feature is presented on Armed Services Editions paperbacks and the history behind this patriotic and monumental printing mission in the 1940s. Listen on any streaming platform or directly on YouTube HERE.

Be sure to visit Paperback Warrior's blog HERE to find over 1,500 written reviews and articles on vintage fiction, magazines, and comics. You can also access the prior 115 episodes of the podcast there and view hundreds and hundreds of videos about rare books and the author's that wrote them.

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