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!)

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".

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