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ⓘ About Paul Krassner
Paul Krassner was a published American author, a comedian, journalist, and editor. Hew as born April 9, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York. As a child he was a prodigy at the violin. At the time he became the youngest individual to play at Carnegie Hall. He played there when he was six years old in 1939. He was the son of Jewish parents. However, he considered religion to be little more than organized superstition and identified as secular. He would attend Baruch College, part of the City College of New York at the time, majoring in journalism. Around the same time, he began doing comedy performances under the stage name of Paul Maul. While in college he worked for The Independent, which was an anti-censorship paper.
All Book Series by Paul Krassner
Best of the Realist: The 60s' Most Outrageously Irreverent Magazine
Book 2 of 16 · published 1984
High Times Presents Paul Krassner's Pot Stories for the Soul
Book 6 of 16 · published 1999
Magic Mushrooms and Other Highs: From Toad Slime to Ecstasy
Book 10 of 16 · published 2004
One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Journalist
Book 11 of 16 · published 2005
In Praise of Indecency: The Leading Investigative Satirist Sounds Off on Hypocrisy, Censorship and Free Expression
Book 12 of 16 · published 2009
Who's to Say What's Obscene?: Politics, Culture, and Comedy in America Today
Book 13 of 16 · published 2009
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials
Book 15 of 16 · published 2013 Co-authored · Eleanor Arnason
Zapped By The God Of Absurdity
Latest in the series · book 16 of 16 · published 2019
Los Gusanos
Series opener · book 1 of 22 · published 1991 Anthology · John Sayles
The Best of The Nation
Book 2 of 22 · published 2000 Anthology · Victor Navasky,vanden Heuvel, Katrina
The Betrayal of America
Book 3 of 22 · published 2001 Anthology · Vincent Bugliosi
The Red and the Blacklist
Book 6 of 22 · published 2003 Anthology · Norma Barzman
Shaking the Foundations
Book 8 of 22 · published 2003 Anthology · Pete Hamill,Bruce Shapiro
Taking Back America
Book 10 of 22 · published 2004 Anthology · Katrina Vanden Heuvel,Robert L. Borosage
The Truth About Camp David
Book 12 of 22 · published 2004 Anthology · Clayton E. Swisher
Silver City and Other Screenplays
Book 13 of 22 · published 2004 Anthology · John Sayles
The Good, the Bad and the Dolce Vita
Book 14 of 22 · published 2004 Anthology · Norman Mailer,Mickey Knox
Love, Poverty, and War
Book 18 of 22 · published 2004 Anthology · Christopher Hitchens
The High Times Reader
Book 19 of 22 · published 2004 Co-authored · Ann Nocenti,Ruth Baldwin
Deserter from Death
Book 20 of 22 · published 2005 Anthology · Howard Zinn,Daniel Singer
Blood, Class and Empire
Book 21 of 22 · published 2009 Anthology · Christopher Hitchens
Genocide of the Mind
Latest in the series · book 22 of 22 · published 2009 Anthology · Vine Deloria Jr.
The Presidential Papers
Series opener · book 1 of 32 · published 1984 Anthology · John H. Kessel
The Left Left Behind
Book 3 of 32 · published 2009 Anthology · Terry Bisson,Eleanor Arnason
The Underbelly
Book 5 of 32 · published 2010 Anthology · Gary Phillips,Eleanor Arnason
Mammoths of the Great Plains
Book 6 of 32 · published 2010 Anthology · Eleanor Arnason
The Wild Girls
Book 7 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Ursula K. Le Guin,Eleanor Arnason
Modem Times 2.0
Book 8 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Book 9 of 32 · published 2011 Anthology · Cory Doctorow,Eleanor Arnason
Report from Planet Midnight
Book 11 of 32 · published 2012 Anthology · Nalo Hopkinson,Eleanor Arnason
The Science of Herself
Book 12 of 32 · published 2013 Anthology · Karen Joy Fowler,Eleanor Arnason
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials
Book 13 of 32 · published 2013 Co-authored · Eleanor Arnason
Raising Hell
Book 15 of 32 · published 2014 Anthology · Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be
Book 18 of 32 · published 2016 Anthology · Joe R. Lansdale
Fire.
Book 19 of 32 · published 2017 Anthology · Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason
The Atheist in the Attic
Book 21 of 32 · published 2018 Anthology · Samuel R. Delany,Eleanor Arnason
Thoreau's Microscope
Book 22 of 32 · published 2018 Anthology · Michael Blumlein,Eleanor Arnason
Utopias of the Third Kind
Book 28 of 32 · published 2021 Anthology · Vandana Singh
The Collapsing Frontier
Book 30 of 32 · published 2024 Anthology · Jonathan Lethem
She is Here
Latest in the series · book 32 of 32 · published 2026 Anthology · Nicola Griffith
Everything You Know about Sex Is Wrong
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2005
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Paul Krassner?
Paul Krassner was a published American author, a comedian, journalist, and editor. Hew as born April 9, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York. As a child he was a prodigy at the violin.
Which Paul Krassner series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Nation series, the earliest of Paul Krassner's multi-book series: it opens with Los Gusanos (1991) and runs to 22 books across 1991–2009, ending with Genocide of the Mind (2009).
How many books has Paul Krassner written?
Paul Krassner has 74 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1965 and 2026. 54 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Nation series with 22 books — and 20 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Paul Krassner's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Paul Krassner's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Nation (1991–2009, 22 books).
How are Paul Krassner's books organised into series?
This guide splits Paul Krassner's 74 books into 2 named series and 20 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Nation (22 books, 1991–2009); Outspoken Authors (32 books, 1984–2026).