Red scare porno novel

Bill at Conelrad takes an in-depth look at Red Rape, a pornographic, anti-Communist 1960 pulp novel that looks at the brutal life of Americans under the thumb of the invading "Ivans."

It is ironic that a book that blames the "eggheads" for the Soviet invasion would use characters also described as "eggheads" (Dr. Mathers who taught physics at San Jose State before the invasion and Mr. Shapiro, formerly an electronics expert at Firestone) to build and execute the device that will ultimately defeat the Commies. But then the liberal arts intellectuals in Sellers' Red Rape universe talk in platitudes and favor disarmament while the "good" eggheads build an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) weapon that blows Soviet jets out of the sky in the novel's stirring finale.

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(Thanks, Bill!)