Re: (idm) reading list

From Jeremy Axon
Sent Thu, Sep 10th 1998, 19:40

For the hell of it and because I think he was a fantastic writer, I'm
reading "The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick" edited by Lawrence Sutin,
full of story sketches, philosophical writings and bizzare author bios he
wrote for his books, as well as (for the same reasons) "Savage Art - a
biography of Jim Thompson" by Robert Polio. Also, a textbook from last year
called "telecommunications and the city - electronic spaces, urban spaces"
by Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin. I'm guessing the lack of capital letters
in the title is to make it seem "hip," "cool" and "current". Nevertheless,
an interesting look at how telecommunications have/will/are alter(-ed)(-ing)
the way cities work.

all the while watching old episodes of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and
listening to music that sounds kind of like Autechre.


At 08:37 AM 09 - 09 - 1998 -0400, you wrote:
>For those with an interest for Irvine Welsh, I heartily recommend the
>bright and moving "Maribou Stork Nightmares", perhaps his best work to
>date. His caustic, cynical sense of humor, strangely enough, makes you
>empathize with the protagonist -- even though the main character is clearly
>a rat bastard, he's still a human being.
>
>I am currently reading Ballard's "Crash" and re-reading Hickman's "Twins"
>trilogy.
>
>Alex
>

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