Category Archives: Books

Certainty about Graves’s "disintegration" – by which he meant "disintegration of my post-war personality" – began to crystallize rapidly in his mind as soon as he had got to know Laura Riding, whose personality – however anyone may wish to … Continue reading →

The vast worldwide audience of RADIOFREEUBU is not doubt weary of my constant touting of these great Dedalus books, but I can’t help it – they just keep blowing me away! My latest fantastic find is Valery Bruisov’s 1908 work … Continue reading →

It’s funny how the things you read can relate to each other. Here’s some passages from the fantastic occult/historical novel The Fiery Angel by the Russian Decadent/Symbolist Valery Bruisov that really seem to speak to the musings about god I … Continue reading →

One of the many great things about Loren D. Estleman is that he’s not afraid to write a flat out private eye novel, and it’s his unapologetic embrace of genre that paradoxically allows his books to transcend genre. But as … Continue reading →

TechGnosis by Erik Davis is quite a read. It’s the kind of book that seems like the product of a lifetime of reading and research, extremely thought provoking if only because it’s so crammed full of thought and opinion. As … Continue reading →

Wow. I’ve been reading books for over forty years, have been certified as a Master of Language and Literature by the State of Minnesota, toiled in the new and used book biz for twenty years and have therefore been exposed … Continue reading →

I’m still getting delayed gratification from my recent decadent literature jag – some of the Dedalus books I ordered were out of stock and they’ve been slowly trickling in. One such is Gustav Meyrink’s The Green Face (translated by Mike … Continue reading →

First of all, I’d like to pay tribute to Adam Parfrey and Feral House, the "publishers of the forbidden." We sell several Feral House titles such as Death Scenes: A Homicide Detective’s Scrapbook, Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of … Continue reading →

It’s time once again for the POD (print on demand) round-up. This month I think the titles just say it all. Who wouldn’t want these scintillating books! (Though a couple of the names are great too – do you think … Continue reading →

Help! The proliferation of the P.O.D. (Print on demand) people is becoming alarming! The trend seems to be that more people are writing books and fewer people are reading them, which, taken to its logical conclusion, is going to be … Continue reading →