A Placid Island of Ignorance

Winter 2012
The Royal HuntD.R. Popescu
Fall 2011
Satan Wants meRobert Irwin
Paying for ItChester Brown
Sonata for Jukebox: An Autobiography of My EarsGeoffrey O’Brien
Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry – Saturday, 14 February 2009, New YorkLeanne Shapton
SlamLewis Shiner
Where Dead Voices GatherNick Tosches
Imaginative Qualities of Actual ObjectsGilbert Sorrentino
Everything is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc GodardRichard Brody
Summer 2011
Beyond SleepWillem Frederik Hermans
CodaRené Belletto
Just KidsPatti Smith
Tongues of SerpentsNaomi Novik
Victory of EaglesNaomi Novik
Cogan’s TradeGeorge V. Higgins
In the TrainChristian Oster
PachydermeFrederik Peeters
Honor Thy FatherGay Talese
The File: A Personal HistoryTimothy Garton Ash
Spring 2011
The Book of All Hours: InkHal Duncan
The Prettiest Star: Whatever Happened to Brett Smiley?Nina Antonia
Inside John W. Campbell [Fantasy Commentator #40]Sam Moskowitz
The Book of All Hours: VellumHal Duncan
Winter 2011
The BeastsLeslie Garrett
Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin SagaStephen Davis
Pageants of DespairDennis Hamley
Riding Toward EverywhereWilliam T. Vollman
Sandman SlimRichard Kadrey
The Ice SchoonerMichael Moorcock
The Fly-TrufflerGustaf Sobin
Mountain RJacques Jouet
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized PlanetsFletcher Hanks
Fall 2010
The Will to SicknessGerhard Roth
Serenity: The Shepherd’s TaleJoss & Zack Whedon, Chris Samne
The Pleasures and Sorrows of WorkAlain de Botton
Operation ChaosPoul Anderson
Wittgenstein’s MistressDavid Markson
Super-StateBrian Aldiss
Coming UnbuttonedJames Broughton
Jessica Farm v.1Josh Simmons
War & WarLászló Krasznahorkai
Waiting for NothingTom Kromer
Summer 2010
History of the ThirteenHonoré de Balzac
The PrisonerThomas M. Disch
Blade Runner, a movieWilliam S. Burroughs
A Philosophical InvestigationPhilip Kerr
Things Are Meaning LessAl Burian
NightwingsRobert Silverberg
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis DorganRobert E. Howard
KornwolfTristan Egolf
It’s a Slippery SlopeSpalding Gray
PandemoniumDaryl Gregory
Running with the Devil: Power, Gender and Madness in Heavy Metal MusicRobert Walser
The Essential ...Lenny Bruce
Spring 2010
The Widow KillerPavel Kohout
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small TownNick Reding
The Keepers of TruthMichael Collins
BoneshakerCherie Priest
ClimbersM. John Harrison
Hubert’s Freaks: The Rare Book Dealer, the Times Square Talker, and the Lost Photos of Diane ArbusGregory Gibson
Patti Smith: HorsesPhilip Shaw
SearchDiane Kennedy Pike
PlatformMichel Houellebecq
First LoveJoyce Carol Oates
Winter 2010
Century RainAlastair Reynolds
Beyond the Dream Syndicate: Tony Conrad and the Arts after Cage (A “Minor” History)Branden W. Joseph
The Fiend in HumanJohn MacLachlan Gray
Jim: The Author's Self-Centered Memoir on the Great Jim BrownJames Toback
No Longer HumanOsamu Dazai
What Happened to Art HistoryJames Elkins
The LeaderGillian Freeman
Let’s Talk about Love: A Journey to the End of TasteCarl Wilson
Fall 2009
The Mad ManSamuel R. Delany
HouseJosh Simmons
The Nightmare FactoryThomas Ligotti
Museum LegsAmy Whitaker
The Vampire CountessPaul Féval
Humpty Dumpty in OaklandPhilip K. Dick
Generation LossElizabeth Hand
Creepy Archives v.1[ed. Archie Goodwin, Russ Jones]
Most Outrageous: The Trials and Trespasses of Dwaine Tinsley and Chester the MolesterBob Levin
The Other CityMichel Ajvaz
History in English WordsOwen Barfield
Summer 2009
Waiting for the Dog to SleepJerzy Ficowski
The Space MachineChristopher Priest
The Time MachineH.G. Wells
The Invisible ManH.G. Wells
The Goodbye KissMassimo Carlotto
The Somme, including also The CowardA.D. Gristwood
ThornsRobert Silverberg
London RevenantConrad Williams
Where Trouble SleepsClyde Edgerton
EvenAndrew Grant
Fear of Music: Why people get Rothko but don't get StockhausenDavid Stubbs
Vic and BloodHarlan Ellison / Richard Corben
The Worldwide MachinePaolo Volponi
The CompoundWilliam Gale
Northern GothicNick Mamatas
Spring 2009
HighcastleStanislaw Lem
Bleeding LondonGeoff Nicholson
The CollectionBentley Little
Renegade: The Lives and Tales of ...Mark E. Smith
The Blood-Dimmed TideRennie Airth
The Dark ChamberLeonard Cline
HellHenri Barbusse
River of DarknessRennie Airth
The Brightfount DiariesBrian Aldiss
Confessions of a YakuzaJunichi Saga
Dune MessiahFrank Herbert
On Being CertainRobert A. Burton
DuneFrank Herbert
Winter 2009
Millennium PeopleJ.G. Ballard
ChoraleBarry N. Malzberg
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the BluesElijah Wald
Mister B. GoneClive Barker
The Book of the VirginsGabriele D’Annunzio
Mother, Come HomePaul Hornschemeier
LeviathanRobert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
Night of the Living DeadBen Hervey
The Golden AppleRobert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
The Eye in the PyramidRobert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical EdgeDon Lattin
Fall 2008
Jim Morrison’s Adventures in the AfterlifeMick Farren
Jar of FoolsJason Lutes
I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. DickEmmanuel Carrère
69 Things to Do with a Dead PrincessStewart Home
The Six MessiahsMark Frost
Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve DitkoBlake Bell
The List of SevenMark Frost
MicrographicaRenee French
The Joke’s OverRalph Steadman
House of the Sleeping Beauties and other storiesYasunari Kawabata
Cinema Macabre[ed. Mark Morris]
Fishing for AmberCiarán Carson
JunctionJack Dann
Summer 2008
Manoel de OliveiraRandal Johnson
Too Cool to be ForgottenAlex Robinson
I’m Really Dragged but Nothing Gets Me DownNat Hentoff
The Diary of a RapistEvan S. Connell
Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad TasteLester Bangs
Never Touch the GroundKirk Lake
UnderlandMick Farren
The Open CurtainBrian Evenson
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, or The Murder at Road Hill HouseKate Summerscale
Dark Forces[ed. Kirby McCauley]
The Goon: Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. WickerEric Powell
SilkCaitlin R. Kiernan
The DistanceEddie Muller
The Invention of MorelAdolfo Bioy Casares
Spring 2008
Armed CampsKit Reed