A Placid Island of Ignorance

Summer 2010
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
London Pub ReviewsPaul Ewen
Wyst: Alastor 1716Jack Vance
Harlan Ellison’s WatchingHarlan Ellison
Marune: Alastor 933Jack Vance
Trullion: Alastor 2262Jack Vance
InventoryMichel Butor
Shake it for the World, SmartassSeymour Krim
Samedi the DarknessJesse Ball
Alice in SunderlandBryan Talbot
Winter 2008
The Disappointment ArtistJonathan Lethem
GruntsMary Gentle
The Psalm KillerChris Petit
The Unknown Masterpiece/GambaraHonoré de Balzac
CrashIain Sinclair
Cold SkinAlbert Sánchez Piñol
The BlotTom Neely
Throbbing Gristle: Twenty Jazz Funk GreatsDrew Daniel
The Reefs of EarthR.A. Lafferty
Contours of DarknessMarco Vassi
Sex Collectors: The Secret World of Consumers, Connoisseurs, Curators, Creators, Dealers, Bibliographers, and Accumulators of “Erotica”Geoff Nicholson
The Girl in the GlassJeffrey Ford
84, Charing Cross RoadHelene Hanff
The Stalin FrontGert Ledig
The Circle GameJoel Lieber
Fall 2007
The Trial of Gilles de RaisGeorges Bataille
The PriestThomas M. Disch
Empire of IvoryNaomi Novik
All God’s Children: Inside the Dark and Violent World of Street FamiliesRene Denfield
Pyongyang: A Journey in North KoreaGuy Delisle
The Holy Reich: Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945Richard Steigmann-Gall
The Amber SpyglassPhilip Pullman
Sly & the Family Stone: There’s a Riot Goin’ OnMiles Marshall Lewis
The Subtle KnifePhilip Pullman
Voices from the StreetPhilip K. Dick
The Golden CompassPhilip Pullman
Fourth World Omnibus v.2Jack Kirby
The System of ComicsThierry Groensteen
Fourth World Omnibus v.1Jack Kirby
The Carpet MakersAndreas Eschbach
Summer 2007
The Vengeance of RomeMichael Moorcock
Jerusalem CommandsMichael Moorcock
Beer, Art and PhilosophyTom Marioni
The Laughter of CarthageMichael Moorcock
Spring 2007
Byzantium EnduresMichael Moorcock
Rescuing Patty HearstVirginia Holman
Dark Cities UndergroundLisa Goldstein
W, or the Memory of ChildhoodGeorges Perec
The DeputyRolf Hochhuth
Planet JoeJoe Cole