A Placid Island of Ignorance

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
Walking the BeatGene Radano
i never knew what time it wasDavid Antin
The Assault on ReasonAl Gore
The Short-TimersGustav Hasford
Poor PeopleWilliam T. Vollman
SuspicionFriedrich Dürrenmatt
The Judge and His HangmanFriedrich Dürrenmatt
Other ElectricitiesAnder Monson
The ExtremesChristopher Priest
The Honourable SchoolboyJohn le Carré
Winter 2007
Arcanum 17André Breton
My Life in CIAHarry Mathews
A Theory of PowerJeff Vail
Black Powder WarNaomi Novik
Throne of JadeNaomi Novik
The Last Opium DenNick Tosches
His Majesty’s DragonNaomi Novik
You & MeSeymour Krim
The BewilderedPeter Rock
The Secret of Holm Peel and other strange storiesSax Rohmer
Portrait of an Englishman in his ChateauAndré Pieyre de Mandiargues
Liquid CityMarc Atkins & Iain Sinclair
Heinlein in DimensionAlexei Panshin
Fall 2006
The Town that Forgot How to BreatheKenneth J. Harvey
CustomJohn Schultz
This Night in SodomCharles Jules Reiter
Stairway to the SeaThomas Firth Jones
The King of the SwordsMichael Moorcock
The Queen of the SwordsMichael Moorcock
The Knight of the SwordsMichael Moorcock
Anthology of Slow Death[ed. Ron Turner]
Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the ArtsDouglas Kahn
SoulsJoanna Russ
Baby DollPeter Whitehead
The InterpreterJohn Crowley
The McDeadKen Bruen
The Put-On: Modern Fooling and Modern MistrustJacob Brackman
Taming the AlienKen Bruen
Eyes Wide OpenMichel Chion
A White ArrestKen Bruen
Summer 2006
Twisted KicksTom Carson
Destroy All MonstersKen Hollings
Creating Country Music: Fabricating AuthenticityRichard A. Peterson
Agapē AgapeWilliam Gaddis
Anger: The Unauthorized Biography of Kenneth AngerBill Landis
The Centauri DeviceM. John Harrison
Helen and DesireAlexander Trocchi
Positively 4th StreetDavid Hajdu
The Hole in the ZeroM.K. Joseph
Bullets of RainDavid J. Schow
Spring 2006
Watching WildlifeCynthia Chris
Mappa MundiJustina Robson
Aliens & AnorexiaChris Kraus
The Cutting RoomLouise Welsh
A.L.I.E.E.E.N.Lewis Trondheim
The Image, or What Happened to the American DreamDaniel J. Boorstin
The Conan Chronicles v.2: The Hour of the DragonRobert E. Howard
The Conan Chronicles v.1: The People of the Black CircleRobert E. Howard
Winter 2006
The Road to Los AngelesJohn Fante
Alice’s MasqueLindsay Clarke
Unstable MoleculesJames Sturm/Guy Davis
St. George and the GodfatherNorman Mailer
Sleep Has His HouseAnna Kavan
McGoortyRobert Byrne
The Soap LadyRenée French
Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other TastesTerry Southern
Jimi Hendrix: Electric LadylandJohn Perry
West of the SunEdgar Pangborn
Crossroads: Avant-garde Film in Pittsburgh in the 1970sRobert A. Haller
An Easy ThingPaco Ignacio Taibo II
The SensationistCharles Palliser
King of the JewsNick Tosches
Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in LiteratureJan Lars Jensen
Bianca: A Story of ExcessGuido Crepax
Fall 2005
MalpertuisJean Ray
Quark 4[ed. Delany/Hacker]
The Pornographer’s PoemMichael Turner
Maisie DobbsJacqueline Winspear
The Dream Life: Movies, Media, and the Mythology of the SixtiesJ. Hoberman
DusturbiaChristopher Fowler
SniperPavel Hak
Our Napoleon in RagsKirby Gann
Summer 2005
The PeregrineJ.A. Baker
WalkupsLance Blomgren
Understanding ToscaniniJoseph Horowitz
Lucky Wander BoyD.B. Weiss
The Nikopol TrilogyEnki Bilal
Rock Over the EdgeRoger Beebe, Denise Fulbrook, Ben Saunders [eds.]
Evil CompanionsMichael Perkins
Night in the Lonesome OctoberRichard Laymon
1984: Selected LettersSamuel R. Delany
MonstruaryJulián Ríos
Led Zeppelin: [Zoso]Erik Davis
Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St.Bill Janovitz
The Poet GameSalar Abdoh
The Bloody Streets of ParisJacques Tardi/Leo Malet
Spring 2005
DhalgrenSamuel R. Delany
MoonchildAleister Crowley
The Steve Ditko Reader v.2Steve Ditko
The Best of XeroPat & Dick Lupoff [eds.]