I like rare books and I cannot lie, but like most of us, I’m too poor to ever own any rare books. But I can window-shop! I can read and dream… Read more »

In my upcoming book Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded, I of course talk a lot about David Bowie. But I cover tons of other sci-fi-influenced… Read more »

One thing to be glad about: Robert Caro is eighty-two today, and it’s a fine excuse to spend the day thinking about Robert Caro, who’s easily a candidate for least stupid… Read more »

Yesterday, reporters on the Hollywood beat gleefully announced that Casey Affleck will star in the upcoming adaptation of John Williams’s masterful and devastating Stoner, a novel that sold modestly when… Read more »

What’s the central threat to the domestic publishing industry? Is it overproduction? Is it Google Books? Is it the United States government’s consistent willingness to define consumer interest in a… Read more »

Authors, take heart. The recognition you deserve could just be a few decades delayed. Case in point: John Williams’s 1965 novel, Stoner, which was just picked as Waterstones’ Book of… Read more »

This is the final post in our week-long celebration of the Return of Derek Raymond. It is also the most powerful. The audio recording below is taken from the final… Read more »

A black train. The brief selection of audio we have today comes once again from the series of interviews done by Cathi Unsworth (Bad Penny Blues, The Singer) on her… Read more »