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You can send us E-mail via the Internet at mwaltz@extremebooks.com or sschultz@extremebooks.com, and even automatically receive the latest update of our electronic catalog by sending a message to catalog@mailer.extremebooks.com. RE/SEARCH BOOKS Angry Women / (RE/Search #13) / $18.99 Essays from, and interviews with, the likes of Karen Finley. Angry young post- and neo-feminist stuff. The Atrocity Exhibition J.G. Ballard / $13.99 A gorgeously-illustrated, annotated reissue of one of science fictionUs strangest classics. First edition hardback was pulped by request of the publisher. The Confessions of Wanda Sacher-Masoch Wanda Sacher-Masoch $13.99 The true story of the wife of the man who gave a name to Rmasochism.S Freaks: We Who Are Not as Others Daniel P. Mannix $13.99 Pictures, interviews and more about fascinating human oddities. Great book! However, when it was first published it was pulled from bookstore shelves after just a month. Incredibly Strange Films / (RE/Search #10) $17.99 From RNude on the MoonS to RPlan 9,S including Heror every psychotronic film fan. Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. 1 (RE/Search #14) $16.99 RE/SearchUs latest, a look at some of the weirdest music ever made. Industrial Culture Handbook (RE/Search #6/7) $13.99 Seminal stuff. Industrial music, aesthetics and thought in one beautifully designed package. J.G. Ballard / (RE/Search #8/9) $14.99 An entire volume with interviews, bibliography etc. about the great SF writer. Modern Primitives (RE/Search #12) $17.99 Must be seen to be believed. Piercing, tattooing, cutting, binding and other interesting ways people modify their bodies. Lots of pix, fascinating interviews. Pranks! / (RE/Search #11) $14.99 Some of these people came up with much better pranks than you could. Downright inspirational. William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Throbbing Gristle (RE/Search #4/5) $12.99 From the granddaddies of dark literary experimentation to the 1980s industrial group. FERAL HOUSE PRESS Secret and Supressed: Banned Ideas and Hidden History Jim Keith, ed. $12.95 A guidebook to currents in alternative history, from mind control to secret societies to the Big Conspiracy. Some of this is realistic enough to scare, some wacky enough to make you laugh out loud. Great subliminal cover, too. And make sure you read the part abut The Anarchist Cookbook, eh? Apocalypse Culture Adam Parfrey, ed. $12.95 Every weird thing thatUs going on as the millennium approaches, all collected in one place. CAD: A Handbook for Heels Charles Schneider, ed. $12.95 Lovingly assembled collection of 50s cheesecake Q nostalgia for the hep playboy. Another book that has been quietly pulled off bookshelves for not being PC . Cosmic Retribution: The Infernal Art of Joe Coleman $22.95 Frighteningly beautiful stuff. Gore, violence, sex - not for the kiddies or the squeamish. Cried, You DidnUt Listen: The Story of AmericaUs Incarcerated Children Dwight Edger Abbot with Jack Carter $10.95 Another true tale about an unwanted kid who was OK before he was sent to the California Youth Authority jails for being a wanted kid. The sort of book one usually calls "a scathing indictment." Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life & Art of Edward D. Wood Jr. Rudolph Grey $14.95 The definitive bio of the RworldUs worst filmmaker,S Ed Wood, director of gems like RPlan 9 From Outer SpaceS and the autobiographical RGlen or Glenda?S Recently inexplicably confiscated by Customs in Canada, and optioned by director Tim Burton for an upcoming movie. The Secret Life of a Satanist Blanch Barton $12.95 The authorized biography of Anton LaVey, head poohbah of the Church of Satan, ex-carney and amusing character. The DevilUs Notebook Anton Szandor LaVey $10.95 An original collection of LaVeyUs darkly humorous essays. Readers will note similarities to H.L. Mencken Q and P.T. Barnum Q in AmericaUs most famous satanistUs approach. AMOK PRESS AMOK Fourth Dispatch / $12.95 Disguised as a catalog, this Rreading list from HellS (sez John Waters) presents a laundry-list of strange literature. 400+ pages of fun! But remember, none of the great books listed are not actually available from Amok. The Manson File Nikolas Schreck, editor $9.95 A collection of letters, artwork, song lyrics, stories, internal documents and essays from Charlie Manson & his Family. Neue Slowenische Kunst NSK Amok Press $60 Beautifully prepared art book of some of the most incredible art, theatre, anti-political/cultural rants, and music ever. Laibach, the industrial group, is the best known ambassador of this Slovenian (ex-Yugoslavian) cultural collective, creating a state of art in opposition to the State. "It's the best damn art book I've seen in years " Q Extreme 1. Rants & Incendiary Tracts Bob Black and Adam Parfrey, eds. $9.95 Some of biggest mouths of the last hundred years run amok, from the Luddites to Wilhelm Reich to Meir Kahane. BLAST BOOKS The Drug User John Straudbaugh and Donald Blaise Blast Books $10.95 Stories from inside and outside of the drug world, both personal and academic. Grace Beats Karma: Letters From Prison 1958-60 Neal Cassady Blast Books $12.95 If youUve never read any of CassadyUs stuff, these letters, written to his family and wife from San Quentin, are really much more interesting than his more self-conscious efforts at being a RrealS writer. If he had had an education, weUd probably all call Jack Kerouac Ryou know, Neal CassadyUs sidekickS instead of the other way around. Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore Daniel Gerould Blast Books $14.95 Lore of the guillotine examined: Everything you've wanted to know about the guillotine but were afraid to ask ! Mr. ArashiUs Amazing Freak Show Suehiro Maruo Blast Books $10.95 Manga graphic novel of an innocent orphan who falls in with a sinister freak show, complete with the obligatory eye-sucking scenes. This is out there and twisted , really twisted (see also Paranoid Star). Moravagine Blaise Cendrars Blast Books $9.95 Fiction from a French writer who got enthusiastic praise from Henry Miller, comparisons to Celine from others. Panorama of Hell Hideshi Hino $9.95 A graphic manga novel: Hello Kitty meets the Marquis de Sade and loses big time. Venus in Furs Leopold von Sacher-Masoch $9.95 These bizarre erotic fantasies were translated into music by the Velvet Underground, into life by the author. AUTONOMEDIA/SEMIOTEXT(E) The Aesthetics of Disappearance Paul Virilio Semiotext(e) $9.00 Extreme1 says all Virilio is good, therefore you should buy this book. Next on his reading list. Seems to have something to do with the meaning of consciousness and unconsciousness. Columbus and Other Cannibals Jack D. Forbes Autonomedia $10.00 A very interesting book, which takes as its thesis that aggression, violence, rape, imperialism, etc. are the manifestations of disease. Forbes is a professor of Native American Studies at UC Davis and one fine writer. How can this disease be healed? Some ideas on that are here too. I've never read anything else like this. The Damned Universe of Charles Fort Louis Kaplan Autonomedia $10.00 You could call this a "best of" Fortean science. Charles Fort was the eccentric collector of weird scientific data, such as self-combustion, rains of frogs and poltergeists. A Day in the Life: Tales From the Lower East Side Alan Moore & Josh Gosciak, editors Autonomedia $7.95 This anthology of writers from New YorkUs vibrant lower east side neighborhood ranges from the U40s to the U90s, from Herbert Huncke to Richard Hell to Gary Indiana. Friendly Fire Bob Black Autonomedia $6.00 Friendly? From Bob Black? Well, alright, I was there when he allegedly tried to torch Processed World, says Extreme1, but I don't hold that against his writing. (Everyone I know says he's an asshole but a damn good writer.) The Lizard Club Steve Abbott New Autonomy Series $6.00 Strange little novel mixing real fringe heroes like Diamanda Galas and Kathy Acker with horror, sex and, yes, lizards. The Lost Dimension Paul Virilio Semiotext(e) $10.00 Time, space, terrorism - I must admit, Virilio's a bit deep for me. But Extreme1 thinks his books are grand. ("Hell, they're god!" was the actual quote.) Call and ask him what this is about, will you? Magpie Reveries: The Iconographic Mandalas of James Koehnline Autonomedia $10.00 Collage art from the guy who does all those cool designs for Autonomedia, the Moorish Science Monitor and others. On An(archy) and Schizoanalysis Rolando Perez Autonomedia $8.00 A book on recognizing and combating the fascism of everyday capitalist life. Perez gets into Neitzsche, psychology, our shared experience of pop/consumer culture and more, without making his points impossible to understand. Popular Defense and Ecological Struggles Paul Virilio Semiotext(e) $6.00 From Semiotext(e)'s Foreign Agents series comes this informed commentary on the military's new self-appointed role as global eco-cop. As the war machine seeks to spread beyond national borders, struggling to become the totality of human existence, how can we resist? Philosophy with a purpose. Remarks on Marx Michel Foucault Semiotext(e) $6.00 Another Foreign Agents volume based on an interview with the French philosopher, touching on his early Communist days, his opinions on various philosophical schools and personalities, views on the actions of May '68, and more. Semiotext(e) SF Rudy Rucker, Peter Lamborn Wilson and Robert Anton Wilson, editors Autonomedia $10.00 Cyberpunk old (William Burroughs) and new (Bruce Sterling), with several extremely excellent SF stories. John Shirley, J.G. Ballard, Philip Jose Farmer, more. Semiotext(e): USA Autonomedia $12.00 So full of stuff this thick book is bursting at the seams. The theme this time is psychotopography: to those not into big-word-ese, personal geography. That means stories about physical places and places in the human psyche, all according to these writers and artists. Plus you get addresses for all the contributors and a big classifieds section too. Speed and Politics Paul Virilio Semiotext(e) $6.00 The winner of a nuclear war no longer grabs territory or resources. Instead, the winner is the person who gets the furthest away from the territory. This is a fundamental change in war strategy. Speed is now highly important. Exploring the new front of warfare: controls on motion, movement and time itself. Extreme1 says "Virilio is the Clausewitz of our age." Still Black, Still Strong: Survivors of the U.S. War Against Black Revolutionaries Semiotext(e) $6.00 Dhoruba Bin Wahad of the Black Panthers, Mumia Abu-Jamal of the Black Panthers and MOVE, and Assata Shakur of the Panthers and the Black Liberation Army, tell their stories and give inspiring accounts of how they survived all-out war with local and federal law enforcement, imprisonment under the most hostile conditions, and the dispiriting deaths and conversions of friends and comrades. Bin Wahad and Abu-Jamal are both US political prisoners, Shakur is in exile in Cuba. T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism Hakim Bey Autonomedia $6.00 A series of essays from one of modern anarchismUs more interesting thinkers. Bey always takes things to the logical extreme, as evidenced in this volume of Rpoetic terrorism.S The Touch Michael Brownstein Autonomedia $6.00 A novel on sex, AIDS, therapy and more with some pretty hot scenes. If Kathy Acker says itUs Rdisturbing,S itUs probably worth a read to many of you. This is Your Final Warning! Thom Metzger Autonomedia $6.00 Anarchistic sci-fi that seems all too frighteningly plausible, and by a fellow Moorish Orthodox feller to boot. Wild Children / Autonomedia $5.00 A Semiotext(e) for kids done by kids, but a good read for adults, too. LOOMPANICS UNLIMITED The Abolition of Work (and other essays) Bob Black $9.95 This collection of classic rants takes the whole world to task in fine style. The AnarchistUs Guide to the BBS Keith Wade $8.95 An excellent primer on joining up with the international electronic underground. Basic technical info and more, all from a counterculture viewpoint. The Heavy Duty New Identity John Q. Newman $10.95 You never know when you might need a book like this. How to become someone else, without getting caught. How To Beat Honesty Tests Sneaky Pete $5.95 With ever more bosses forcing honesty tests, Rattitude evaluationsS and polygraphs on prospective or current employees, this book is essential info. Might is Right Ragnar Redbeard $7.95 The book that tells it lipparent: where power (social, political and economic) really comes from, and what secret knowledge can bend it to your will. The Right to be Greedy: Theses on the Practical Necessity of Demanding Everything For Ourselves $6.95 An American Situationist classic, this egoist manifesto is both hilarious and thought-provoking. The World Power Foundation: Its Goals and Platform Thomas, Harold, ed. $7.95 This volume presents the goals of the shadowy World Power Foundation, a group dedicated to bringing back slavery and dictatorship - with themselves at the helm. " The social darwinist quotes throughout the book are well worth the price of admission " Q Extreme 1. Loompanics Unlimited Catalog (1993 edition) $5.00 A great collection of books on, er I unusual subjects. POLITICS & DIRTY TRICKS ABC of Anarchism Alexander Berkman Freedom Press $5.00 An anarchist classic, and one that has dated little. An excellent exploration of the possibilities for and within a governmentless society. Abyss of Reason: Cultural Movements, Revelations & Betrayals Daniel Cotton Oxford $5.99 Using the (sometimes) conflicting visions of spiritualism and surrealism as a frame, Cotton dissects contemporary social and cultural movements and their predecessors. African Fundamentalism: A Literary and Cultural Anthology of Garvey's Harlem Renaissance Tony Martin, ed. The Majority Press $14.95 An interesting collection of works, including political writings, literary criticism, reviews, poetry, anti-war writing, drama and film. Well-known authors whose work is featured are Marcus Garvey, Zora Neale Hurston and more. An American Adventure in Bookburning James J. Martin Ralph Myles $6.00 Right-wing social history of government book-banning during WWIUs anti-German scare. Anarchy & the End of History Mike Gunderloy and Michael Ziesing, eds. Factsheet Five/Lysander Spooner $9.00 An excellent collection of anarchist essays, many of them from Instead of @ Magazine. Issues include the basics (what is an anarchist? what is the anarchist vision?) to how anarchist societies might deal with the inevitabilities of crime and conflict, and meeting the challenges that face the anarchist movement. Bakunin & Nechaev Paul Avrich Freedom Press $2.50 A tale of true revolutionary intrigue, in which the old radical is first smitten by, then spit upon by, the untrustworthy young fanatic. The Bigger Tory Vote: The Covert Sequestration of the Bigotry Vote Nick Toczek AK Press $4.00 Well-documented book on how British fascists (National Front, etc.) have infiltrated the ruling Tory PartyUs far right wing, and how their hidden influence helped it hold power through the Thatcher years. Black Swine in the Sewers of Hampstead Thomas Boyle Viking $3.98 A great big hardback. Ammunition for fighting those "crime epidemic widening" stats, and funny, too. All about crime and sexuality in real Victorian England (as opposed to the PBS version). Called To Serve Bo Gritz $29.95 Ramblings from the RpopulistS presidential candidate and survival entrepreneur. 600+ pages of Bo-Bo at his best. Class War: A Decade of Disorder Ian Bone, Alan Pullen and Tim Scargill, eds. Verso $17.00 A retrospective on these self-styled working class heroes, full of "kill the rich" propaganda that you will enjoy. Anti-yuppie, anti-poll tax, anti-royal. We especially like their sports section (some of the best bits are included here). Columbus, the Indians & Human Progress Howard Zinn Open Magazine Pamphlet Series $3.50 A brief alternative history, eminently readable, from our favorite historian. Zinn has the great researcher's knack of putting everything in new perspective by going direct to the source and ferreting out "suppressed" information, such as the thoughts and actions of common people in addition to those of the ruling class. Decline and Fall of the American Empire Gore Vidal Odonian Press $5.00 Vitrolic and totally true stuff, culled from several of Vidal's recent speeches and essays. Al Gore's least favorite cousin goes to town on religion, political systems, the military and the "national security" establishment, all with the historical references you expect. Snappy and easy to read, part of Odonian's new "Real Story" series. Down Below Leonora Carrington Black Swan Press $4.95 Surrealist pioneer CarringtonUs account of her adventures in Spain and in the realm of insanity. With great collage illustrations by Chicago surrealist artist Debra Taub. Drug Testing at Work Beverly A. Potter, Ph.D. and J. Sebastian Orfali Ronin Publishing $17.95 For both employees and (dastardly) employers. How tests work, how to set up a testing program (urp), how employees can beat tests or defend positive results. Dynamite: A Century of Class Violence in America Louis Adamic Rebel Press $12.50 Exploitation, massacre ... and violent reaction. The story of AmericaUs early industrial union movement. CoxeyUs Army, Debs, the Wobblies, sabotage. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Anarchism But Were Afraid to Ask Black Sheep/Dark Star/Rebel Press $2.50 The past year has probably heard the word RanarchyS misused more often than any other. WhatUs it all about, really? A simple primer from England. Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian Howard Zinn Common Courage Press $10.95 Zinn brings a radical historian's perspective to bear on struggle, war, higher education, Plato and more. An interesting collection, all written with verve and wit. French Marxists and Their Anthropology Pierre Clastres C.P. $1.00 Rabid critique of Marxist ethnology, which all-too-often reduces human relations to commodity and labor exchange mechanisms. This pamphlet is good reading and superb ammunition for taking bogus academics and their confining ideas to task. The Gemstone File Jim Keith, ed. IllumiNet Press $14.95 You think youUve read it all on the Kennedy assassination conspiracy? This collection of theories, stories and possibilities will blow your mind. The best version of RGemstoneS samizdat weUve seen. The German Guerilla: Terror, Reaction and Resistance Cienfuegos Press/Soil of Liberty $4.00 A history of terrorism in West Germany. Should make extra-interesting reading now that the Stasi (East German secret Police) affiliations of many RAF types have been exposed. Granddad's Wonderful Book of Chemistry Kurt Saxon Atlan Formularies $24.95 A good basic chemistry book for the "home chemist," if you get our drift. Saxon explains how to, um, AVOID explosive combinations, now NOT to create poisons and other harmful or caustic compounds. With instructions for an easy-to-make, infinitely useful and inexpensive chem-lab you could set up in your basement Q how to make your own beakers and stuff, too. The Hoax of the Twentieth Century Arthur R. Butz Institute for Historical Review $6.00 Revisionism 101: an examination of the Holocaust thatUs sure to provoke. Banned in Canada due to its political stance. How it All Began: The Personal Account of a West German Urban Guerilla Bommi Baumann Pulp Press $5.95 Baumann was a member of the June 2nd Movement. This is an interesting account of an avowed anarchist who still falls for the far leftUs programme, admiring Manson, doing drugs, and becoming a terrorist. Imperium Francis Parker Yockey Noontide Press $8.00 File this with SpenglerUs RDecline of the WestS as an impassioned call to defend RWesternS/European culture. Individualism Reconsidered Joe Peacott B.A.D. Press $4.50 A brief introduction to the ideas of individualist anarchism (as opposed to the collectivist varieties) from a member of the Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade. (as anarchotribe names go, I still think Revolutionary Anarchist Bowling League, the infamous RABL, wins hands down.) ItUs a Conspiracy! The National Insecurity Council EarthWorks Press $9.95 Not the most complete conspiracy book, but which one is? It might be one of the funniest, however: Although the information is as serious as a heart attack, there are also plenty of laughs in the presentation. I guess itUs the Rif I didnUt laugh IUd have to cryS syndrome. From JFK to Elvis to Malcolm X. The Idle Warriors Kerry Thornley IllumiNet Press $10.98 Why is Kerry crazy? Because he was Lee Harvey OswaldUs Marine-era roommate, and wrote a book about it Q before the Kennedy assassination! This is that book. Marijuana Law Richard Glen Boire Ronin Publishing $12.95 With nearly half a million Americans charged with use, possession or sale of the evil weed yearly, IUm sure at least some of our readers will have need for this book. Covers your rights vis-a-vis searches, arrest Marcus Garvey. Garvey preached self-reliance, led an American-based back-to-Africa movement, and the lectures collected here were the core of a course in community organizing and self-preservation that is still of value today. Naskapi Independence and the Caribou Alan Cooke 35" An oddity for this catalog, perhaps, this little pamphlet delves into the destruction of a spirited, self-sufficient Northern Indian tribe by traders of the HudsonUs Bay Company. On the Mass Bombing of Iraq and Kuwait, Commonly Known as Rthe Gulf WarR Tom Leonard AK Press $4.50 British take on the recent unpleasantness in the Middle East, media manipulation, etc. with RLeonardUs Shorter Catechism,S a Mencken-like dictionary flaming the even more obscurantist Brit equivalents of terms like Rsmart bombs.S The Playtime Omnibus: A Miscellary for Young People Workers Playtime Group Phoenix Press $2.75 Not a game book, but a book about the Runion gameS and what a sham it is. Poll Tax Rebellion Danny Burns AK Press $10.00 What is they gave a tax and nobody came? This book, which landed our pal the publisher in deep hot water, provides the answer. Most Americans are blissfully unaware of the poll tax (an equal tax on every person, regardless of income or age) perpetrated on Scotland in 1989. The plan was to to test it there first, then expand it to the rest of the Motherland. But the proles refused to pay, and the taxman was faced with a Revolting spectacle. The Poor Man's James Bond, Vol. 2 Kurt Saxon Atlan Formularies $24.95 You were expecting to find the Anarchist Cookbook somewhere in here? Fat chance Q it's full of misinformation and we'd hate to see anyone get hurt, now wouldn't we? You never know what fool might want to build homemade bombs, play with improvised munitions or build grenades on the kitchen table. We recommend simply READING about such things. This book should satisfy your curiosity. The Poor Man's James Bond, Vol. 3 Kurt Saxon Atlan Formularies $24.95 More stuff for weapons buffs, from a full basic gunsmithing course to homemade silencers, booby traps, blowguns and knife-making. Absolutely fascinating (don't try this stuff at home, kids Q for informational purposes only.) Race First Tony Martin The Majority Press $10.95 This comprehensive history of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association includes an excellent bibliography for students of early African-American history, including information on as-yet-unexplored archives. Plus it's well-written, and includes background information on splits in the movement that reverberate to this day. Sabate: Guerilla Extraordinaire Antonio Tellez Elephant Editions $6.00 Compelling story of the Spanish anti-fascist, guerilla fighter and bank robber, his life and times. Sabotage In the American Workplace Martin Sprouse, editor Pressure Drop Press $12.00 This is one fine book, full of anecdotes of screwing those whoUve screwed you (many of them by friends of ours, I might add...) From computer logic bombs to petty theft, itUs all here in hilarious detail, and in perspective. The Secret Screen Art Tinnitus $4.00 A compendium of articles from the monthly newsletter of San FranciscoUs Cacophony Society, a group of urban wildpeople dedicated to creating Fun. Seige James Mason Storm Books $20.00 ( signed) Hot - very hot - off the presses, this is a strange, interesting, provocative, outrageous book from a follower of both Hitler and Manson. Mason writes about Armed Struggle with capitol letters for a reason. Excellent reading for those who want to know the extreme radical right's strategy, including urban warfare plans. "It's the most interesting political theory I have read for a long while, he's well-read, smart , and just happens to be a nazi" Q Extreme 1. Shrink Resistant: The Struggle Against Psychiatry in Canada Bonnie Burstow and Don Weitz, eds. New Star Books $11.95 This hardbound volume is a collection of writings by current and former inmates of psychiatric institutions, talking about psychiatric abuse and practice in Canada, including electroshock, horrible drug therapies, the CIA-funded LSD experiments of Dr. Alan Cameron, psychiatric abuse of indigenous peoples, and more. All first-person and absolutely compelling, includes international anti-psychiatry resources. Stefano Delle Chiaie: Portrait of a Black Terrorist Stuart Christie Black Papers No. 1 $13.25 Delle Chiaie is a neo-fascist Italian terrorist linked with numerous outrages, including the 1980 Bologna railway station bombing that took 85 innocent lives. This book outlines his links to the neo-fascists. Author Stuart Christie tried to assassinate Franco in the 1960s at the age of sixteen. The Survivor, Vol. 4 Kurt Saxon Atlan Formularies $24.95 Saxon is a down-to-earth survivalist with intimate knowledge of what he's talking about. His anti-religious stance is a refreshing change from the usual Xtian/"prepare for the Rapture" crap in other survivalist books. Basically, this thick, large-format volume lays out instructions and tools and processes for stuff like wind generators, making sauerkraut, making bricks, building and using a simple loom and even making toys. He's a fan of 19th-century technology as well as newer discoveries. Fun or essential to read, depending on if you expect civil war to erupt next week. The Teenage Liberation Handbook Grace Llewellyn $14.95 Subtitled Rhow to quit school and get a real life and education,S this hefty book is filled with realistic alternatives to boring high school crap, from farming to science. Good for grown-up slackers in search of a life, too! Terrorizing the Neighborhood Noam Chomsky AK Press/Pressure Drop Press $6.00 Chomsky's take on the origins, goals and implications of US foreign policy since WWII, right up to the "New World Order" of today. Written like a good lecture from an excellent and easy-to-understand professor, which pretty much sums up Chomsky himself. Towards a CitizenUs Militia: Anarchist Alternatives to NATO and the Warsaw Pact 1st of May Group Cienfuegos Press $4.00 How can people protect themselves without creating a standing military, complete with hierarchy and the danger of coups? This slender book provides ideas and concrete plans for organization, tactics and more. For all irregular warfare fans. Unfinished Business: The Politics of Class War Class War Federation AK Press $11.00 Damn fine reading, good ale required whilst enjoying. Exogirl read this in the parking lot of the Christian Patriots bookstore in Boring to ward off evil spirits. Politics of everyday revolution stuff, calculated to inspire thought and, perhaps, action. We Build the Road as We Travel Roy Morrison New Society $16.95 For all those who wonder what the new world could look like. This is an examination of the Mondragon cooperative movement in Spain's Basque region, which has created 21,000 jobs with good pay in worker-owned co-ops, with an aim of abolishing wage-labor. With how-to info as well. Zenanarchy Kerry Thornley IllumiNet Press $9.98 R...a book to teach and create, in the guise of a work intended to amuse and delight.S - Mike Gunderloy. OK, so KerryUs crazy. But some of his stuff is worth reading. SITUATIONIST THEORY An endless adventure I an endless passionI an endless banquet Iwona Blazwick, editor Verso $18.95 The infamous Situationist scrapbook with the sandpaper cover - it destroys all your other books, and weUre just talking about the contents I Kindly wrapped in plastic. The Book of Pleasures Raoul Vaneigem Pending Press $12.00 A book about the positive use of doing exactly what you feel like, and the political implications thereof. Ways of getting beyond your identity as worker/consumer. Bureau of Public Secrets 1 Ken Knaab, ed. Bureau of Public Secrets $1.50 Situationist-inspired essays on society, Rtheory,S women, detournment, etc. Comments on the Society of the Spectacle Guy Debord Pirate Press $4.75 DebordUs take on the progression of spectacular capitalism, written in 1988. Especially concentrates on the role of secret societies, assassination and secret governments. First published by Verso, but this is a cheaper edition done by our friends. Enrags and Situationists in the Occupation Movement, France, May T68 Ren Vinet Autonomedia/Rebel Press $10.00 InsiderUs day-by-day account of the events of May '68, from the most radical groups involved. Songs, graffiti, comics. None Shall Escape: Radical Perspectives in the Caribbean Fundi $2.75 Info on events in Grenada and Jamaica from the point of view of a Jamaican situationist. With color map. The Realization and Suppression of Religion Ken Knabb Bureau of Public Secrets $1.50 Situ pamphlet on the spiritual/religious impulse and what to do with it in a revolutionary context. The Reproduction of Daily Life Fredy Perlman Black & Red $1.75 PerlmanUs work was always consistently good - this is one of his best-known essays in pamphlet form. An excellent explanation of commodity fetishism, modern capitalism, and what theyUre doing to our lives. The Revolution of Everyday Life Raoul Vaneigem Left Bank Books/Rebel Press $12.00 With RSociety of the Spectacle,S the book that instigated the events of May 1968 in France and created a new critique of consumer society (and how to end it): Situationism. Situationist International 1 Extreme Press $4.50 The first volume of essays from the American branch of the SI Q and our own first publication. This thick pamphlet is full of juicy stuff, including critiques of McLuhan, genetic engineering, the theory/action problem and more. We're almost out, so you'd better order soon. Situationist International Anthology Ken Knaab, ed. Bureau of Public Secrets $15.00 An excellent starting point for those interested in the Situationist critique. Society of the Spectacle Guy Debord Black & Red $4.50 The basic situ text from one of the SIUs founders. Society of the Spectacle and Other Films Guy Debord Rebel Press $12.00 The full texts of DebordUs first five films. The Veritable Split in the International Situationist International Chronos Publications $14.25 An internal history of the SI, with the focus on its disbandment and the follies of separating theory and practice. SPECTACULAR TIMES Animals Spectacular Times $2.50 On animal rights and human rights: how the factory farm and spectacular production mesh. Bigger Cages, Longer Chains Spectacular Times $1.00 IsnUt that what most RleftistsS are really asking for? Is it what you really want? An exploration of possibilities of freedom. in de Spectacle? Spectacular Times $1.50 A pocket-book of situationist theory, slogans, cartoons and general subversion. Nice to keep nearby at work :) More of the Shame Spec tacular Times $1.75 Another taste oU situ ideas from these Brits. Revolutionary Self-Theory: A BeginnersU Manual Spectacular Times $2.50 A pocket book on thinking for yourself, creating your own revolution here and now. Subversive and mind-expanding. The Spectacle: A Skeleton Key Spectacular Times $1.75 An excellent mini-primer on situationism in collage, text and graphic form. Spectacular Times: Cities of Illusion Larry Law Spectacular Times $1.50 A pocket book of evil-tasting mind candy. Put it in your lunchbox. A True Historie & Account of the Pyrate Captain Mission Larry Law Spectacular Times $2.00 A historical account of an early libertarian-anarchist society on the island of Madagascar, pocket-book size. SPIRITUALITY, RELIGION & HIGH WEIRDNESS African Origins of the Major "Western Religions" Yosef A.A. ben-Jochannan Black Classic Press $24.95 Historian and Egyptologist ben-Jochannan provides the reader with an examination of the history, beliefs and myths that are at the root of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, bringing the seminal contributions of Africans and African spirituality into the conversation. FUTHARK: A Handbook of Rune Magic Edred Thorsson Samuel Weiser Inc. $8.95 Of interest not only to Nordic types and magicians, but also to calligraphers, tattoo artists and students of ancient European history. Fascinating stuff: for instance, did you know that the heart symbol (as in RI [heart] stun gunsS) is actually a runic representation of female genitals and buttocks? The Moorish Science Monitor #7 $3.00 The lavishly-illustrated Tzine of the Moorish Orthodox Church, an amalgam of real history, fantasy, play and humor. Wa salaam! The Moorish Science Monitor, Grand Jubilee issue $3.00 "Wake up and dream" is the theme of this collage-and-text zine. Includes an interesting ethnographic history lesson on the "Black Irish," or celtic moors, if you will, from the MOC-allied Blackthorn League. The Moorish Science Monitor, Vol. V, #1 (Winter 90/91) $1.00 More anarcho-sufi stuff, this issue concerning the concept of hygiene. Slim yet satisfying. The Moorish Science Monitor, Vol. V, #3 (Spring 91) $1.00 A manifesto/rumination on Immediatism, which is NOT (repeat, not!) an art movement. And an examination of the GOD/DOG concept from Hakim Bey's peculiar Islamic point of view. The Moorish Science Monitor, Vol. V, #2 (Summer 91) $1.00 An anarcha-feminist critique of the family from Hakim Bey, with which Exogirl does not wholly agree. But it's a good read and thought-provoking. Other stuff on the same subject, too. Northern Magic: Mysteries of the Norse, Germans & English Edred Thorsson Llewellyn Publications $4.95 An interesting read for those intrigued by the northern myths, runes, hearty Viking spirituality etc. Cut out that pseudo-Indian crap and get back to your roots, honky. Principia Discordia (or, How I Found the Goddess and What I Did To Her When I Found Her) Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley $6.95 A religion disguised as a joke, or a joke disguised as a religion? Or both? With an introduction by Robert Anton Wilson. Radio Sermonettes Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade Collective The Libertarian Book Club $3.50 A zine-style volume on the Moorish Orthodox Church, a hipster-fueled outgrowth of Black Islam that, inexplicably, is still going strong. Santeria: A Practical Guide to Afro-Caribbean Magic Luis Manuel Nunez Spring Publications $16.00 You could call this a Santeria primer, Santeria being the much-maligned religious system of many Caribbean people. Mixing elements of African religion, Catholicism and probably whatUs left of Carib spirituality, itUs immediate, passionate and multifaceted. Santeria: African Spirits in America Joseph M. Murphy Beacon Press $14.00 More of a sociological look at Santeria and how it Rworks,S but written by an academic of the participant-observer school. Fascinating inside account filled out with history and more. Three-Fisted Tales of RBobS Rev. Ivan Stang, Ed. Simon & Schuster $10.95 A companion volume for your RBook of the SubgeniusS - more from AmericaUs favorite homegrown Rreligion.S [See also, listings for Feral House Books] SEX, GENDER & RELATED ISSUES ACT UP, The AIDS War & Activism George M. Carter Open Magazine Pamphlet Series $3.50 This pamphlet includes a brief history of ACT UP, the basics known to date on AIDS, addresses and phone numbers for more info, and a wealth of info on whatUs up in the lives of those living with the disease, including alternative treatments, funding, housing and insurance issues. Body Play and Modern Primitives Quarterly / Vol. 1, No. 4 $10 A mag for the piercing set with some neato tattoos, branding, instructions on waist cinching and other body modification stuff. If youUre into it, this is interesting. Fakir Mustaphar (who you might have seen in REsearchUs RModern PrimitivesS book) is the editor. The Lesbian S/M Safety Manual Pat Califia Lace Publications $7.95 A good S/M manual thatUs not just for dykes. One of the best U80s how-to books on any subject. How to play it safe, both physically and emotionally (the latter is left out of many straight S/M books). Macho Sluts Pat Califia, editrix Alyson Publications $9.95 Erotic fiction anthology with an S/M edge. A little earth mama goddess shit but not too much. Plenty of humor with the sex, lots of original (ahem ...) situations. SCUM Manifesto Valerie Solanas $4.00 ThereUs more belly-laughs in this book than in most comicUs stand-up routines. Of course, Solanas took this RSociety for Cutting Up MenS by simulated oral sex on a Lutheran minister when demoUing dental dams. Susie BrightUs Sexual Reality: A Virtual Sex World Reader Susie Bright Cleis Press $9.95 ItUs fun, itUs lighthearted, itUs everyoneUs favorite vibrator saleslady turned erotic missionary. BrightUs anti-censorship, pro-good sex attitude is refreshing. A dyke Dr. Ruth with something of value for straights too. The RvirtualS in the title means, yes, thereUs stuff on phones, computers and other safe-sex technologies. Urban Aboriginals: A Celebration of Leathersexuality Geoff Mains Gay Sunshine Press $14.95 An insider biologistUs examination of gay S/M culture as an impromptu tribal-bonding thing and as a way to work out issues of oppression, anger and social roles. Zeitgeist / / Issue Four $17.95 Lotsa pix and stories about English folks who are all tied up and ready to stay where you put them. Nice rubber clothes in the fashion shoots. (See also, Art & Comix, Fiction and other sections) "ART" AND COMIX The Art of Anarchy Flavio Costantini Black Flag $10.00 Illustrations of famous moments in early anarchist history. Constantini's style is sometimes reminiscent of stained glass, or collage, or even photorealism. All profits go to the Anarchist Black Cross, which helps support political prisoners and old anarchists (a good cause, sez us). The Assault on Culture: Utopian Currents From Lettrisme to Class War Stewart Home AK Press $13.00 Any book that can range from the French avant garde to ExtremeUs favorite wannabe revolutionaries canUt be all wrong. ItUs actually quite the good read, this collection of essay-like bits on Bauhaus, the SI, punk, mail art etc. "An A-1 fake book for intellectual hipsters like Extreme 1" Q Exogirl. Best of Biff Chris Garratt/Mick Kidd Impact Books $10.00 Extremely funny Brit comic that parodies those godawful romance comics that all us girlz remember so unfondly. These are single-frame funnies that originally appeared as cards, suitable for refrigerator posting. Reads like it's Situationist-inspired, even if it isn't. Betty Page: Queen of Pin-Up Taschen $9.99 Like all Taschen art books, this one includes text in English, German and French. Great shots of Betty Page, the queen of the bondage pin-up and Irving Klaw's favorite subject. Page is absolutely adorable, and everything is in innocent fun. Collectors and pin-up fans will enjoy. Blab! #7 / / $8.95 Comic magazine, this time featuring strips from Joe Coleman, Spain Rodriguez, Mark Trujillo, more. Hilarious take on H. Ross Perot by Mark Freidman. Cicciolina Posterbook Taschen $8.99 Six frameable posters of the Italian Parliament's most famous sex kitten. Porn with a sense of humor, tame and sweet. "She's someone I might even vote for!" says Extreme1. Confessions of a Rat Fink: The Life and Times of Ed RBig DaddyS Roth Howie Kusten Topper Books $12.95 Basically this is a stream of consciousness true life story, straight from the master of hot rods and funny-car art and silly comix. Lots of very cool old illustrations, of course, neat cover by ExogirlUs ex-bandmate (and RothUs current RRat FinkS artist), R.K. Sloane. Buy it so Rick can pay the bills, he deserves it. The Education of Desire: The Anarchist Graphics of Clifford Harper Anarres Cooperative $11.50 This is just a really fine book. A retrospective of Harper's work in a variety of media, not just the woodcut-like drawings for which he is best known. With lengthy (and very interesting) interviews that cover three decades of working and living the radical life in Britain. The Festival of Plagiarism Stewart Home $5.50 Home is a proponent of the artistUs version of Rsampling.S An account of several plagiarized-art shows, plus theory. Funny and interesting. Hajime Sorayama Taschen $9.99 Sorayama could be described as a Japanese Olivia - these are detailed, realistic renderings of fantasy girls in alluring poses, including some (for you cybersex fans) that are rather metallic and/or robotic. There are pop-art elements as well that add another dimension to his work. HR Giger ARh+ Taschen $9.99 All in English. A excellent - and very inexpensive - retrospective of Giger's work, with a book-length interview. If you thought the sets for Alien were awesome you will love this. Jeanloup Sieff Taschen $9.99 Like Helmut Newton, Sieff's black-and-white images walk the tightrope between fetish and fashion. Sieff's photos have a kinder, healthier, non-misogynist focus, however. Jeanloup Sieff Posterbook Taschen $8.99 These classy, frameable prints of black-and-white photos by Sieff would add something to any underdecorated room. Jeux de Dames Cruelles 1850-1960 Serge Nazarieff Taschen $9.99 Lots of silly spanking photos, certainly a find for the aficionado, and poster designers, those looking for cool stuff to scan for a collage or screen saver design etc. will doubtless enjoy these. Some very artistic shots, from French postcards to Irving Klaw. Jeff Koons Taschen $19.99 A retrospective of Koons' work. One of the post-modern art scene's more oddball and interesting denizens, Koons has used everything from bourgeois banality to photos and sculptures that in another context would be considered pornographic. (Since he's married to Italian porn star Cicciolina, these are interesting as more than "fine art," we might add... ) Lots of humor, both in the art and in the accompanying text. Jeff Koons postcard book Taschen $4.99 A smaller Koons retrospective, from the silly to the sublime, on 30 postcards that you can mail to friends or enemies, depending on what you think of his stuff. Joel-Peter Witkin: Forty Photographs SF Museum of Modern Art $20.00 Culled mostly from Witkin's 85/86 exhibition, this is the least expensive collection of his photos currently available. These are dark, disturbing tableaux-like arrangements that combine live (and occasionally dead) models with animal parts, religious icons and collage-like elements. Witkin is one of the art world's biggest jerks, but his work is undeniably interesting and compelling. Neoist Manifestos/The Art Strike Papers Stewart Home AK Press $13.00 One of the UKUs more dashing cultural terrorists, speaking about RartS now that the strike is over. DidnUt know there was an art strike? Read this to find out why. The Neoist stuff is groovy too: Rwe affirm that we are content to just go through the motions.S An art credo we at Extreme can buy! Paranoia Star Suehiro Maruo Kawade Personal Comics $19.75 An unusual Japanese RmangaS (comic) book. Violent, gory, surreal. Combines horrific imagery with concentration camp and Nazi photos. Text in Japanese (but don't let that stop you), imagines Axis takeover of US. Disturbing. Same guy who did Dr. ArashiUs Amazing Freak Show. Pierre et Gilles Taschen $9.99 Their artwork is hard to describe. Some of this two-man team's influences are Catholic kitsch, Hindu kitsch, Soviet realism and surrealism, with a strong of homo-eroticism meets 3-D postcards meets the Thunderbolts and old kids' shows from the 1960's. For example, Boy George was their model for Shiva. Sexy Dreams Taschen $9.99 A collection of artistic modern pin-ups in a variety of styles, from science-fiction/fantasy to cyberpunk to more traditional. The subjects are all lovely and come in all races, some with tattoos, various cute outfits etc. Contributions from many different artists, including Olivia and a number of Japanese erotica specialists. Tom of Finland Taschen $9.99 Bargain price for a nice set of Tom's homoerotic art. Not the same as the "retrospective" collection, although there is considerable overlap. Tom Of Finland postcard book Taschen $4.99 Tom does it again with those big , we mean BIG, men on 30 little postcards. Just be aware that you might experience trouble sending these through the postal service. Tom of Finland Posterbook Taschen $8.99 Six 31 x 44 cm posters, suitable for framing. Cover is a sexy Santa Claus Q maybe this would make a good Xmas gift for someone you know? Tom of Finland Retrospective No. 1 London Press $27.50 Something to give the OCA fits, and you might like it too. TomUs gay erotica leans toward the leather/uniforms set, all the guys are more developed than anything seen in real life ever. This book includes drawings from 1946 to 1987. The Tradition of Constructivism Stephen Bann, ed. Da Capo Press $3.98 Heavy-duty history of this revolution-inspired art movement, the first time many writings have been available in English. Includes chronology, illustrations, extensive bibliography. Visual Addiction: The Art of Robert Williams Last Gasp $21.95 I have to admit to liking WilliamsU titles better than his art, but I know that nearly all my buds think his stuff is great. Williams mixes all-American elements like pin-up girls, tattoo art, influences from Big Daddy Roth, advertising and collage to come up with an original strange brew. Illos in both black and white and color. Wild Wheels Harrod Blank Pomegranate Press $25.00 If you loved the movie (or didn't get to see it), you'll really love this book. Great shots and stories about wacky "art cars" created by both "folk" and "serious" artists. Coffeetable quality. The Unknown Deserter: Nine Drawings by Clifford Harper Working Press $4.00 A story in pictures of a British deserter executed in WWI. A good little book. Uwe Ommer Taschen $9.99 Ommer is a German fashion and art photographer with a fascination for gorgeous, exotic girls. These color shots are mostly nudes, of the loveliest African, Asian and European women. Every image is infused with humor and joy, a nice change from the typical pouty and vaguely threatening stuff that's seen in, say, certain ads for jeans or perfume. MUSIC THAT MATTERS Black Words on White Paper: Clock DVA Contempo International $20.00 Complete with a CD of unreleased industrial meanderings, this small, sealed book looks like essential reading and looking for fans. Einsturzende Neubaten Stampa Alternativa $17.40 Visually arresting book that includes bilingual (English/Italian) interviews with the German masters of industrial music, plus biographies, discographies and lyrics. Also includes a Mini-CD of unreleased material. Happening Digitali Interrattivi Tommaso Tozzi, coordinator Wide Records $20.00 A zine/diskette/CD compilation in a plastic box, verbiage in Italian but graphics and music enjoyable by all, on cyberpunk themes. Contributors include Trans XXX, Radio Gladio, Gaiani and other bands/writers you want to know about. In MS-DOS format, includes Euro cyberanarchist contact info and BBS numbedetritus and text. Looks interesting. Hawkwind: The Never Ending Story of the Psychedelic Warlords Materiali Sonori Exports $17.40 Slim bilingual book with photos and an unreleased CD recorded live in 1990. Songs include "TV Suicide" and "Hi Tech Cities" - book (which is sealed) surely contains some good, weird stuff on this influential band. Rhythmajik: Practical Uses of Number, Rhythm and Sound Z'ev Temple Press $17.95 Equal parts magic book and music book. Z'ev's work is usually categorized as "industrial," although the underlying framework that uses is anything but. This volume lays out his methods for linking sounds with alchemical, astrological, magical and mathematical equivalents to create compositions that he believes are powerful on more than one level. Sonic Life: Inside Sonic Youth Materiali Sonori Exports $17.40 Bilingual biography, interviews, photos, complete discography and lyric sheets from this New York-based cult favorite.With a bonus 7" single of unreleased music. Tape Delay Charles Neal SAF Publishing Ltd. $19.95 Interviews and essays and photos on all sorts of noise-oriented bands. Extreme1 says itUs great music writing - and he HATES music (or so he claims). Einsturzende , Psychic TV, Sonic Youth, Laibach, New Order , Test Dept. etc. Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated Guide to The Residents Ralph America $13.95 There's never been anything like a Residents show for combining music, costumes, sets, insanity and surreal/seemingly accidental comedy. Not even Devo (although the comparison could be made). This fairly thick book includes everything from album art to interviews with The Masked Ones themselves. (See also Art, REsearch and other sections.) LITERATURE & OTHER STUFF Extreme1 thinks that maybe in this section you might be browsing by favorite author, so we arranged it differently. Hope you don't mind. J.G. Ballard War Fever $3.99 Short stories in a speculative fiction vein, with the usual Ballard surrealism, humor and apocalyptic subject matter. William Burroughs Electronic Revolution Expanded Media Editions (German Import) $8.50 As always, prescient commentary from one of the 20th CenturyUs few masters. William Burroughs The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Expanded Media Editions (German Import) $11.50 In English and German, with very interesting illustrations. A transcription of a Spaceship Earth-themed speech by Burroughs plus a related interview, with far-reaching ruminations on human destiny and outer space, evolution, virus theory, etc. William Burroughs Naked Scientology/Ali's Smile Expanded Media Editions (German Import) $9.50 Burroughs' infamous rant on Scientology ("no body of knowledge needs an organizational policy,") plus a short story with a Scientologist theme. William Burroughs Painting & Guns Hanuman Books $5.95 Wanted to buy this adorable little book but the ones at the bookstore had been fondled to death? ThereUs a lot of interesting stuff packed into its 3" by 4" format. All about how Burroughs creates those art pieces with doors, paint, guns, explosives etc., plus his general philosophy of art. Buzz Callaway Specimen Tank Manic d Press $9.95 A kinda sick story about a couple of losers who end up as drug-test subjects in New Jersey. The writing's good, the material's provocative, and there are laughs and pathos. Creation Press sampler Cease To Exist Creation Press $9.95 Stories from several writers, including Rollins, James Havoc and Aaron Williamson. Mostly about sex and death, obsessive, disgusting stuff. "Exogirl hates it, I ain't made up my mind yet" Q Extreme 1. M. Gilland The Free Attack International $7.50 Fiction that could inspire a revolution. When Linda whacks a nun, her freedom - and the worldUs - has just begun. Brion Gysin Dreamachine Plans Temple Press Limited $6.00 This pamphlet, now distributed by the Temple Ov Psychick Youth's publishing wing, lays out instructions and includes templates for building one of the most low-tech devices for altering your consciousness without drugs. Note: avoid if you're prone to seizures. Brion Gysin Morocco Two Inkblot Publications $6.00 Apparently a film script for a dramatic and funny film set in exotic locales.. Richard Hell Artifact: Notebooks from Hell 1974-80 Hanuman Books $6.00 Richard Hell was Exogirl's most-lusted-after punk rocker of the 70s, with his brooding eyes, gorgeous lips, tight black jeans (pant pant pant). Plus he wrote great poetry, and put it to rockin' music. This teeny tiny book is jam-packed with stuff that reads like diary entries from a troubled and brilliant boy. Drugs, sex, NY punk scene insider tidbits, and well-written to boot. Stewart Home Pure Mania Polygon $20.00 This is the closest thing to punk/skinhead pulp you can find (at least until Exogirl finishes her novelI). Vegan nazis and anarchists run amok in London's East End, lotsa sex and violence. It's an import, hence the price, but you'll like it so much you'll want to share it with a friend. We promise! Herbert Huncke Guilty Of Everything Hanuman 6.00 A great little book by the street hustler who gave Bill Burroughs his first taste. Huncke retells those great stories about New York in the forties and fifties. Yeah, he was a junkie who ripped off his friends , but fuck, that's what junkies do, he at least is amusing about it. G.X. Jupiter-Larsen Raw Zed & the Condor Bloodprint Press $10.00 An experimental novel that has a very stream-of-wigged-out-consciousness feel to it. Having to do with motorcycles and highways. James Kelman Some Recent Attacks: Essays Cultural & Political AK Press $9.00 Opinions from the noted (young) Scottish novelist on English elitism, bullshit Rfine arts,S human rights and holding onto a sense of place. The Brits are shocked over his use of profanities and street language. Comte de Lautrmont / Les Chants de Maldoror New Directions $11.95 No, itUs not in French: the title means Rsongs of Maldoror.S The first proto-surrealist classic, it's by a Uraguayan author of whom no pictures or other information exists. Tres macabre: everything from the joys of maggots to shark sex. Jon Longhi Bricks and Anchors Manic D Press $7.00 Stories, rather strange ones. Very short, most of them. Mixing subjects from personal narrative, all a bit stream of consciousness. Character sketches, unfinished fragments. Lydia Lunch Incriminating Evidence Last Gasp $12.95 Since the gal never shuts up, itUs surprising that La Lunch still has anything left to say. Lots of rants, printed in capital letters just so you get the point. Also some sexy photos and some kinda creepy illustrations by Kristian Hoffman. And what seems to be transcripts of conversations. Sometimes Lydia is tiresome and sometimes her stuff is compelling. Thom Metzger Drowning in Fire Signet $5.50 No, not THAT Metzger Q this one is a sci fi/horror writer. In this volume, he tries his hand at hard-boiled crime fiction, and it ain't bad. Two young adults come to terms with the legacy of their mobster father, and it doesn't look like the good guys necessarily win out in this thriller. Thom Metzger Shock Totem A strange child protagonist makes this medical thriller all the more interesting. As his powers grow he becoming deadly, feared and hunted. Looks like good reading. John G.H. Oakes, editor In the Realm of the Unreal: Insane Writings Four Walls Eight Windows $12.95 Extreme1 loves this Rwonderfully happyS anthology of short works by people who have been committed. Plus 16 pages of Adolf Wolffi, cool crazy artist guy. Most of the writers are unknown Qgreat in spots. Rollins Art to Choke Hearts & Pissing in the Gene Pool 2.13.61 $15.00 If you havenUt seen Henry Rollins do his spoken-word thing (or if you have and loved it) this book is a good substitute. Even includes some erotic interludes. Sensitive stuff from the guy who cold-cocked an ex-bfriend of ExogirlUs for saying hello some years ago . We are amazed. I guess his oversized neck isnUt the only muscle heUs been developing. Amy Scholder and Ira Silverberg, editors High Risk: An Anthology of Forbidden Writings Plume Books $10.00 All your faves are represented, from Burroughs to Mary Gaitskill. Subjects include S&M, prostitution, drug use, transsexuality and everything else that ainUt sugar & spice. Good stuff, one of the better short story collections out. Benjamin Zephaniah Inna Liverpool AK Press $3.50 Poetry in patois from a rastaman in Liverpool. The rhy thm is like reggae, these could be song lyrics but theyUre free verse. Fun to read, also t hought-provoking. Reminiscent of Linton Kwesi Johnson. TZINEAGE Alternative one, all who can't read the multitude of great mags out there cover-to-cover will appreciate this. Answer Me #3 / $3.50 "It's the best damn fanzine that ever existed on this shithole of a planet. PERIOD. If you ain't read it, beg, borrow, dare I say steal the fucking rag, or better yet buy it from us. It doesn't pull any punches Q hell, I'd say it adds a few." Q Extreme1. Cyber-Psycho's A.O.D. $4.00 The editor goes to some lengths to say this isn't a cyberpunk zine, but it does have some of that edge flavor to it. Band interviews with Pigface, Crash Worship and others of that ilk, a Nick Zedd interview, some fiction, and a set of rather warped "pain trading cards." Draculina #15 $3.75 I guess you could all this a scream queen fanzine - it's obviously done by someone fascinated with the girls seen in gore movies, especially those sexy Vampirella types. Lots of video reviews, too. Full size, with a color cover a la Cinefantastique. The Excluded Middle #2 $3.50 All sorts of weird (and I do mean weird) U.F.O. shit . Future Sex I3 / / $4.95 If you donUt hang out in porn shops, you probably havenUt seen this glossy mag. The RpictorialsS are more of the usual, but the articles at least attempt to be interesting. The original idea was to cater to those with a technology fetish, and some of that does carry though, with stories this ish on pornware, virtual sex, and related subjects. Has promise. We know the producers and feel safe in saying that photos weren't coerced (any more than your daily work at a crappy job was.) Gauntlet: No. 5 (Porn in the USA issue) $9.95 A thick journal on modern culture. This issue includes articles exploring Rpornography,S its meaning, detractors and participants. Viewpoints from Annie Sprinkle to Phyllis Schlafly. Girl Frenzy #3 $3.50 Fun, feminist, magazine-size Brit zine. Much better than most US "riot grrrl" shit, because it's written by women with brains. Great comix, too. Intervention 20 (LeftRight) 10.00 Australia's version of Semiotext(e), this is mostly about deconstructionism, post-modernism etc. A must-have for Semiotext(e) readers."I give this zine-book two thumbs up" Q Extreme1. Intervention 21/22 (Flesh) 10.00 This issue's theme centers around the concept of the body and its role in this "post-modern" age of ours. Jack Ruby Slippers 2.0' $5.00 Subtitled "A journal of cultural resource management," this nicely constructed magazine combines somewhat academic essays with humor. Everything from an illustrated guide to condom use to a most fascinating interview with a thief who specializes in burgling corporations. Metanetwork 2000 #1 $4.50 A floppy-disk cyberzine that's unfortunately in Italian, a far as we can make out. Includes stuff on the Electronic Freedom Foundation, Bruce Sterling, artificial life. PC format, looks good! Includes graphics and animation. Nozone #4 $5.00 Utopia/Dystopia issue, with graphic contributions from David Goldin, Johnathan Royce and others. Interesting format and design. "Reminds me a bit of Pulp." Q Exogirl. Primal Chaos #7 $3.00 An industrial zine that this issue features a too-brief interview with San Francisco expatriate Z'ev, now living in Europe and some laudatory articles on de Sade, Odinism, Satanism and other stuff that's useful to scare your parents with. Portable Lower East Side V. 8 #1: Live Sex Acts $7.00 A magazine/mini-book with contributions from several of New York's finest, including Richard Hell, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Annie Sprinkle and Herbert Huncke. The accent, obviously, is on sex. Vivienne Maricevic's series of interviews with porn performers is especially interesting and revealing (and not just in the obvious way.) Public #7 $15.00 The theme is "Sacred Technology," and featured items include everything from a Foucault essay to an investigation of the sociopolitical implications of ultrasound scans in pregnancy. More a book than a magazine, with interesting photoillustrations. Publicsfear #2 $6.50 The New York emergency room stories were my favorite part of this nicely designed magazine. But there's quite a lot more, with a range from Madonna to Australian psychodrama to French philosophy. Presence #3 $14.00 That probably seems like a lot for a magazine, but I doubt that this info is available elsewhere (plus, it's 380 pages long and perfect-bound!). Presence covers the virtual reality world, from the perspective of those working in this new area. This issue's focus is "simulator sickness," apparently a fly in the VR ointment. A bit scientific-journal-like, but very interesting. Steamshovel Press #6 / $4.00 A wild and wooly conspiracy mag. This issue has info on the JFK/LSD connection, links between the RUFO coverupS and, believe it or not, the INSLAW affair, more... Steamshovel Press #7 / $4.00 The latest issue of this redoubtable conspiracy magazine. Printed on newsprint but chock full oU nuts, just like a good sundae. From Tim Leary to John Judge, even Robert Anton Wilson makes an appearance this time. UFOs, assassination theories, Reich, all kinda neat stuff. Steamshovel Press #8 $4.00 Mae Brussel's secret service files, more on what Howard Hunt was doing at JFK's assassination site, Philip K. Dick - you gotta read this. Vague #16/17 $8.50 Psychic Terrorism issue with RIf...S revisited, Angry Brigade, Psychick TV, Tom VagueUs Xmal Deutchland European tour diary, the usual very fabulous graphics. Vague #20 $8.50 Televisionaries issue with terrorism & alternatives to terrorism, Spectacular Times, great graphics and comix. Vague #21 $8.50 The Cyber-punk issue with Jon Savage interview, Blade Runner, gratuitous comix, Class War. Vague #22 $8.50 Media sickness issue. Paris U68, Jamie Reid interview, Situationism (one of the better articles on the subject). Vague #23 $9.00 The "God Told Me To Do It" issue. Tom writes his own wild Twin Peaks diary. Interesting (and glossy!) comix section, a "history of Vague," Stewart Home stuff, more. Variant #14 / 11.50 Britain's best art magazine , this issue is mostly about video artists, and a little about the whole cyberpunk thing and its relation to viddies, etc. (See also, Art & Comix section) USED, RARE AND VERY SPECIAL >From time to time we at Extreme get our hands on some used books that might be of interest. We have just one copy of these, so grab 'em while they're hot. Anarchist Organization: The History of the FAI Juan Gomez Casas Black Rose Books $8.00 Hardcover on Soanish anarchist and social democratic history, with emphasis on organizing techniques. Covers the FAI, the CNT, anarchosyndicalism, wartime organizing and more, up to1986. University of Texas library stamp, not for collecting. Anarchist Portraits Paul Avrich Princeton University Press $10.00 Hardcover edition of essays from this anarchist historian. Much that's not available elsewhere, including an evaluation of Makhno and anti-semitism, Sacco and Vanzetti, anarchism in Brazil and Australia. The writing is lively, and there's even a sprinking of photographs. University of Texas libary stamp, not for collecting. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky Pantheon $7.50 A good, if not necessarily objective, assessment of how the economics of publishing and the marketplace shape the news we get to see through official sources. 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