Reading
The Warcraft Civilization »
An h+ review of William Bainbridge's Kool-Aid soaked sociology study of WoW
Singing to the Plants »
The best book on ayahuasca yet
The Flower Garland Sutra »
Trapped in Indra's Net
The Atmosphere of Heaven »
Mike Jay's history of nitrous oxide is a gas!
More on Rudy Wurlitzer »
An interview that appears in the current issue of Yeti.
Nog reissue »
My new foreward for Rudy Wurlitzer's classic avant-freak novel
Delusions of Normality »
Deconstruct the myth that underlies them all.
Light and Shadow »
Meditation, Hölderlin, and little fluffy clouds
John Law's short stories »
Macabre tales of brazen bridge adventures.
Welcome to Mars »
The secret links between Levittown, LSD, and Lucky Dragon No 5
All Known Metal Bands »
Dan Nelson's metal compendium
John Giorno's poetry »
Sex and Suicide in the Buddhaland
The Hashish Eater »
Clark Ashton Smith's great visionary poem
Why Mrs. Blake Cried »
Homegrown tantra in 18th century London
Bill Hicks »
The best comic of his generation, in print.
Maurice Nicoll's Gurdjieffean Gospels »
Reading one of the great exponents of the Fourth Way
Jodorowsky's Spiritual Memoir »
The maker of El Topo gets initiated by Zen masters and singing vulvas
Blade Runner Scarecrows »
Seeing through your illusion
G.K. Chesterton »
A look at the madcap parable The Man who was Thursday.
Lachman on Ouspensky »
A biography of Gurdjieff's brilliant "number one"
Marsupial »
Derek White's fantastic new meta fiction
The Dying Earth »
Jack Vance's masterwork of post-technological fantasy
20C »
Patrik Ouredník’s Europeana: A Brief History of the Twentieth Century
Packing my Library »
The author ponders what books to carry abroad.
Master of Reality »
John Darnielle takes on Sabbath.
Bardo Frontier »
A Bookforum review of Rudy Wurlitzer's fantastic new novel, The Drop Edge of Yonder.
Meta-Mughal »
Salman Rushdie's latest tale
Romantic Religion »
A look at R.J. Reilly's keen book on creative imagination and the Inklings
Digital Dharma »
A review of a new techgnostic classic.
The Circus of Dr. Lau »
One of the great American fantasy novels.
Mind the Gap »
A review of Jeff Warren's great experiential pop science book on consciousness.
The Green Knight Grins at You »
The delights of W.S. Merwin's translation of the supercool Middle English poem.
Dr. Bombast »
A review of Philip Ball's new book on Paracelsus.
Phantasy Island »
A look at Giorgio Agamben's amazing book Stanzas.
Slipstream »
Two books of fantastic realism by Elizabeth Hand.
Post-Apocalypto 3 »
George R. Stewart's proto-green SF novel.
Post-Apocalypto 2 »
Miranda Mellis' new and haunting novella
Post-Apocalypto »
Reading the ruins according to Rudy
The Bicyle Ride »
Nick Drake-producer Joe Boyd's great sixties memoir
Arthur mag R.I.P. »
The countercultural rag folds
Follow for Now »
The great frontwheeldrive.com interview collection
Maqroll the Magnificent »
The best Latin American sea shanty tales you'll ever read.
After the Fry »
A review of Cormac McCarthy's new postapocalyptic romp.