I am a slow summertime reader. I also subscribe to the New Yorker (which requires a huge weekly reading investment) and prefer to spend my summer nights riding my bike along the banks of the Delaware River rather than sitting at home reading. I do also travel a fair bit though, and quite often, my… Continue reading Guest Post: Brian Tunney on Lincoln’s Melancholy by Joshua Wolf Shenk
William Gibson is justifiably renowned as one of the key founders of the now vast realm of cyberpunk. His 1984 novel Neuromancer was a foundation stone for a new style of futuristic fiction; high tech but gritty. The opening line of the novel said it all: “The sky above the port was the colour of… Continue reading Guest Post: Ashley Crawford on Spook Country by William Gibson
In his RE/Search newsletter last week, V. Vale had the following to say regarding my recent interview anthology, Follow for Now: Note that Roy Christopher has recently authored a must-have collection of his interviews, Follow for Now — order from roychristopher.com or frontwheeldrive.com This is possibly the most “cutting edge” grouping of folks on the… Continue reading V. Vale on Follow for Now
“Let us go on outdoing ourselves; a revolutionary man always transcends himself or otherwise he is not a revolutionary man, so we always do what we ask of ourselves or more than we know we can do.” –- Huey P. Newton, Revolutionary Suicide What We Want, What We Believe: The Black Panther Party Library (AK… Continue reading What We Want, What We Believe: The Black Panther Party Library DVD
The following blurb appeared on Erik Davis’ blog yesterday (Thanks, Erik!): “Roy Christopher is the supersharp, humble, and very friendly guy who runs the website frontwheeldrive.com, which has long been one of my favorite spots online to feel the technoculture’s intellectual pulse — which in Christopher’s case is primarily sensed through dialogue. The thirtysomething Christopher… Continue reading Erik Davis on Follow for Now
