Hard News by Russell Brown

If you want to read a superb book about this somewhat misunderstood genre, I highly recommend Rob Young's excellent Electric Eden. It's a cracking read and goes well beyond any of the stereotypes about the genre - which is just as adventurous and ground-breaking as any other you care to mention.

Shadowbahn by Steve Erickson is an interesting read – involving the reappearance of the Twin Towers in the Dakota Badlands and Elvis Presley’s stillborn twin somehow resurrected takes his place in the timeflow – a book of time and allusion – a dream read for those who’ve done American Studies (that counts Uni of Canterbury students out these days) and followers of US music and popular culture….
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