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Unholy Bible, The: Hebrew Literature of the Kingdom Period

3 reviews
Jacob Rabinowitz

Autonomedia, 1995

Beautiful Translation
I love this book. I am a practicing Jew, and I am not disturbed by the content of this book. I think it is likely that the author himself wouldn't have endorsed the packaging autonomedia gave this text; when you read the introduction you don't sense an author intent on tearing down this text and revealing all the nasty bits (although he certainly won't avoid sexulaity or the various names of the ...

Blue-eyed Devil

2 reviews
Michael Muhammad Knight

Autonomedia, 2007

A unique journey
This road Odyssey through Islamic America is facinating, and will be enjoyed by those who are quite new to this matter as much as by those who are already familiar with the deep facts and legends regarding the presence of the Islamic faith in America. A talented author (sort of a story teller like Slick Rick or GhostFace), Knight is sharing his car and greyhound trips, his questioning and faith, ...

Semiotext (E) Sf

7 reviews
Bart Plantenga

Autonomedia, 1991

Delicious, original collection of serious Sci Fi
And no, the material presented in this anthology is not for the faint of heart. While some of the pieces may not fit the Science Fiction stereotype >aliens, outer space, etc.< all of them test new waters, explore deeper into the recesses of the human mind, and present the varying truths found in unique, raw, and above all, fun (at least imho) formats. Don't misunderstand - it serves up its ...

Assassination Rhapsody (Semiotext)

2 reviews
Derek Pell

Autonomedia, 1989

Creative Interpretation of the Waren Report
Include, strangley, poetry and collage art. If you don't like tricky conspiracies to get in the way of your lone nut theories, don't buy the book. If you are convinced evil corpartions are after you because you know too much, do buy this book.

Shorts Are Wrong (Unbearable/Autonomedia)

3 reviews
Mike Topp

Autonomedia, 2007

Worthless. You must read it.
I have no idea if this book is crap or not. The pieces included here are all things Topp has published in reputable joints like McSweeney's, Exquisite Corpse, Lungfull!, and web and print mucky-mucks of that sort. What do they see in this? Are they all fooling themselves? A lot of the pieces in this book are unashamedly stupid: a poem titled Monopoly asks "How come there's only one game ...

The Ibogaine Story: Report on the Staten Island Project

4 reviews
Dana Beal, Paul De Rienzo

Autonomedia, 1997

Seminal Work!
The in-depth information on the theoretical/pharmacological actions of addiction (and Ibogaine's role on resetting the mind's regulatory systems) alone should be enough of a motivation to buy this book. OK, the story line gets a bit muddled here and there - as the authors weave many independent threads into this contemporary account of growing public awareness of the importance of Ibogaine - but ...

Gone to Croatan: Origins of North American Dropout Culture

4 reviews

Autonomedia, 1994

Non-Imperial Interactions Btwn Europeans, Africans, Indians
This excellent anthology explores Colonial Subject Peoples abandoning civilization and creating tribal units with American Indians, creating vital, nonimperial creole cultures. The book is crucial in uncovering intercultural contact that was decisively against the colonialist directions of American history. This book is part of a general movement to create and discover anarcho-tribal ...

T.A.Z. the Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism (New Autonomy Series)

19 reviews
Hakim Bey

Autonomedia, 1991

Truly a Dangerous Book
The work of Hakim Bey is well-known in that other american world, the "underground" society, the one of subculture, silent resistance and anarchy. But slowly it has been bubbling to the surface, often in unexpected places. The novel and film Fight Club, surely shows an affection for poetic terrorism, an idea rooted in Bey's ontological anarchism and closely related to the situationist tactic of ...

First & Last Emperors: The Absolute State and the Body of the Despot (Autonomedia New Autonomy)

2 reviews
Kenneth Dean, Brian Massumi

Autonomedia, 1992

It rocks
Who in their right mind would find a connection between 212 BC China and the Reagan years in America. Obvious, these two authors are not in their right minds, and that's what makes this book so great.

Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism

7 reviews
Jack D. Forbes

Autonomedia, 1992

One of the most important books I've read
I agree with both previous reviewers that the book is an extraordinary indictment of the dominant culture. But I got something else from this book as well. I read this that Forbes is saying that one of the reasons civilization is killing the planet is because of a spiritual illness with a physical vector. If I get the flu and then cough all over you, you might then get the flu, with all of its ...

Blood and Volts: Edison, Tesla, & the Electric Chair

1 review
Th. Metzger

Autonomedia, 1996

An insightful work that explains the electric chair enigma.
The historical development and use of the electric chair is a subject represented by only a handful of academic (or at least accurate) books. If you read only one, make it Blood and Volts. Metzger must be congratulated for not simply pandering to the morbidly curious. Sure, there's a lot of gory detail -- necessary in describing such a technological enigma as the electric chair -- but Metzger ...

Day in the Life

1 review

Autonomedia, 1990

Tragic Joys and Inspiring Lows: A Day in the Life of the Lower East End, NY
This is a wonderful collection of literature as varied as the lives of the people of the Lower East Side, NY that it covers. Included is a wide range of styles, emotions, and subject matter. The collection works hard - by not listing writers credentials, time periods, or publication histories - to keep the focus on the works themselves rather than preconditioned contexts. Nevertheless, everyone ...

Cracking the Movement: Squatting Beyond the Media (New Autonomy Series)

1 review
Foundation for Advancement of Illegal Knowledge Staf Adilkno

Autonomedia, 1994

Cracking the Movement
Amoral tales of autonomous action and adventure from within the Dutch squatters' movement of the 1980s. Playful, clever, violent and bizarre sides of squatting are uncovered by theory and narrative collage, revealing a carnival culture of chaos, crowds, and garbage, intrigue and intransigence, humour and burlesque tragedy. Why Couldn't the Movement Disappear? ADILKNO's Movement Study solves ...

Conversations With Don Durito: The Story of Durito and the Defeat of Neo-Liberalism

1 review
Subcomandante Marcos of the EZLN

Autonomedia, 2005

Useful background material
At times translations miss the mark. This version of Don Durito, however, captures the parody and irony of the Spanish. The massive footnotes with detailed information on historical events and players makes this volume a must-read.

War in the Neighborhood

2 reviews
Seth Tobocman

Autonomedia, 2000

OK: what they mean when they talk about "comics' potential"-
--is the searingly dramatic, emotional, sensitive black and white and tonal artwork in the black and white but increasingly nuanced world of Seth Tobocman's Lower East Side. While this book is much funnier than most chronicles of passion might give themselves room to be, it's Seth's take-no-prisoners honesty about his own as well as others' blindspots that gives it that humor, not the fact ...

Beyond Bookchin: Preface for a Future Social Ecology

1 review
David Watson

Autonomedia, 1997

Amazing
Great piece of literary work, I simply could not put this one down. Watson organizes his arguments so well that you find yourself completely covinced upon finishing the text.

Dr. Penetralia

1 review
th Metzger

Autonomedia, 2001

Don't read before bed
Best book on the subject that I've read -- but don't read it before bed or alone in your mountain cabin. Liked the vivid quirkiness and "don't come hither unless you slither" elements. This is not for the faint-of-heart; I've been showering twice a day ever since.

Digital Resistance: Explorations in Tactical Media

1 review
Critical Art Ensemble

Autonomedia, 2000

Excellent Social Commentary
Critical art Ensemble has time and time again proven that they understand the methods of how society truly works in today's world.

Unbearables, The

2 reviews
The Unbearables

Autonomedia, 1995

A rare find
All of the Unbearables' activities and writings are above the norm; this book has some of the most original, fresh writing to appear in some time. Definitely worth grabbing.

Drunken Boat: Art Rebellion Anarchy

1 review

Autonomedia, 1994

Under the luminous star of anarchy & culture
This extensive, totalling nearly three hundred pages, collection of essays on when art & anarchy converge is indispensable. In the last piece George Woodcock writes, "It is because writers---and especially poets---have been so straightjacketed into the structure of academic literary bureaucracy that poets no longer equate freedom and creativity and no longer publish truly radical magazines of the ...

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