BOOK REVIEWS

THE PAGAN DREAM OF THE RENAISSANCE
Thomas Wiloch reviews Joscelyn Godwin's book on Renaissance neo-classical paganism.

THE AVANT-GARDES OF CENTRAL EUROPE
Thomas Wiloch on the fresh images and perspective in a recent work edited by Timothy O Benson.

GOTH NET: 21st CENTURY GOTH
Rik reviews Mick Mercer's directory of Goth websites.

KRAFTWERK: THREE VIEWS OF THE MAN-MACHINE
Rik reviews three biographies of the innovative giants of electronic music.

MANSON - the unholy trail of Charlie and the Family
Jonas Kellagher reviews John Gilmore's book on the man some regard as the greatest philosopher this side of Nietzsche.
21 June 2001

KURT SCHWITTERS' MERZBAU: THE CATHEDRAL OF EROTIC MISERY
Rik reviews Elizabeth Burns Gamard's book on the work of the Dadaist sculptor.
16 January 2001

APOCALYPSE CULTURE II
Jonas Kellagher evaluates Adam Parfrey's second take on the Apocalypse.
10 December 2000

ADDICTED - THE MYTH AND MENACE OF DRUGS IN FILM
Jonas Kellagher reviews Jack Stevenson's account of the drug film genre.
29 August 2000

POSTHUMAN: THE ART OF JOACHIM LUETKE
Jonas Kellagher reviews Luetke's bizarre and fascinating fantasies.
8 August 2000

IN SEARCH OF THE ENGLISH
27 May 2000

AMOK
9 March 2000

BRITISH HORROR
9 March 2000

MY ALPHABET: TREVOR BROWN FROM A-Z
10 February 2000

APOCALYPTIC DYSTOPIA: KATE MOSSE'S CRUCIFIX LANE
27 June 1999

LORDS OF CHAOS: MAD, BAD, SAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW
4 October 1998

JACK LONDON: THE INTERSECTION OF LIFE AND FICTION
10 September 1997

JAMES ELLROY'S NOIR AS SOCIAL HISTORY
13 February 1997

WILLIAM GIBSON'S DYSTOPIA
16 January 1997

HOLIDAYING WITH O'ROURKE
18 August 1996

EDWARD BUNKER - THE REAL MR BLUE
Tony Wakeford reviews an ex-con's modern noir classic
6 July 1996

ADAM PARFREY AND THAT FIN DE SIECLE FEELING
25 March 1996

STEWART HOME: ARTIST PROVOCATEUR
5 December 1995

Nightmare on Main Street : Angels, Sadomasochism, and the Culture of Gothic
Mark Edmundson

Why are the 1990s seeing a resurgence of the gothic? Why are "goth" fashions and music in vogue? Why is sadomasochistic sexuality on the rise?

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