I remember getting the Semiotext(e) SF edition back, what, about 35 years ago, and reading Ballard's short story "Jane Fonda's Augmentation Mammoplasty" and thinking "WTF? Is that ALLOWED?"
Going to have to re-read the Dunk story... am now concerned about my reputation as a reputable publisher 😁
Congarulations on your novella, James. I enjoyed the story, I agree there's something about the pizza service and especially the mystery cheese topping that is a bit eerie. I read the Ballad story in index form that you linked to - I may have read it before a long time ago. I like how he teases you with suggestions of stories - like meeting Lee Harvey Oswald and being invited to Dallas for instance - and how the indexer is the last entry and then, "disappears" (so who wrote this??). Also enjoyed your review on Splatter punk. I find your takes on forgotten or rather dusty parts of pop culture of our lifetime - the nineties in particular - always interesting!
I remember getting the Semiotext(e) SF edition back, what, about 35 years ago, and reading Ballard's short story "Jane Fonda's Augmentation Mammoplasty" and thinking "WTF? Is that ALLOWED?"
Going to have to re-read the Dunk story... am now concerned about my reputation as a reputable publisher 😁
Congarulations on your novella, James. I enjoyed the story, I agree there's something about the pizza service and especially the mystery cheese topping that is a bit eerie. I read the Ballad story in index form that you linked to - I may have read it before a long time ago. I like how he teases you with suggestions of stories - like meeting Lee Harvey Oswald and being invited to Dallas for instance - and how the indexer is the last entry and then, "disappears" (so who wrote this??). Also enjoyed your review on Splatter punk. I find your takes on forgotten or rather dusty parts of pop culture of our lifetime - the nineties in particular - always interesting!
I am haunted by the 90s recently. I think it's a sign of aging. All these things I remember being vivid and new are now as old as the 60s were then.