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Neal Stephenson - The Diamond Age (1995) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite book #2. A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, an undersung post-cyberpunk AI era classic.

Neal Stephenson – The Diamond Age (1995)

Favorite book #2. A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer, an undersung post-cyberpunk AI era classic.

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Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite book #3. “Don’t Panic.” The hapless Arthur Dent, Zaphod Beeblebrox, the brilliant Trillian, and depressive Marvin are some of my favorite characters in all of literature, and the first book t...

Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1978)
Favorite book #3. “Don’t Panic.”

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Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash (1992) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite book #4. “See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places...”

Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash (1992)

Favorite book #4. “See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places…”

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William Gibson - Neuromancer (1984) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite book #5. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

William Gibson – Neuromancer (1984)

Favorite book #5. “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

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Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett - Good Omens (1990) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite book #6. The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett – Good Omens (1990)

Favorite book #6. The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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#terrypratchett #goodomens #favoritebooks #booksky #mdant

John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces (1980) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite book #7. “I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”

John Kennedy Toole – A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

Favorite book #7. “I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”

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Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite book #8. PKD's most influential SF novel inspires a rapidly growing franchise.

Philip K. Dick – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)

Favorite book #8. PKD’s most influential SF novel inspires a rapidly growing franchise.

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J.G. Ballard - Crash (1973) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite book #9. “I wanted to rub the human race in its own vomit, and force it to look in the mirror.”

Favorite book #9. “I wanted to rub the human race in its own vomit, and force it to look in the mirror.”

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Metal Day at Levitation 2025 - Fast 'n' Bulbous Acid Bath, Castle Rat, The Sword, Mastodon, Blood Incantation, Secret Chiefs 3 and other metal-adjacent bands kicked off Levitation with great music but a not so great venue.

Metal Day at Levitation 2025
Acid Bath, Castle Rat, The Sword, Mastodon, Blood Incantation, Secret Chiefs 3 and other metal-adjacent bands kicked off Levitation with great music but a not so great venue.

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#levitation #acidbath #musicsky

Haruki Murakami - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite books #10. "There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”

Haruki Murakami – The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994)

Favorite books #10. “There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”

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Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite books #11. Le Guin's pioneering look at gender fluidity in SF.

Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)

Favorite books #11. Le Guin’s pioneering look at gender fluidity in SF.

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Rudy Rucker - Wetware (1988) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite book #12. “You’re a machine too . . . You’re just made of meat instead of wires and silicon.” The story of Cobb Anderson started in the first part of the Ware Tetralogy, Software (1982), wher...

Rudy Rucker - Wetware (1988)

Favorite book #12. “You’re a machine too . . . You’re just made of meat instead of wires and silicon.”

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Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore (2002) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite book #18. “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”

Haruki Murakami – Kafka on the Shore (2002)
Favorite book #18. “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”

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Chameleons - Arctic Moon (Metropolis) - Fast 'n' Bulbous You only die twice. Chameleons’ remarkable third act. As a teen I’d fleetingly heard a few songs by The Chameleons, all of which were devastatingly awesome — “Don’t Fall,” “In Shreds,” “Nostalgia,” “S...

You only die twice. Chameleons’ remarkable third act.

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Philip K. Dick - A Scanner Darkly (1977) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Favorite books #13. “Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.”

Favorite books #13. “Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.”

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George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) - Fast 'n' Bulbous #14 of favorite books. “There will be no art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent we shall have no more need of science.” My first memory of awareness of this book was through David Bowi...

#14 of favorite books. “There will be no art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent we shall have no more need of science.”

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Christopher Moore - A Dirty Job (2006) - Fast 'n' Bulbous #15 of favorite books. Hapless Charlie Asher is tasked to gather souls, and also save the world. “Charlie Asher: I accidently shagged a monk last night.Minty Fresh: Sometimes, in times of crisis, that...

#15 of favorite books. Hapless Charlie Asher is tasked to gather souls, and also save the world.

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Johannes Johns - The Redwood Revenger (2021) - Fast 'n' Bulbous #16 of favorite books. An uncannily relevant vision of a post-pandemic future with sasquatch, sock monkeys, ancient aliens and a pirate queen.

#16 of favorite books. An uncannily relevant vision of a post-pandemic future with sasquatch, sock monkeys, ancient aliens and a pirate queen.

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#favoritebooks #redwoodrevenger #solarpunk

Haruki Murakami - 1Q84 (2011) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Alltime favorite books, #18. “That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.”

Alltime favorite books, #18. “That’s what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.”

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#murakami #favoritebooks

Lathe of Heaven - Aurora (Sacred Bones) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Brooklyn post-punk/goth band pay tribute to SF authors Le Guin, Clark, Butler and others on their brilliant second album.

Lathe of Heaven – Aurora (Sacred Bones)
Brooklyn post-punk/goth band pay tribute to SF authors Le Guin, Clark, Butler and others on their brilliant second album.

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#musicsky #latheofheaven

Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere (1996) - Fast 'n' Bulbous #17 of favorite books. "You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not."

#17 of favorite books. “You’ve a good heart. Sometimes that’s enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it’s not.”

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Best new release from Friday was Lathe of Heaven - Aurora (Sacred Bones).

Brooklyn post-punkers graduate from baleful deathrock/goth on debut Bound by Naked Skies (2023) to more melodic influences from mid-80s Chameleons, Killing Joke and The Sound. Full review coming soon!

Thomas Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow (1973) - Fast 'n' Bulbous Alltime favorite books, #19. "A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now."

Alltime favorite books, #19. “A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now.”

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William S. Burroughs - Naked Lunch (1959) - Fast 'n' Bulbous In this series I count down my top twenty all-time favorite books. “We intend to destroy all dogmatic verbal systems” — William S. Burroughs

20. William S. Burroughs - Naked Lunch (1959)
In this series I count down my top twenty all-time favorite books. “We intend to destroy all dogmatic verbal systems”

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Summertime Reads - Fast 'n' Bulbous The summer of reading rundown with over twenty books, including obscure SF, popular favorites and the latest Hugo winner. My unplugged vacation in May inspired me to extend my reading binge throughout...

Summertime Reads
The summer of reading rundown with over twenty books, including obscure SF, popular favorites and the latest Hugo winner.
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Summertime Snooze - Fast 'n' Bulbous The belated second quarterly season report rolls into summertime as major releases slow to a trickle.

Summertime Snooze
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Spirit Adrift & Mean Mistreater Live at Empire - Fast 'n' Bulbous High Desert Queen, Mean Mistreater and Spirit Adrift put on THE Texas metal event of the year at Empire Control Room. With apologies to the Hell’s Heroes heavy metal festival in Houston, they had a gr...

High Desert Queen, Mean Mistreater and Spirit Adrift put on THE Texas metal event of the year at Empire Control Room last weekend.

#spiritadrift #highdesertqueen #meanmistreater #heavymetal #MusicSky

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Psychedelic Psummer: 1967 - Fast 'n' Bulbous Robyn Hitchcock’s 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left presents a memoir spanning just one year, and Robin Bell fills the historical gaps with The History of British Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Psychedel...

Robyn Hitchcock’s 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left presents a memoir spanning just one year, and Robin Bell fills the historical gaps with The History of British Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Psychedelic Years 1967-1969.

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Can't Miss Albums that the World Missed Out On

1. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Clear Spot (1972)
“Mister Zoot Horn Rollo, hit that long lunar note . . . And let it float.”

Blues Rock, Experimental Rock | RYM #151

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Can't Miss Albums that the World Missed Out On

2. The Saints – (I'm) Stranded (1977)
Raw and wild and a bit blurry, like a photo of a Tasmanian devil at full speed, just an exceptional chunk of rock ‘n’ roll. An all-time best from any country and of all genres.

Punk Rock, Garage Punk | RYM #62