THE MAN WITH KALEIDOSCOPE EYES
About Roger Corman, his 1967 film THE TRIP, and the real-life acid trip he allegedly took
MANY DEAD THINGS: THE SPECIMENS OF LORD MERRYLIN
A deranged MD collects mythological creatures, represented by three dimensional sculptures. Neat!
STAR
A dark and idiosyncratic look at the dream factory, drafted in a highly dense and poetic style (“Explosively Hilarious” it isn’t)
ZARDOZ
A novelization as weird as just about any you’ll read, and no wonder: the film it novelizes, the 1974 science fiction oddity ZARDOZ, is one of the absolute nuttiest releases of its decade
HEARTSNATCHER
Boris Vian’s final novel, combining surreal fancy and disturbing child abuse
BEYOND THE THRESHOLD
The most morbid and sensationalistic funeral home expose you’re ever likely to encounter, written by an actual funeral director
THE SECRET SCHOOL
The most outlandish of Whitley Strieber’s “nonfiction” alien contact books
THE DICE MAN
This novel, about a man who makes decisions according to a roll of the dice, is said to have inspired many people around the world to live in just that manner
PHILLY
A “modern tale of the macabre” that worked better in its movie adaptation: the 1981 teen comedy PRIVATE LESSONS
THE SLAVE TREE
A novel that’s interesting enough to make me wonder why it was published solely in limited edition hardcover format