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From the esoteric to the sonic, tQ’s bookshelf revealed
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The Metaphysics Of Narrative: M. John Harrison’s Uncanny Canon
From writing for New Worlds in the 60s to his unfair contemporary reputation as a ‘writer’s writer’, M. John Harrison has consistently pushed at the margins of literature. Calum Barnes reads the English author’s latest novel and a new career-spanning collection of short stories from Comma Press to uncover a writer that few can match
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The Limits Of Control: Why The Covid Lockdown Is Like A Game Of Snooker
Written on a typewriter in the fever dream of high lockdown, Ryan Diduck’s new book for Repeater, *The Limits of Control*, is a restless meditation on discipline and mediation. In this exclusive extract he recalls Ronnie O’Sullivan’s record break at the World Snooker Championship on 21 April 1997
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We Have Also Sound Houses: How A 17th C. Utopia Foresaw Electronic Music
The English statesman and philosopher Francis Bacon wrote his utopian tale New Atlantis at the very end of his life in the early 17th century. Three centuries later it was heralded by Daphne Oram and others as a prophecy of modern electronic music. In an exclusive extract from his introduction to a new edition of the book for Repeater Books, tQ's books ed Robert Barry explains why
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The Enthusiasm: Carl Neville’s Eminent Domain Playlist
"A staggeringly ambitious and original work of political science fiction," (according to our review today), Carl Neville's Eminent Domain imagines a socialist utopia in the "People’s Republic of Britain". Here, the author picks the tracks that accompanied its writing
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Why Did The Activist Cross The Road: What Happens When Comedy Gets Serious
In this exclusive excerpt from their new book, A Comedian and an Activist Walk into a Bar: The Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice, Caty Borum Chattoo and Lauren Feldman look at how the collaboration between civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and comedy website Funny or Die succeeded in changing the law about victims' rights
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Junglist Massive: State Of Bass Author Martin James’s 20 Essential D&B Tracks
Since its original publication in 1997, Martin James' State Of Bass: The Origins of Jungle / Drum & Bass has only gained in stature. With its republication this month by Velocity Press, the author picks 20 tunes that defined the genre's thrilling first decade
