Posts Tagged: The Record Books
The Record Books • Fear of a Black Planet
Scare-mongering for financial gain, the authors of this ‘scientific time-bomb’ from 1979, persuaded many to believe that a ‘rogue planet’ would be coming ‘twixt this world we call our home’ and the sun within ten years
The Record Books • Fear of a Black Planet
Scare-mongering for financial gain, the authors of this ‘scientific time-bomb’ from 1979, persuaded many to believe that a ‘rogue planet’ would be coming ‘twixt this world we call our home’ and the sun within ten years
The Record Books • What’s Going On
A delightful annual for inquisitive boys and girls, touching on all aspects of life – from the wonders of nature to the near-miracles of technological progress – with real insight and some depth.
The Record Books • What’s Going On
A delightful annual for inquisitive boys and girls, touching on all aspects of life – from the wonders of nature to the near-miracles of technological progress – with real insight and some depth.
The Record Books • Since I Left You
Sentimental twaddle from a prolific publishing house: Slim volume/large print. Slim heroine/large lothario. Slim plotline/large helpings of breathless amour!
The Record Books • Since I Left You
Sentimental twaddle from a prolific publishing house: Slim volume/large print. Slim heroine/large lothario. Slim plotline/large helpings of breathless amour!
The Record Books • Déjà Vu
“Am I literally living in the past?”, “Can thoughts think?”, “Am I whoever you think I am, based on who I appeared to be when you last thought about me?”
The Record Books • Déjà Vu
“Am I literally living in the past?”, “Can thoughts think?”, “Am I whoever you think I am, based on who I appeared to be when you last thought about me?”
The Record Books • Unknown Pleasures
A guide to esoteric sexual practices published at the height of the permissive 60s in Britain, by Ms. Division, a highly respected psychotherapist.
The Record Books • Unknown Pleasures
A guide to esoteric sexual practices published at the height of the permissive 60s in Britain, by Ms. Division, a highly respected psychotherapist.
The Record Books • The Payback
Frank Farrow and Roman Otis hit a pizza shop in D.C. called May’s. A cop was shot. A boy was dead. Dozens of lives were shattered forever. Three years later, Dimitri Karras, who lost a son, has discovered the killers’ identity.
The Record Books • The Payback
Frank Farrow and Roman Otis hit a pizza shop in D.C. called May’s. A cop was shot. A boy was dead. Dozens of lives were shattered forever. Three years later, Dimitri Karras, who lost a son, has discovered the killers’ identity.
The Record Books • Paranoid
Spin-off large-format annual, based on the TV game show of the same name which had contestants having to decide whether to lie about their recent daily activities, not knowing if they had actually been under secret observation. Hilarious.
The Record Books • Paranoid
Spin-off large-format annual, based on the TV game show of the same name which had contestants having to decide whether to lie about their recent daily activities, not knowing if they had actually been under secret observation. Hilarious.
The Record Books • Rain Dogs
Tropical jungle/nuclear accident/superhuman team-up manga. There’s a monsoon, some flooding, a plutonium leak, a ‘melt-ray-hand-blaster’ (no idea) and, briefly, a cute puppy-robot.
The Record Books • Rain Dogs
Tropical jungle/nuclear accident/superhuman team-up manga. There’s a monsoon, some flooding, a plutonium leak, a ‘melt-ray-hand-blaster’ (no idea) and, briefly, a cute puppy-robot.
The Record Books • Tapestry
A very high quality coffee-table monograph of King’s fine art textiles. The choice of an abstract treatment on the cover is perhaps explained by the content, as it is made up entirely of woven images of men’s engorged genitalia.
The Record Books • Tapestry
A very high quality coffee-table monograph of King’s fine art textiles. The choice of an abstract treatment on the cover is perhaps explained by the content, as it is made up entirely of woven images of men’s engorged genitalia.
The Record Books • L.A. Woman
Vintage glossy women’s monthly for the ‘lucky little lady in the city of light’.
The Record Books • L.A. Woman
Vintage glossy women’s monthly for the ‘lucky little lady in the city of light’.
The Record Books • Rumours
Graham Greene* said of Fleetwood Mac, ‘While I admire Faulkner’s view of how the heart behaves, it is Miss Mac’s view of how it misbehaves which captivates all the more’.
The Record Books • Rumours
Graham Greene* said of Fleetwood Mac, ‘While I admire Faulkner’s view of how the heart behaves, it is Miss Mac’s view of how it misbehaves which captivates all the more’.
The Record Books • Pretzel Logic
Pop science tome. Highly polished set of arguments for the idea that the universe is a figment of someone’s imagination. A highly overactive imagination.
The Record Books • Pretzel Logic
Pop science tome. Highly polished set of arguments for the idea that the universe is a figment of someone’s imagination. A highly overactive imagination.
The Record Books • Violator
Riding the recent vampire wave, this is aimed squarely at the ‘buying the movie rights’ market. Lesbian TV star goes on a serial-killing blood-sucking rampage over the course of a reality TV series. In leather.
The Record Books • Violator
Riding the recent vampire wave, this is aimed squarely at the ‘buying the movie rights’ market. Lesbian TV star goes on a serial-killing blood-sucking rampage over the course of a reality TV series. In leather.
The Record Books • The Downward Spiral
Autobiographical tale, of the off the rails variety, of ‘adult’ movie star Tyrone ‘Nine-Inch’ Nails.
The Record Books • The Downward Spiral
Autobiographical tale, of the off the rails variety, of ‘adult’ movie star Tyrone ‘Nine-Inch’ Nails.
The Record Books • The Man Who Sold The World
Beguiling novel about the friendship between a newspaper tycoon and an orphan lad he befriends while shining his shoes.
The Record Books • The Man Who Sold The World
Beguiling novel about the friendship between a newspaper tycoon and an orphan lad he befriends while shining his shoes.
The Record Books • Master of Puppets
Issue 3 of Elektra Comics’ short-lived title. Even for a fantasy genre, the storylines were viewed as too far-fetched by the audience.
The Record Books • Master of Puppets
Issue 3 of Elektra Comics’ short-lived title. Even for a fantasy genre, the storylines were viewed as too far-fetched by the audience.
The Record Books • The Dark Side of the Moon
Alternative scientific textbook from the 60s. Californian professor Floyd achieved enormous success with this study of the moon’s influence on the menstrual cycle. Indeed, he was able to found his own college, specialising in the study of women’s fertility.
The Record Books • The Dark Side of the Moon
Alternative scientific textbook from the 60s. Californian professor Floyd achieved enormous success with this study of the moon’s influence on the menstrual cycle. Indeed, he was able to found his own college, specialising in the study of women’s fertility.
The Record Books • XTRMNTR
Clinical technician’s guide found in a skip outside a military medical facility near Glasgow, Scotland.
The Record Books • XTRMNTR
Clinical technician’s guide found in a skip outside a military medical facility near Glasgow, Scotland.
The Record Books • A Love Supreme
Very hard to find paperback by California-based Reverend John Coltrane, published in 1979.
The Record Books • A Love Supreme
Very hard to find paperback by California-based Reverend John Coltrane, published in 1979.
The Record Books • (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
Derivative religious claptrap in a four page leaflet, published by the Oasis Brotherhood.
The Record Books • (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
Derivative religious claptrap in a four page leaflet, published by the Oasis Brotherhood.
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