Two great cosmic explorers and
authors; one of them is
William S. Burroughs
BEST BOOKS [that I read] of 2022:
All these books are trippy (in some vague way—at least to me)
Jouuuuuurneys of Self-Discovery! [Echo effects included]
The essay portion is below the break; up top, this is just a delicious listicle! (Which sounds kinda gross, actually…)
BESTEST Book of 2022!!!—
— The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes by Tim Lucas (based on the original screenplay by Tim Lucas & Charles Largent with Michael Almereyda & James Robison) (2022)
The Rest of the Best (listed by year published)
—Against Nature (À Rebours) by J.-K. Huysmans (1884)
—Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung, edited by Aniela Jaffe (1961)
—Billion-Dollar Brain by Len Deighton (1966)
—Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg (1969)
—The New Journalism by Tom Wolfe, with anthology edited by Tom Wolfe and E.W. Johnson (1973)
—True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author’s Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil’s Paradise by Terence McKenna (1993)
—Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden (2017)
—Rated SavX: The Savage Pencil Skratchbook by Savage Pencil (Edwin Pouncey) (2020)
—The Strange Death of Alex Raymond by Dave Sim & Carson Grubaugh (2021)
—Fantastic Four: Full Circle by Alex Ross, based on characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (2022)
Honorable Mention:
—The Yage Letters: Redux by William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg; edited by Oliver Harris (1963; 1975; 2006)
BEST REREAD:
—*) Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth! by Jack Kirby (1972-1976; #1-#40)
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