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SUMMARY:Jason Heller presents STRANGE STARS (w/ Nick Mamatas & Richard Kadrey)
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Jason Heller to discuss his book Strange Stars: David Bowie\, Pop Music\, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded\, on Wednesday\, August 15th at 7pm. Joining him in conversation will be Nick Mamatas and Richard Kadrey. \nAs the 1960s drew to a close\, and mankind trained its telescopes on other worlds\, old conventions gave way to a new kind of hedonistic freedom that celebrated sex\, drugs\, and rock ‘n’ roll. Derided as nerdy or dismissed as fluff\, science fiction rarely gets credit for its catalyzing effect on this revolution. \nIn Strange Stars\, Jason Heller recasts sci-fi and pop music as parallel cultural forces that depended on one another to expand the horizons of books\, music\, and out-of-this-world imagery. \nIn doing so\, he presents a whole generation of revered musicians as the sci-fi-obsessed conjurers they really were: from Sun Ra lecturing on the black man in the cosmos\, to Pink Floyd jamming live over the broadcast of the Apollo 11 moon landing; from a wave of Star Wars disco chart toppers and synthesiser-wielding post-punks\, to Jimi Hendrix distilling the “purplish haze” he discovered in a pulp novel into psychedelic song. Of course\, the whole scene was led by David Bowie\, who hid in the balcony of a movie theater to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey\, and came out a changed man… \nIf today’s culture of Comic Con fanatics\, superhero blockbusters\, and classic sci-fi reboots has us thinking that the nerds have won at last\, Strange Stars brings to life an era of unparalleled and unearthly creativity–in magazines\, novels\, films\, records\, and concerts–to point out that the nerds have been winning all along. \n* * * \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nJason Heller has written for publications including the New Yorker\, Rolling Stone\, Pitchfork\, NPR\, and The AV Club. His latest book was Taft 2012.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jason-heller-presents-strange-stars-w-nick-mamatas-richard-kadrey/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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