{"product_id":"pop-heresiarchs-steve-beard-9780648269908","title":"Pop Heresiarchs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePop Heresiarchs\u003c\/em\u003e is an exercise in Borgesian fabulation. It takes the fanatical attachments of rock and pop music, processes them through the armature of critical theory and spits out a bunch of conspiratorial 'what if' musings on the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if David Bowie had organised his career according to the occult dictates of the kabbalah? Were the Beatles a mind control project run by the highly secretive Baphomet Order? Was Jimi Hendrix involved in a DARPA sonic weapons programme which blew back on him in a manner familiar from Paul Virilio's 'museum of accidents'? What if Jim Morrison discovered the secret of immortality from Antonin Artaud and faked his own death? Who really shot John Lennon and in what universe? All these questions and more find their rich and strange answers in ex-style journalist Steve Beard's fantastical collection of themed short stories. It's a weird one...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you like Howard Waldrop, you'll love Steve Beard. Bruce Sterling calls him 'a thorny weed in the parking lot of postmodernity.' Others reckon he's a literary blagger. Whatever! He features in \u003cem\u003eThe Big Book of Cyberpunk \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e London: City of Disappearances.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Beard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0648269906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648269908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ledatape Organisation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Steve Beard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852620280063,"sku":"9780648269908","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pop-heresiarchs-steve-beard-9780648269908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}