Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley, which (much to our surprise) is not Chronicles of Narnia fan-fic despite the appearance of a Big Lion who solves everything. Also features drugs that are fiended after throughout.
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Stuff We Talked About
What Are We Reading
Greg:
- You Dreamed of Empires - Alvaro Enrigue
- The Antidote - Karen Russell
- The Halloween Tree - Ray Bradbury
- Finally finished Jerusalem by Alan Moore after 3 years!
Kristianne:
- The City and Its Uncertain Walls - Haruki Murakami
- Katabasis - R.F. Kuang
- The Witch of Eye - Kathryn Nuernberger
- Thief of Night - Holly Black
- starting the long journey.... Swann's Way - Marcel Proust
What Song Did We Choose?
Let us dance beneath the palm Moving in the moonlight, frond Wooing frond above the calm Of the ocean diamond Sparkling to the sky beyond The enchantment of our psalm.
What's Up Next
Medium is the Message by Marchall McLuhan