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 The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis, a story of large glasses of gin, otherworldly chemistry and, why not, fake eyebrows too.
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Stuff We Talked About
We've got an interview up on the excellent Maggiore on Bowie blog/channel! Close your eyes and pretend its a podcast!
An interview with Walter Tevis in Brick Magazine
The mystery of the Watergate revision (maybe) solved?
Vanity Fair article previewing the stage musical "Lazarus"
An excerpt from Hugo Wilcken's 33 1/3 book on Low on the impact of Thomas J. Newton on Bowie
What Are We Reading
Greg:
- Lorne - Susan Morrison
- Ways of Being - James Bridle
- Something Wicked This Way Comes - Bradbury
Kristianne:
- Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Lucky Red - Claudia Cravens
- Entangled Life - Merlin Sheldrake
- Luminous - Silvia Park