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 (or maybe just encountered on the Astral Plane?) The Spear of Destiny, Trevor Ravenscroft's minimally factual tale of the occult and its hallucinatory hold on Adolf Hilter.
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Stuff We Talked About
- White Lines, Black Magic by Adam Steiner
- Interview with Bowie in Arena magazine by Tony Parsons
- The Magic and the Mystery of David Bowie by Peter Bebergal
- Holy Blood, Holy Grail for more "history" in this vein.
What Are We Reading
Graphical Greg:
- Simplicity - Matty Lubchansky
- Talking to My Father's Ghost - Alex Krokus
- Royal City, Volumne One - Jeff Lemire
- Essex County - also Jeff Lemire
- Ninth House not Jeff Lemire, but Leigh Bardugo instead
Kristianne:
- The Stone Door - Leonora Carrington
- Cities of Women - Kathleen B. Jones
- Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the 21st Century - Ed. Cristina Bacchilega & Jennifer Orme
- Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance - Jane Harrington
- Enchantment - Katherine May
- Fishflies - what do you know, it's Jeff Lemire
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley