Ralf Zeigermann: Literature

At Last.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:15:12 GMT

It's coming: Keine Zukunft war gestern, the fabulous book about Punk in Germany with the Cartoonist's fabulous photos inside.

Havana before Castro.

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:02:30 GMT

When Cuba was a tropical playground, by Peter Moruzzi. What a fabulous book this seems to be. Via Eye of the Goof.

Help.

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:01:08 GMT

As mentioned before, the incredible project of creating a printed inventory of Europe's largest, private collection of Science Fiction novels is about to die a rather sad death, simply because there don't seem to be enough subscribers. Which is ridiculous — 20 Euros per installment/month really isn't that much. And it's value for money:

Each installment includes a paperback packed with bibliographic data, plus a CD Rom with complete cover scans of the books in 150dpi resolution: dustjacket front cover, dustjacket spine, dustjacket back cover; then scans of the book cover with the dustjacket taken off.

Something needs to be done:
The Flyer The Inventory Catalogue of Europe's Largest Science Fiction Collection is in Danger! (see above) can be downloaded here, at present only in German language with a few bits of English. Print it out and spread, share, distribute.

Much more about the whole disaster can be found in this thread at the science fiction club deutschland e.v. forum and at Helgas galaktische Funkbude. I only wish Marianne Sydow would redesign her Villa Galactica website. At present the site still looks like web 0.85, is hard to navigate and pretty ugly to say the least. However, it's the thought that counts: and if you subscribe now you won't end up in hell and get beaten up 24 hours a day by nasty Orks. Promised.

Life after death.

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:18:42 GMT

Magia Posthuma. Via Ligne Claire; the book pictured below can be found here.

On several occasions, particularly on the periphery of the Habsburg Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries, dead people were suspected of being revenants or vampires, and consequently dug up and destroyed. Contemporary authors named this phenomenon Magia Posthuma. This blog is dedicated to understanding what happened and why.

Pure Steampunk.

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:14:09 GMT

Mike Kaluta illustrates Thea von Harbou's Metropolis. Another gem from Golden Age Comic Book Stories. Fantastic.

Villa Galactica needs your help.

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:56:36 GMT

The plan is ambitious: to create a bibliography of Europe's largest, private collection of Science Fiction novels. If you subscribe to it, you'll receive every 4-6 weeks a book with biographical data and a CD with all the cover scans, price per installment is 20 Euros. However, apparently there aren't enough subscribers yet and the project is likely to die. More at Helgas galaktische Funkbude.