- Paperback: 134 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse (18 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0595348696
- ISBN-13: 978-0595348695
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,721,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mind Crash sets out to explore the deepest recesses of the human psyche through the utilization of several, quite often brutal, language exploration techniques.
The results, a seemingly random collection of metaphysical short stories, cut-ups, koans, poems and automatic writing, are often as unsettling as they are darkly humorous.
Whilst employing these frequently painful mental gymnastic routines, the author unwittingly unleashes, and subsequently exorcises, a number of allegorical demons.
Do not forget to bolt your windows whilst reading it!
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Mind Crash originally started life as a series of sporadic newsletters, available through subscription only, to a selective band of cultural mischief-makers dotted around the USA, Europe and Japan.
These long-since out of print works, together with previously unpublished pieces, have now been composed into a single volume for the very first time.
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Mind Crash originally started life as a series of sporadic newsletters, available through subscription only, to a selective band of cultural mischief-makers dotted around the USA, Europe and Japan. These long-since out of print works, together with previously unpublished pieces, have now been composed into a single volume for the very first time.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you are brave and you fancy your chances of being able to poke around the deepest recesses of your own brain, and you think you can survive to tell the tale, then this book is for you.
The style takes a bit of getting used to, the randomness of it all makes it hard to connect any of the 200-300 components together, though with a bit of work (and a little luck) there are some common themes running through it, some of which are disturbing, some uplifting.
I found it easier to open random pages and read a bit at a time, but that's just my preference.
A thoroughly enjoyable experience - like no other book, ever!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The stream of the author's unconscious, captured in text.
Blimey! Disturbing stuff... but curiously engaging and possibly inspirational even. I think...
I'm scared!
Blimey! Disturbing stuff... but curiously engaging and possibly inspirational even. I think...
I'm scared!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Monkeys and Typewriters
20 April 2005
Format:Paperback
Someone once said something along the lines of "given enough time and a typewriter, an infinite number of monkeys will produce the complete works of Shakespeare". Well if you reduced the number of monkeys to a manageable level (think of the noise, for chrisakes!), threw in some LSD and a ouija board, I'm sure the results would be similar to Mind Crash!
When I first read this, I wasn't sure if perhaps the book had the wrong jacket on it, as it didn't initially seem to resemble the description. But when I read it again. And again, it all kind of fell into place.
Although it initially felt sinister and edgy, upon re-reading, it did somehow feel quite enlightening and uplifting.
The nearest comparison I can make is: If you took the Philosophical works of Alan Watts, and then applied the Burroughs/Gysin cut-up technique, the results would be similar.
Well worth a read - it might even change your life!
When I first read this, I wasn't sure if perhaps the book had the wrong jacket on it, as it didn't initially seem to resemble the description. But when I read it again. And again, it all kind of fell into place.
Although it initially felt sinister and edgy, upon re-reading, it did somehow feel quite enlightening and uplifting.
The nearest comparison I can make is: If you took the Philosophical works of Alan Watts, and then applied the Burroughs/Gysin cut-up technique, the results would be similar.
Well worth a read - it might even change your life!
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