PLANET OF PERIL (51)

How did Tombstone become the mascot of the San Francisco Press Club?

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By Lynn Peril

MEDIA DIET

Annalee Newitz on: paperbacks, “Interview with the Vampire,” 404Media.

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By Annalee Newitz

30th
Jan

Richard Brautigan

One of America’s greatest comic writers, RICHARD BRAUTIGAN (1935-84) was also, shockingly, one of its most successful. Raised in the northwest by a waitress...
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By Brian Berger

29th
Jan

Bookfuturists of the world, unite (tonight)!

There’s a new disposition on the rise: that of the Bookfuturist, someone who embraces the book’s history and its technological future. Bookfuturists love books...
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By Matthew Battles

29th
Jan

W.C. Fields

Given his much-imper­son­ated rasp and gift for Menckenesque quips (“Horse sense is the thing a horse has that keeps it from betting on people”),...
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By Franklin Bruno

29th
Jan

Holden’s History of the United States

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is how the Arawak men and women, naked,...
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By HILOBROW

28th
Jan

Pulp Hilobrow (2)

*** An occasional series, which follows up on themes explored in the ten-part HiLobrow Cover Art series.
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By Joshua Glenn

28th
Jan

Parallel Universe: Pazzo (1/6)

Here’s the 6th and final reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted...
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By HILOBROW

28th
Jan

Rakim

The greatest rapper of all time? That’s a contentious one. But if we rephrase it as “most quotable rapper,” then there’s a shoo-in: William...
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By Douglas Wolk

27th
Jan

Radium-Age Supermen

The influence of Radium-Age supermen remains a powerful one.
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By Joshua Glenn