The Split Atom

Collecting weird books is one of my hobbies. And I'm not alone, as you can see from this site.

Surely the novel depicted here, which I purchased a month ago at an SF convention, is museum-worthy. Amazingly in this day and age, I can't find any info about it or its author online. Thankfully, the previous owner xeroxed a page about the author and left it inside the book for me to reproduce here.

I can hardly wait to sit down with this one!

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Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

Comments

Believe it or not, this book is on google books

Or at least very small portions of it are. 😊

Doing a search for the author there brings up some more boring looking medical-type books. And a book on Kansas City Jewry, whatever that might be.

As an aside, the name Joseph Creaturo has to be the one of the Best. Names. Ever.

Especially if you are a Sci-Fi illustrator!

Posted by MadCarlotta on 08/22/08 at 10:43 AM

MadC, I was just about to write the same thing about Creaturo!!!

Posted by BikerPuppy on 08/22/08 at 11:15 AM

MadC--thanks for the dope! I bow to your superior google-fu!

Posted by Paul on 08/22/08 at 12:29 PM

There was a novelist named Ludwig Lewisohn, now forgotten, who managed to get a blurb from Freud on one of his novels! Now, that's prestige!

Posted by Paul on 08/22/08 at 01:36 PM

The premise kind of reminds me of the 80s Australian movie The Quiet Earth. The book looks good.

Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 08/22/08 at 03:09 PM

Kingmonkey--I will faithfully report back in due time!

Posted by Paul on 08/22/08 at 03:36 PM

Nick--history is indeed a treasure trove of High Weirdness!

Posted by Paul on 08/23/08 at 10:05 AM

Australia, New Zealand.....what's the difference? :cheese:

*ducks and runs*

😉

Posted by MadCarlotta on 08/25/08 at 01:03 PM

MadCarlotta--quick, enter the witness protection program now!

Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 08/25/08 at 01:14 PM

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