Owen’s is better (and will be out sooner), but mine is cheaper - and has teh grimness. Topics discussed include:
- The metaphysics of eternal torment in G.M. Hopkins.
- Britney, Xasthur and Ozzy’s “Suicide Solution”.
- Ecological disaster scenarios and the termination of worlds.
- Existential horror.
- The accidental shooting of librarians.
- Iris Murdoch and disenchantment.
- “Being dead” in Philip Larkin.
- Coleridge and the impasses of amorous obsession.
- The passion for the real and the concept of the urban guerilla.
As a special bonus, neither Zizek nor Badiou is anywhere mentioned by name in the text.
