Amok Fifth Dispatch: Sourcebook for the Extremes of Information

OK right off the bat, not all of this stuff is really meaningful - much of it, in fact, is downright silly. HOWEVER, I've not seen such a collection of fringe thinking anywhere else.You want the latest in Orgone energy, improvised home protection or more about who could have shot Kennedy other than Oswald... well, look no further. The drawback is the fact that so much of this material is the product of rather childlike thinkers.Which has it's drawbacks.I've never ordered from them, but I've been a fan for about 2 decades.

What I find most refreshing about the Amok Catalog is that they place no moral judgement on the books they feature. Right-wing and left-wing diatribes find space along David Cassidy autobiographies and Lypsinka coloring books. This catalog features many fascinating and knowledgeable essays. Since their mail-order system is no longer, it's suggested that the reader use this book as a source for extremes in art, knowledge and arcana.

The editors are not consistent with being "extreme". This is a commercial lie. I was aware that this is just a catalogue of books, but they don't even include the publishing dates for each of the books in the bibliographies, trying to make them look current, recent editions. Bad , unprofessional, dishonest selling technique. Then, for instance, they consider Rigoberta Menchu's autobiography as "extreme information"???? Why? Because she's a Guatemalan indian? Come on! In which world does the editor live? In a whitie burgeoise American suburban one? Then how can he edit a "sourcebook of extreme information"?? He just wants to sell, and his anarchy is sweetened and cheap, lazy compilation of back covers reviews. Not worth the 23 dollars I paid for it.

This book is an amazing catalog of information, every page is chock full of information on every publication listed. I find myself reading the item descriptions as much as the publications themselves. You're jaw will drop as often as you'll laugh at the authors descriptions.

Surprisingly huge, I am amazed at how they collected so many bizarre book titles and topics.

This book will point you in the right direction for info on just about any outre topic you can think of. Serial killers, political movements, conspiracy theories, forensic pathology, parapsychology, you name it this book has it. Impress your friends with you new-found esoteric knowledge.

I fine collection of fringe reading material. I definitely recommend this as a guide to people searching for something "different" to read.

Perfect bathroom reading for the pomo slacker type, a serious financial liability for the "extreme info" junky, there's something for everyone in here, no doubt