Sorry. I didn’t mean to write a second-rate book report with my last post. No hijack intended.
Sex lives of the popes
This should actually be a really short book, but it’s not …
The bizarre sex life of the animals
A series of true crime books focussing on autopsies (titles translated from the original German):
The language of the dead
The games of the dead
The traces of the dead
I have a book called Apocolypse Culture II which doesn’t look too contentious but inside is a collection of articles about people who live on the extreme edges of popular culture; lots of stuff about cannibals, drugs, serial killers etc. Some of the essays are really quite disturbing.
Also have Paradoxia by Lydia Lunch which tends to freak people out if they read a chapter or two; The opening line is
“No names have been changed to protect the innocent.
They are all fucking guilty”
It is an autobiography focusing on her relationships; very strange stuff
originally posted by Mephisto
Hey! I have those too!
Do you know if there are ever going to be any more volumes?
The Diary of Anais Nin
Hastur - I figured the thing about chaos magic is that I didn’t really need a book, and had done relatively well up to that point without any ;). It was a present from my then boyfriend, the Skinny Anarchist.
The idea that people would get of me from the living room bookshelves is that I like philosophy, penguins and maps. And it’s true.
About the only things I had that raised eyebrows were some of the various True Crime books I had like Serial Killers and Cult Murderers, and Dori Seda’s Stories to Read when the Couple Next Door is Fucking Too Loud.
I want, I want!! ISBN, please??
At an antique store, I found a book called The Inferior Sex, and had to buy it. It’s the insane ramblings of some British guy who argues that women are inferior because they’ve acheived nothing throughout history. IIRC, he discounts things like the patriarchy and limited access to education as something women really could have overcome if they’d just tried hard enough. It’s great–even as an 11 year-old, I knew it was garbage, but it’s fun to have it on my bookshelf.
I’m not a Nazi but…Mein Kampf.
pesch, Evidence is one of my favorites. Not as outright gross as Death Scenes, which is, as Eve says, a little much. If you haven’t already, check out New York Noir by Willia, Hannigan and Police Pictures by Sandra Phillips et al. Great collections of photographs and essays.
Apart from the books listed above, there’s some others in my collection that people recoil from but for some reason can’t help but take down off the shelf:
Damien Hirst’s I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, With Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now
Michael Newton’s The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
Brian King’s Lustmord: The Writings and Artifacts of Murderers
My Secret Life: An Erotic Diary of Victorian London: I must replace my copy as it is utterly thrashed and the spine has broken the book in two.
Some of Creation Books’ offerings, which are notable for their jarring covers and pleasant rectangular heft:
Hollywood Hex: An Illustrated History of Cursed Movies: I love this book. Creepy cover, meaty movie trivia, fun to leaf through on a Sunday.
Bad Blood: An Illustrated Guide to Psycho Cinema: Movies about serial killers and mass murderers.
Killing For Culture: An Illustrated History of Death Film: All I wanted to know about snuff film but was afraid to ask.
By the way, looking up those links has given me an amazon.com profile I think is well on its way to appropriate authorities.
long since out of print, I’m afraid. It’s at home and I’m at the office, so it may take a few days for me to remember to do this.
I’ve seen them on e-bay for $100; I’d try online out of print book sellers first, my own self.
Personally, I’m kicking myself for not ordering a half dozen or so at the time I ordered it (it was something like $10) :smack:
brondicon, I’ll keep New York Noir in mind. I love newspaper photography, so that’s right up my alley.
I’ll pass on “Death Scenes,” however. I saw an opened copy in the B&N, and discovered that there is such a thing as “over the top.” Certainly increased my respect for what homicide detectives go through. :eek:
Knowed Out, I’m glad to see another Seda fan on the boards. I still have that comic. RIP Dori.
Let’s see, just on my top shelf, I have:
Down Home Gynecology
The Monkey Gland Affair
Intestinal Gardening for the Prolongation of Youth
Giants, Dwarfs and other Oddities
Yes, I try to steer visitors away from my bookshelves. 
Here is an article about Down Home Gynecology I wrote, including a picture of the rather intriguing cover.
The Hot Blood series is awesome. Hot Blood 11 is due out sometime this year!
Sheri
I have that one, too. Very disturbing stuff.
I used to have Manson in His Own Words, which was very interesting reading; however, I didn’t let too many people know about it.
Sheri
Aztec, by Gary Jennings, and Firefly, by Piers Anthony, are the two biggies on my shelves.
That’s extremely cool. Where did you here that, DarkWriter?
Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett put out a call for submissions last year, and I know a few of the writers who had stories accepted. I’m not sure of the exact publication date, but I’m looking forward to it!
Sheri
Cool–I can’t wait 'til it comes out! Thanks! 