Joe Banks
@joebankswriter.bsky.social
'Hawkwind: Days Of The Underground' - a MOJO, Uncut, Prog & Shindig book of the year. Visit www.daysoftheunderground.com.
'Rock And Role: The Visionary Songs Of Peter Hammill + VdGG' out 04/12/25. Pre-order: https://kingmakerpublishing.com/rock-and-role/
'Rock And Role: The Visionary Songs Of Peter Hammill + VdGG' out 04/12/25. Pre-order: https://kingmakerpublishing.com/rock-and-role/
Even from Band Wagon US?
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Even from Band Wagon US?
I believe that a consignment has been sent over from Burning Shed UK this week, so hopefully it should be available in the US from the pub date of 4 December. Easiest way to get it is here: thebandwagonusa.com/en-gb/collec...
Joe Banks
Joe Banks - ROCK and ROLE: The Visionary Songs of Peter Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator (Book) PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PRE-ORDER ITEM. WE ONLY SHIP ORDERS WHEN COMPLETE. IN ORDER TO AVOID SHIPPING ...
thebandwagonusa.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I believe that a consignment has been sent over from Burning Shed UK this week, so hopefully it should be available in the US from the pub date of 4 December. Easiest way to get it is here: thebandwagonusa.com/en-gb/collec...
That's where the interesting connection comes in ;-) But there's another one I can give you for free - the sleevenotes to BOTT were written by... Pete Hamill!
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
That's where the interesting connection comes in ;-) But there's another one I can give you for free - the sleevenotes to BOTT were written by... Pete Hamill!
If you read my book, you'll discover an interesting connection between them...
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If you read my book, you'll discover an interesting connection between them...
I certainly don't hate it, and there's some great imagery, but the quotation mark thing can become trying...
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I certainly don't hate it, and there's some great imagery, but the quotation mark thing can become trying...
I have some sympathy for Brunner's view...
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I have some sympathy for Brunner's view...
If this style/story sounds a little familiar, then yes, I too had some trouble believing that Douglas Adams hadn't just ripped it off wholesale for HHGG, but apparently not. Yet the final paragraph of Chris Priest's Sheckley obit for The Guardian says it all:
www.theguardian.com/news/2005/de... 3/3
www.theguardian.com/news/2005/de... 3/3
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If this style/story sounds a little familiar, then yes, I too had some trouble believing that Douglas Adams hadn't just ripped it off wholesale for HHGG, but apparently not. Yet the final paragraph of Chris Priest's Sheckley obit for The Guardian says it all:
www.theguardian.com/news/2005/de... 3/3
www.theguardian.com/news/2005/de... 3/3
With Sheckley happy to entertain whatever amusing idea or scenario comes into his head from chapter to chapter. It's occasionally a bit smart-alecky, but often very funny, with demi-gods and planet makers alike revealed as insecure narcissists, while reality itself is entirely malleable 2/3
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
With Sheckley happy to entertain whatever amusing idea or scenario comes into his head from chapter to chapter. It's occasionally a bit smart-alecky, but often very funny, with demi-gods and planet makers alike revealed as insecure narcissists, while reality itself is entirely malleable 2/3
Nice one! That cartoon sleeve is interesting... One of the first gigs they played Silver Machine I think. Twink on drums because Terry Ollis was, err, otherwise engaged...
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Nice one! That cartoon sleeve is interesting... One of the first gigs they played Silver Machine I think. Twink on drums because Terry Ollis was, err, otherwise engaged...