Gabriel Mckee
@secret-terror.bsky.social
Print culture, libraries, religion, science fiction, comics, PKD, Coptic language. "The Saucerian: UFOs, Men in Black, and the Unbelievable Life of Gray Barker" available now from the MIT Press.
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"THE SAUCERIAN: UFOs, Men in Black, and the Unbelievable Life of Gray Barker" is available now from the MIT Press (and your favorite indie bookstores).
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204954...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204954...
This is important work
It's that time of year when everyone watches the best Christmas special there is, Muppet Family Christmas.
But there are a lot of versions out there and deciding which one to watch can be hard.
So here is our subjective ranking of 22 different versions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
But there are a lot of versions out there and deciding which one to watch can be hard.
So here is our subjective ranking of 22 different versions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Muppet Family Christmas Rankings
docs.google.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is important work
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Also this is just a bonkers take-- It took about 20 minutes for the show to entirely end human society, and gathered people from five continents for an international summit in hour two. Lost took two seasons to advance the plot half this far
if pluribus isn't your thing it isn't your thing but i find it very funny seeing the specific crimes of "it's too slow/methodical" being levelled at it like mike ehrmantraut didn't take an entire car apart and put it back together
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Also this is just a bonkers take-- It took about 20 minutes for the show to entirely end human society, and gathered people from five continents for an international summit in hour two. Lost took two seasons to advance the plot half this far
Oh hey! My guest spot at one of the Dickheads Podcast's weekly #PKD Hangouts earlier this year is now available. We talked about Gray Barker, Philip K. Dick's Exegesis, and Dick's interactions with UFO culture.
Okay, we are months behind on posting the interviews from the live Tuesday night PKD hangouts. They are coming out now. Subscribe to Dickheads Podcast on YouTube. In this episode, Gabriel McKee discusses his book, The Sausarian.
Zoom Hangout Interview #8 - Gabriel McKee
YouTube video by DickHeads Podcast
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November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Oh hey! My guest spot at one of the Dickheads Podcast's weekly #PKD Hangouts earlier this year is now available. We talked about Gray Barker, Philip K. Dick's Exegesis, and Dick's interactions with UFO culture.
Just learned that the interlocutor for this will be Greg Bishop, whose "Project Beta" is probably the most important UFO-related book of the century so far... And who was a good friend of Jim Moseley's to boot!
Honored that the Society for UAP Studies has chosen "The Saucerian" as their Community Reading Circle text for this month! Join for a live discussion of the book on Saturday, Nov. 15 -- sign up at www.societyforuapstudies.org/community-re...
Community Reading Circle | Society for UAP Studies
Dive into fascinating reads with fellow members of the community interested in the serious study of UAP. Our book list will explore the entire range of approaches to the subject, from scientific to po...
www.societyforuapstudies.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Just learned that the interlocutor for this will be Greg Bishop, whose "Project Beta" is probably the most important UFO-related book of the century so far... And who was a good friend of Jim Moseley's to boot!
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Join us Sat. 11/15 for a FREE virtual conference on Christmas in Pop Culture! I'll be moderating a roundtable about my edited collection, Under the Mistletoe: Essays on Holiday Romance (@mcfarland.bsky.social).
And don't miss the keynote from historian @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social!
And don't miss the keynote from historian @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social!
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Join us Sat. 11/15 for a FREE virtual conference on Christmas in Pop Culture! I'll be moderating a roundtable about my edited collection, Under the Mistletoe: Essays on Holiday Romance (@mcfarland.bsky.social).
And don't miss the keynote from historian @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social!
And don't miss the keynote from historian @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social!
Desperate to know if note 13 is providing a citation for their love of the book or the calendar entry for when they first read it
I'm all in favour of positive reviews, but wow, pass the sick bucket... it goes on like this for some time...
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Desperate to know if note 13 is providing a citation for their love of the book or the calendar entry for when they first read it
Honored that the Society for UAP Studies has chosen "The Saucerian" as their Community Reading Circle text for this month! Join for a live discussion of the book on Saturday, Nov. 15 -- sign up at www.societyforuapstudies.org/community-re...
Community Reading Circle | Society for UAP Studies
Dive into fascinating reads with fellow members of the community interested in the serious study of UAP. Our book list will explore the entire range of approaches to the subject, from scientific to po...
www.societyforuapstudies.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Honored that the Society for UAP Studies has chosen "The Saucerian" as their Community Reading Circle text for this month! Join for a live discussion of the book on Saturday, Nov. 15 -- sign up at www.societyforuapstudies.org/community-re...
"Punishment Park" continues to haunt-- especially in the last 10 months or so.
RIP Peter Watkins. "the war game" is better known, but "punishment park" remains brutally prescient. no firewall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...
Peter Watkins, Provocateur With a Movie Camera, Dies at 90
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Punishment Park" continues to haunt-- especially in the last 10 months or so.
Read to the end, the last line is a doozy
@drewmagary.bsky.social took Elon Musk's feeble Wikipedia knock off for a test drive so the rest of us don't have to.
Naturally, what he found there in the muck and mire will not surprise you.
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
via @sfgate.com
Naturally, what he found there in the muck and mire will not surprise you.
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
via @sfgate.com
I tried Elon Musk's Wikipedia clone and boy is it racist
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary tested out Grokipedia and has some notes.
www.sfgate.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Read to the end, the last line is a doozy
If you study the culture, media, and publications surrounding UFOs, cryptids, the paranormal, or other weird stuff-- consider putting in a proposal for the Popular Culture Association's annual conference! Deadline is Nov. 30. sites.google.com/view/2026pca...
Event - Call for Papers
The Call for Papers is NOW open!
sites.google.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If you study the culture, media, and publications surrounding UFOs, cryptids, the paranormal, or other weird stuff-- consider putting in a proposal for the Popular Culture Association's annual conference! Deadline is Nov. 30. sites.google.com/view/2026pca...
"He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us."
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us."
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Perry: The federal government is "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."
That's it. Thanks again for following.
That's it. Thanks again for following.
October 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Perry: The federal government is "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."
That's it. Thanks again for following.
That's it. Thanks again for following.
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Greetings from U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is present, waiting for the high stakes hearing to begin. @wttw.bsky.social
FULL STORY: As lawyers for the Trump administration defended the president’s unprecedented decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago despite the objections of Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson, officials acknowledged that California troops had also been sent to Illinois. @wttw.bsky.social
Judge to Decide Whether to Block National Guard Deployment as Trump Sends California Troops to Illinois
Lawyers for the Department of Justice told U.S. District Court Judge April Perry the president deployed the National Guard because “levels of violence against federal law enforcement executing their l...
news.wttw.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Greetings from U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is present, waiting for the high stakes hearing to begin. @wttw.bsky.social
Getting ready to present on "Some Narrative Aspects of Cryptozoology" at #NEPCA , which looks at major works of cryptozoology by Sanderson and Heuvelmans alongside creature films of the 1950s (especially "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms"). Here are a couple of my favorite slides from the talk!
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Getting ready to present on "Some Narrative Aspects of Cryptozoology" at #NEPCA , which looks at major works of cryptozoology by Sanderson and Heuvelmans alongside creature films of the 1950s (especially "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms"). Here are a couple of my favorite slides from the talk!
It's Bandcamp Friday and this is the best song I've heard all year
marklane2.bandcamp.com/track/yellin...
marklane2.bandcamp.com/track/yellin...
Yelling At Cars, by MARK LANE
from the album Yelling At Cars
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October 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It's Bandcamp Friday and this is the best song I've heard all year
marklane2.bandcamp.com/track/yellin...
marklane2.bandcamp.com/track/yellin...
If you're a person who digs weird stuff who has read and enjoyed THE SAUCERIAN, please consider reviewing it for Goodreads or Amazon!
(And if you're a person who digs weird stuff but you *haven't* read it... you should!)
(And if you're a person who digs weird stuff but you *haven't* read it... you should!)
October 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If you're a person who digs weird stuff who has read and enjoyed THE SAUCERIAN, please consider reviewing it for Goodreads or Amazon!
(And if you're a person who digs weird stuff but you *haven't* read it... you should!)
(And if you're a person who digs weird stuff but you *haven't* read it... you should!)
Good morning to everyone except people who respond to questions by posting screenshots of Google's AI Overview without comment
October 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Good morning to everyone except people who respond to questions by posting screenshots of Google's AI Overview without comment
Thrilled to have been invited to appear on Binnall of America to talk Gray Barker and UFO narratives with the ever delightful @binnall.bsky.social !
This week on BoA: The Revival, author Gabriel Mckee joins us for a conversation about 'The Saucerian,' his fantastic book on the remarkable life and legacy of flying saucer publisher Gray Barker. We talk Men in Black, Mothman, contactees, UFO zines, and tons more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS6k...
Binnall of America: The Revival - E91 | Gabriel Mckee
YouTube video by Binnall of America
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September 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Thrilled to have been invited to appear on Binnall of America to talk Gray Barker and UFO narratives with the ever delightful @binnall.bsky.social !
Stay tuned for the executive order declaring Bohabs a terrorist organization
Uh oh. Gwar is escaping containment.
Get ready for a whole new generation of adolescents understanding that yes, listening to and watching this is the way to piss off their tyrannical parents.
Get ready for a whole new generation of adolescents understanding that yes, listening to and watching this is the way to piss off their tyrannical parents.
September 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Stay tuned for the executive order declaring Bohabs a terrorist organization
Just deleted my Academia.edu account, and I advise everyone do the same.
It's not a repository. It's a grift.
(If you want my stuff, it's here: archive.nyu.edu/handle/2451/... )
It's not a repository. It's a grift.
(If you want my stuff, it's here: archive.nyu.edu/handle/2451/... )
September 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Just deleted my Academia.edu account, and I advise everyone do the same.
It's not a repository. It's a grift.
(If you want my stuff, it's here: archive.nyu.edu/handle/2451/... )
It's not a repository. It's a grift.
(If you want my stuff, it's here: archive.nyu.edu/handle/2451/... )
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Academia.edu wants permanent rights to your likeness, signature, voice, name, etc. to be used in any setting. My answer was "absolutely not." Log in, click on "privacy policy" when prompted to accept the new terms (don't accept!" then find "account settings" @ dropdown, scroll down to delete.
September 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Academia.edu wants permanent rights to your likeness, signature, voice, name, etc. to be used in any setting. My answer was "absolutely not." Log in, click on "privacy policy" when prompted to accept the new terms (don't accept!" then find "account settings" @ dropdown, scroll down to delete.
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If I don't see multiple ~media reporters~ columns about the extraordinarily irresponsible Wall Street Journal report from yesterday morning — and their extensive promotion of that inflammatory report — you all should just pack up and go home.
September 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If I don't see multiple ~media reporters~ columns about the extraordinarily irresponsible Wall Street Journal report from yesterday morning — and their extensive promotion of that inflammatory report — you all should just pack up and go home.
The current @forteantimes.bsky.social carries a five-star review of THE SAUCERIAN by the brilliant Andrew May, whose own book "Pseudoscience and Science Fiction" is an excellent resource. Just snippets of the review here, but check out the whole thing in the October 2025 issue!
![The final paragraph of a book review of "The Saucerian" by Gabriel Mckee. The text reads: "In a bizarre twist in 1957, Barker even proposed that one of his hoaxes had been perpetrated by the authorities in order to discredit ufology. Some people may find this hilarious, others may find it reprehensible-- but whichever camp you're in, Barker's lifelong stirring-up of ufology makes a fascinating story. It's one that Mckee tells with admirable clarity and attention to detail. Andrew May. ***** [five stars]."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:agpzxq4yvelqdkztmcqygzjn/bafkreie53vrlc7ktmbgjxp3txpcftraulmlgimudio7jpidk5ybwuj2lpq@jpeg)
September 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The current @forteantimes.bsky.social carries a five-star review of THE SAUCERIAN by the brilliant Andrew May, whose own book "Pseudoscience and Science Fiction" is an excellent resource. Just snippets of the review here, but check out the whole thing in the October 2025 issue!
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They're trying to convince everyone that building a Dyson Sphere around the solar system is more realistic than increasing the capital gains tax
building a Dyson sphere around the sun is an incomprehensible undertaking. building one around the solar system is simply impossible in even the wildest sci fi projections of the future
every statement Altman and his fellow tech oligarchs make is just as preposterous
every statement Altman and his fellow tech oligarchs make is just as preposterous
The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
August 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
They're trying to convince everyone that building a Dyson Sphere around the solar system is more realistic than increasing the capital gains tax