Another interesting article from Gary Lachman. This time about the mysterious and purposely ambiguous Carlos Castenada. It was much too short though and supposed at least a little background information. A fascinating and sinister subject.
I'd very much like to read a more comprehensive article about Castenada, in the future.
I also enjoyed the article by Peter Brooksmith, although it was a bit too long and yet shallow. Sour grapes? Just a touch. Still, an article that explores how the mainstream of anything, in this case Post Modernist Social Sciences, can plunder the pioneering fringes with relative impunity. Anyone who has read a lot of excellent science fiction, only to see mediocre 'mainstream' hacks plough the same furrows to critical acclaim, will know what I mean. Cough! Martin Amis! Cough!
We may not learn much about 'Alien Abductions' from Brooksmith's article, but we do learn a lot about how original work and research, from one area of interest, perhaps generally seen as rather outré, can be appropriated and applied in a more mainstream field, most significantly, without acknowledgement. And that must irk.
I'm still thinking about the 'cover article' 'The Secret Of The Golem.'
The cover picture, itself, is great. Although, in the layout, it looks slightly squeezed.
