Read in December 2020
Author Jason Heller explores the influence of science fiction on popular music especially artists who brought their comic book interest to their music such as David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and many others. The book focuses on the 1970's and compares the music with the films of the era. He describes Afrofutureism and the works of George Clinton, Sun Ra and others. It's all very interesting.
I've always been a science fiction fan and of course all kinds of music. I've made music mixes of science fiction related songs going back decades and continue doing that today. There is a discography at the end of this book that gave me some ideas of songs to add to my mixes. There is also a Spotify playlist online that reflects the music discussed in this book.
However, by the end of the book I was actually starting to bet a little bored as the author scrambled to find examples of his thesis. The book became dry and academic. This book could have been a really interesting blog post and playlist.
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