“Time, alas, will make us sell it short. What is it I hold, while there is still time?”
The Man In The High Castle, Philip K. Dick, 1962
Hello,
My name is Biff and I play music and write things and publish stuff and put events on with words and music and film in them in my home town of Derby. Here I write about stuff, usually time, music, and the making of it. Here's some music of mine for you to listen to while you read:Here are some places where I put music, words and videos up around the internet:
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This looks amazing… Is it a poster? Do you own it? Where can I get one?
It’s just the Penguin re-issue of the book, with the layout of the continents on the cover in braille. I took a photo of it on the piano and then darkened it to bring out the really light text and the (now quite dirty) raised dots…
It’s a stunning book. Really speculative in that its about a world where Japan and Germany split up ownership of the continents after winning WWII…and also really humanist as it explores how people deal with a world that still has a lot in common with the real one, but where the authoritarian personality is the norm. There’s a lot more. Tons more. You should learn to read and get into it.