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By: Davis, Erik
Price: ¥500.00
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic: 2005
Seller ID: RWARE0000039152
ISBN: 0826416586
Condition: Very Good
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In this wickedly entertaining and thoroughly informed homage to one of rock music's towering pinnacles, Erik Davis investigates the magic-black or oth erwise-that surrounds this album. Carefully peeling the layers from each so ng, Davis reveals their dark and often mystical roots-and leaves the reader to decide whether [FOUR SYMBOLS] is some form of occult induction or just an inspired, brilliantly played rock album. Excerpt: Stripping Led Zeppelin's... View more info
By: Davis, Erik
Price: ¥800.00
Publisher: Three Rivers Press: 1999
Seller ID: RWARE0000027949
ISBN: 060980474X
Condition: Very Good
A read copy but no markings throughout, unblemished spine, NOT an ex-librar y edition: Exploring the mystical impulses behind our obsession with information techn ology, TechGnosis presents a fascinating and passionately original perspect ive on technoculture. Today we often assume that the triumph of technological rationality has con demned the spiritual imagination to the trash heap of history. But as Erik Davis explains, religious impulses and magical dreams permeate the history of technology. Ranging from the printing press to the telegraph, from radio to the Internet, David peels away th... View more info