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  • Published: 3 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9781612196978
  • Imprint: Melville House
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $49.99
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Strange Stars

David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded




A Hugo Award-winner explores the massive influence that science fiction has had on popular music, particularly on David Bowie and the heady, experimental 1970s scene.

In the 1960s and 70s old mores and lingering repressions were falling away, replaced with a new kind of hedonistic freedom that included sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Although it didn't factor into the stereotype, it also included science fiction.

Strange Stars tells the story of how incredibly well read artists--David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and many more--brought Sci Fi's cosmic flare to their lyrics, sounds, and styles, and changed pop music forever.

  • Published: 3 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9781612196978
  • Imprint: Melville House
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $49.99
Categories:

About the author

Jason Heller

is a longtime entertainment journalist for The A.V. Club and coauthor of its 2009 pop culture bible Inventory. He lives in Denver, Colorado, and is currently writing a steampunk pirate novel.

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