Three Books About Urban Myths.

"THE MOLE PEOPLE"
Author: JENNIFER TOTH
Year 1993

The people of New York City who live underground are most commonly known as Mole People. And it is no accident that the term conjures freakish images. I hope this book will reverse the horrible and striking image of "mole people" simply by showing what I saw & found. I hope the stories from the tunnels will bring a better understanding of the underground people. By writing their stories, I hope to dismiss the myth of animal-like underground dwellers, so that you, the reader, can come to know that mole people don't exist beneath the surface of New York City, but people do.



"A CRITICAL DISCOGRAPHY - TANGERINE DREAM"
Author: PAUL STUMP
Year 1997

Having recorded more than 60 albums over a thirty year period, Tangerine Dream are indisputably among the most prolific groups of our time, yet they remain obstinately resistant to categorisation and analysis.To some, they will forever remain part of the Krautrock phenomenon which spawned them. Many newer fans will be more familiar with the group through their soundtrack work for Hollywood movies. To others, the dreamy soundscapes of their mid-seventies period both predated and influenced the Ambient and New Age music of recent times.

In this critical discography, music journalist Paul Stump picks his way through a veritable minefield of releases, determining both the explosive and those which fail to ignite. Starting off by tracing the development of electronic music, he then assesses the shifting musical stances and varied line-ups which constitute the long career of Tangerine Dream and for the very first time places their mammoth output within an ordered perspective.



"STANLEY KUBRICK"
Author: GENE D. PHILLIPS
Year 2001

From his first feature film, 'Fear & Desire' (1953), to his final, posthumously released 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999), Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) excelled at probing the dark corners of human conciousness. In doing so, he adapted such popular novels as 'The Killing', 'Lolita', 'A Clockwork Orange', and 'The Shining' and selected a wide variety of genres for his films - black comedy ('Dr. Strangelove'), science fiction (2001 : A Space Odyssey), and war ('Paths Of Glory' & 'Full Metal Jacket'). Because he was peerless in unveiling the intimate mysteries of human nature, no new film by Kubrick ever failed to spark debate or to be deeply pondered.

Unlike many other filmmakers he was not inclined to grant interviews, prefferring to let his movies speak for themselves. By allowing both critics and moviegoers to see the inner workings of this reclusive filmmaker, this first comprehensive collection of his relatively few interviews is invaluable. Ranging from 1959 to 1987 and including Kubrick's conversations with Gene Siskel, Jeremy Bernstein, Gene Phillips, and others, this book reveals Kubrick's diverse interests - nuclear energy and its consequences, space exploration, science fiction, literature, religion, psychoanalysis, the effects of violence, and even chess - and discloses how each affects his films. He enthusiastically speaks of how advances in camera and sound technology made his films more effective.

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