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Amok"Amok: Fifth Dispatch"
edited by Stuart Swezey
Amok Books, 1999
     Amok: Sourcebook of the Extremes of Information is your source for all publications strange--books too out there for your local bookseller. This book, put out by the Koma Bookstore in L.A., is the Sears Wish Book for all your counter-culture, sub-culture, conspiracy, ufo, survivalists, and weirdo-thinking reading. The catalogue is broken down into several Amok-centric categories like: "Control" (secret societies/hidden world controllers), " Mayhem" (true crime, disasters, forensic medicine), "Neuropolitics" (the brain and things that alter the brain/perception/reality), "Scratch 'n' Sniff" (pop culture and kitsch), and "Orgone" (sexuality). The back of the book also includes an extensive index of publishers and websites for further exploration. This sourcebook is not for the faint-of-heart, though. It at times can show the real dark and troubled side to the Weirdo Community. It's not surprising that several of the books featured in Amok have made their way (or will make their way soon) to this site's Book Shelf. The Fifth Dispatch is larger, slicker and including more weirdness than the Fourth and well worth the over five year wait.

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