PUBLIC MARKS from borsky with tag 043-Heteroclites

"Welcome to Garrett Scott, Bookseller, a specialist since 1998 in rare works of obscure Americana, literature and religious thought of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. You can also come see my inventory in my commercial warehouse space at 1924 Packard Street (Rear) in Ann Arbor, adjacent to Morgan and York Fine Wines and Specialty Foods. My stock is available for viewing by chance or appointment, under central Washtenaw county's most semi-pleasant conditions for the casual browser of uncommon 19th and early 20th century books, pamphlets and ephemera."

"Every reader of SF comes across a title now and then that intrigues you, infuriates you, confuses you and/or enervates you. It leaves you with such a strong impression that you just have to share with others the impressions it left. It is so different from other books you have read. You recommend it, you pass along copies because you want to see if it is just you or that the book is really as interesting, you mention it constantly. Time passes and the book becomes harder to find. It is slipping out of print. How can you keep spreading the word about this fascinating book that you see as an overlooked odd speculative fiction classic? "

"1923-1993) was author of nineteen published novels and more than two hundred short stories and essays collected in more than a dozen books, won the Hugo Award in science fiction, the Queen's Award and Edgar Award in the mystery genre, and the World Fantasy Award (three times). His writings defy genre stereotypes and are filled with wit, wonder, and the bizarre. "

"Reading a Lafferty story is a full body experience. After a few sentences your brain goes into hyperactivity, your belly is aching from laughter and you might need to reach for the aspirin jar soon, because like all good drugs his stories tend to leave you with a headache. "

Belgian museum of outsider and psychiatric art.

German museum of outsider and psychiatric art. Hoem of the Prinzhorn collection.

In French or Dutch. Site of the tour d'Eben-Ezer by visionary Robert Garcet

Site is offline. In French.

In French. Some curiosa.

Mainly books by Jean-Pierre Brisset.

In French.

In French. Extremely bizarre claims linking the Collège de 'Pataphysique to the mysteries of Rennes-le-Chateau. As such, of a very pataphysical nature. Some books are translated in English and published by http://www.septeraeditions.com/

Very strange publications. "Bulletin of the International String Figure Association", "A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music ", "An Anthology of Bad Verse", "Exploring the Internal Fringes of America with the Center for Land Use Interpretation" etc. but also books by ernst Haeckel, Athanasius Kircher, Borges, Flann O'brien etc. And several books by Ricky Jay.

A treasure trove of the most bizarre books and kooks

"ReThroning Creation's Great BLAK MAMMA & the Blak Woman The Mother of HuHuManity and Original Most Powerful Being On Earth By Su-Zar" "Don't ghet mad at me when I show (= expose to) you that "Jesus Christ" ghot ALL BAPhomet's top traits. Ghet bafoMAD at the Perpetrator/s of these Great Deceptions. It's about time, way long overdue, for the God aDam Lies to be ex-PISO-ed. The real Christ (Egyptian "KRST") was stolen a lonng time ago, and a FRAUD put in his place." waugh. Fruitcake anyone?

"Le magazine C4, né en 92 au sein de l’asbl « Cirque Divers », est aujourd’hui un bimestriel tiré à 3500 exemplaires et distribué dans toute la Communauté Française. Il est publié par l’asbl « D’une certaine gaieté », association d’éducation permanente et pluridisciplinaire pour qui la culture est non seulement un champ d’action mais un matériau à partir duquel se questionner et (faire) réfléchir." Excellent blog with forums of this magazine. I have a stash of their old publications.

"At the core of Wessel di Wesseli's teachings and beliefs stands the rule of preservation of energy, which he knows to be inconclusive. He believes that 1+1 can be 3 or more. Because we, humans, aren't just numbers you add up, we are more than a simple or even dead equation. On this page you will find concepts based on this principle and artistic machines or mechanical art if you will. You will see references to the perpetuum mobile machines." "Often described as a crazy loner Mr. di Wesseli has been relentlessly searching for answers in the field of the perpetuum mobile for more than 45 years, with many eureka moments along the way aswell as failures. "

"In a sense, rhysmonic cosmology restores the substratum aether of the classical era in that an underlying structure is hypothesized, but this structure is somewhat different that was imagined by the classicists. Rhysmons are the "particles" of this substratum and as with the original atoms of Democritus, rhysmons have only "size, shape, position, and velocity"."

Free E-books from Luther Blissett version 2 "In January 2000, a fifth person joined the four authors of Q and a new band of authors was born, Wu Ming. "Wu - Ming" is a chinese word, it means either "anonymous" (無名) or "five names" (伍名), it depends on link how you pronounce the first syllable. The name of the band is meant both as a tribute to dissidents ("Wu Ming" is a common byline among Chinese citizens demanding democracy and freedom of speech) and as a refusal of the celebrity-making machine which turns the author into a star. " "So far, the group's major effort was link 54 , a novel with dozens of characters (including Cary Grant and Marshall Tito) set in 1954. The book inspired the Italian folk-rock band link Yo Yo Mundi, whose concept album (also titled 54) was released at the beginning of 2004. The members of the band also wrote "solo" novels. Havana Glam by Wu Ming 5 was published in 2001. Guerra agli Umani by Wu Ming 2 and New Thing by Wu Ming 1 were published in 2004. Wu Ming 5's Free Karma Food was published in 2006. Wu Ming also co-wrote the screenplay for Guido Chiesa's movie Radio Alice (2004)"

Bizarre objects, people, art

My all-time favourite site/protoblog, closed in 2007. Still the archives are online. Two main parts: Isaac D’Israeli’s Curiosities of Literature - a very large work brought here online; and more especially, a gigantic database of strange (mostly fairly ancient) art and engravings. Mr. h. used to give away some of his books through this site. This is the top in what me might call scientific study of visionary art with lots of images and lots of external links.