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	The Ecstasy of Influence by Jonathan Lethem Twenty years on, Lethem is unique among contemporary novelists in continuing to bring the full force of both his critical acumen and his phosphorescent prose stylings to bear on a wide breadth of subjects that other writers often ignore – despite his having achieved the Empyrean heights of world class critical renown signified by a MacArthur prize. Lethem remains ever true to his roots, and is the champion of the importance and lasting value of an intelligent American popular culture rooted in arts and literatures of all stripes, including comics and science fiction (foremost among which might be his devotion … Read more ...
	Building a Better Robot: 10 Years of the Mr. Roboto Project by Andy Mulkerin, Mike Q. Roth, Dan Bidwa, Arthur Daniel Allen You want local? We got local. Building a Better Robot is a made in Pittsburgh book (and DVD!) that chronicles a made in Pittsburgh project that has become a fixture on the Pittsburgh scene: Mr. Roboto. This 8" square format book runs for 192 pages and contains at least that number of black and white photos by a host of scene documentarians – notably Shawn Brackbill – as well as a full-length DVD containing, according to its creators, "37 songs by Pittsburgh bands that either helped define the Mr. Roboto Project or were themselves highly defined by Roboto. In addition, … Read more ...
	The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick by Philip K. Dick, Pamela Jackson, Jonathan Lethem Philip Dick had a very certain kind of mind. You either relate to him or you don't. It was a mind that turned ever increasingly in on itself during a lengthy career that began in 1954 with turning out science fiction stories and novels at a frantic pace and ending with a sort of quasi-relgious mysticism attempting to ground itself in hard science. To say Dick lived life on the edge is putting it mildly, and in February and March of 1974 he experienced a multi-episode revelation that changed the course of his life for its remaining eight years, and … Read more ...
	Add Toner by Aaron Cometbus A sequel of sorts to his perennial collection, Despite Everything, Add Toner picks up where that volume left off and collects the "highlights" (according to Aaron's introductory essay) of Cometbus issues #44 through #48 – which must be close to everything, as it's 368 pages. It also contains, an addendum, "8 Out of 10 Days," which is "a conglomeration of books, that for one reason or another were never released," complete with an all new essay contextualizing them. Read more ...
	Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt Wow! While we had never completely given up hope that there would ever be a follw up to Helen DeWitt's brilliant debut, The Last Samurai (NOT to be confused with the Tom Cruise vehicle of the same name that came out years later, to which it bears no relation), we had come pretty close. So we were nearly bowled over with surprise by our discovery of the impending release of Lightning Rods, which has now just arrived on our shelves. We imagine that most – and hope all – of our customers who have had the opportunity to read The … Read more ...
	We Others: New and Selected Stories by Steven Millhauser Long-time Copacetic customers are well aware of how highly esteemed Mr. Millhauser is within our walls. Millhauser has painstakingly crafted a voice in writing, an approach to the material, and a fictional method that combined to create a new and potent force in literature that has produced truly remarkable works that have definitely shaped the post-'60s literature since first dawning in the 1972 novel Edwin Mullhouse. Here we have seven new stories together with selections from four of his previously published story collections that we have been persistently touting here for the past decade. We would like to … Read more ...
	The Authentic Animal: Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy by Dave Madden Ever find yourself wondering what possessed people to skin and stuff animals and then mount them on their walls or build dioramas based around them and install them in giant glass cases in museums? Well, wonder no more! University of Alabama professor and Copacetic customer Dave Madden has spent the last several years of his life putting together a book that answers this very question. Beginning with the "father of modern taxidermy," Carl Akeley, who created the Akeley Hall of African Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History, Madden continues on a journey that brings him to the World … Read more ...
	Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Businesses Represent Everything You Want to Fight for – from Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities by Andrew Laties *Revised and Updated Edition* <<•>> foreword by Edward Morrow; afterword by Bill Ayers <<•>> And here is the winner for the longest subtitle! Speaking of which, how can we not like a book endorsing this point of view? In fact, author Laties will be here in person at Copacetic on the evening of Monday, October 3, 2011. Get an idea of what's in store with this excerpt posted on scribd.com Read more ...
	Monkey Portraits by Jill Greenberg What is there to say about a book like this? You either get it, or you don't. Here at Copacetic, we feel that it would behoove one and all to get it, so, as a result of a special purchase, we're doing what we can to help by offering Monkey Portraits at 60% off its original price. Looking at these full blown studio portraits of our fellow primates will open your eyes to the human condition in more ways than one; they're really quite amazing. This hardcover collection of photographs documenting approximately two dozen species, with a special focus … Read more ...
	Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield by Robert Gober, Cynthia Burlingham, Charles Burchfield Charles Burchfield is an artist whom Copacetic customers, as a population, have a strong likelihood of connecting with. He spent a fifty-year career – first in his native Ohio, after studying at the Cleveland Institue of Art, and then in upstate New York – forging a startlingly original visual language. Working primarily in watercolors, Burchfield picked up where Van Gogh left off in creating artworks that manage to visually communicate non-visual perceptions. Heat Waves In a Swamp is the catalogue of an exhibition held at the Hammer in LA, the Whitney in NYC and the Burchfield Penney … Read more ...
	Jazz A B Z by Paul Rogers, Wynton Marsalis, Phil Schaap OK, this is not just the perfect gift book for the jazz fan on your list, it is also makes for an ideal gift to give to anyone -- of any age -- who has a love of words and pictures. This sumptuous hardcover volume has the potential to turn the squarest square into the heppest cat. Everyone is a jazz fan in the making: this is just the ticket to inspire them to take a closer look. Jazz ABZ is a pæn to jazz in art and poetry that simply has to be seen to be believed. The essence … Read more ...
	Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America by Bradford Wright Anyone wanting to pursue a study of comic books can’t do better than to begin with Comic Book Nation. Bradford W. Wright’s book, published in April of 2001 by Johns Hopkins University Press, provides a solid foundation in the history, analysis and criticism of the principal events, trends and personalities as well as of the companies, creators and characters of the first century of comic books in America. The only caveat to this statement is that Wright focuses almost entirely on the mainstream of comic books that has been typically- although certainly not totally-- devoted to the adolescent market. More … Read more ...

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