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David Bowie, science, and Gothic absurdity

Posted on 16th January 2016 by William the Bloody

A few more Bowie-related links, here. Science Fiction is, one might say, a rationalising mode of the fantastic; SF motifs feature frequently in Bowie’s work from ‘Space Oddity’ to his penultimate single ‘Blackstar’ (the video of which combines elements of … Continue reading →

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David Bowie, Neil Gaiman, Yoshitaka Amano

Posted on 13th January 2016 by William the Bloody

More on the interaction of David Bowie and fantastic literature. If Bowie’s various personae–the masks and images he was constantly recreating and presenting to an audience–can be seen as texts, then they lie in an intertextual relationship with a story … Continue reading →

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David Bowie, Cat People

Posted on 12th January 2016 by William the Bloody

We’re not quite in the Company of Wolves, but Bowie’s theme song for Paul Schrader’s 1982 remake of the classic Val Lewton/Jacques Tourneur feline shapeshifting film Cat People (1942) is yet another OGOM link.

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David Bowie, The Hunger

Posted on 11th January 2016 by William the Bloody

And, of course, David Bowie has a more immediate connection with OGOM because of his role in Tony Scott’s classic vampire film, The Hunger.

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