Reminder: Wave IX

Last November, I announced the publication of Wave IX, a J.G. Ballard-inspired collection of avant-garde fiction, poetry and graphic art. The book includes my fiction piece exercising a fusion of contemporary developments in AI with post-WWII modernist aesthetics, "The Nanopoetic Quest in Theory and Practice." The story reflects a number of Ballardian themes. Yesterday's Highbrow post featuring a mod and swinging Frank Sinatra stepping off a helicopter, drink in hand, is apt.  A recent back-channel message reminded me of this project.  I was also reminded of my intention (for some reason shifted to the back burner) to review the book, piece-by-piece, and post my impressions here.  Watch this space.

Meanwhile, here is the cover image followed by the publisher's description.  The cover image and the title of the book are linked to the sales page.  

Finally, there is an audio project related to the final piece in the book, “A Short History of Parking Structures” by Mark Soden, Jr., and which can be listened too HERE.

 

A tribute to the fictitious magazine Wave IX from J.G. Ballard's 1961 short story "Studio 5, The Stars." In the fictitious version of the magazine Ballard predicts the rise of machine generated poetry; and in this real-world version of Wave IX the current debacle over machine generated works is satirized, battled against, and disregarded with human generated works, tributes to Ballard, works inspired by the story, and more. Wave IX features a multigenerational cast of writers and artists from all over the world.

Featuring stories, poetry, and art from: Eugen Bacon, F.J. Bergmann, Michael Butterworth, Jacques Garnier, Jean-Paul L. Garnier, Carter Kaplan, Jardine Libaire, Jonathan Nevair, Charles Platt, Aaron Sheppard, & Mark Soden Jr.

This anthology is published by Space Cowboy Books, an award-winning brick and mortar bookstore in Joshua Tree, California, an independent publishing house, producer of Simultaneous Times podcast, and event space.