{"product_id":"rapid-eye-volume-1-by-simon-dweyer","title":"Rapid Eye Volume 1 by Simon Dwyer","description":"\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSimon Mckenzie Dwyer was a curious fellow. A pub brawler and a football hooligan. A Plymouth Argyle supporter with a tender soul and ferocious intellect.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003eInitially started as a fanzine in 1979, Rapid Eye quickly became something bigger and more fully formed. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDwyer had started \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRapid Eye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as a zine after he moved to London amid the cultural tumult of post-punk in 1978. Developed through the eighties, it culminated in 1989 with the first of three ambitious coffee-table volumes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003eHere we have the first of three volumes of Simon Dwyer's collected interviews and writings from hallowed contributors such as Kathy Acker, William Burroughs, Aleister Crowley, Brion Gysin, Derek Jarman, Charles Manson, Psychic TV and Genesis P-Orrdige, Hubert Selby, Austin Spare and Colin Wilson. Alongside articles and essays on Alchemy, UFOs, Mescalin and Body Modification. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRapid Eye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the passionately curious and affirmative spirit of Dwyer which is infused into every page of these volumes seems in some ways to be lost to time. There is very little about Dywer and Rapid Eye online comparatively to other compendiums of counter culture from the same period such as RE\/Search publications. I would highly recommend reading the beautiful obituary for Simon written by his widow, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value-content\"\u003eFiona Dwyer. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/queermuseum.co.uk\/s\/queer-heritage-south\/item\/1092\"\u003eYou can find it here in full.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value-content\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003e-\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCover: Photo of Aldous Huxley taken by Cecil Beaton, 1936 (Part of the National Portrait Gallery Collection)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdited by Simon Dwyer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRevised and Expanded Edition, 1993\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Annihilation Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Window Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57677436256604,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0897\/7059\/0556\/files\/Rapid_Eye_Volume_1_by_Simon_Dwyer.jpg?v=1779114195","url":"https:\/\/www.windowbooks.co.uk\/products\/rapid-eye-volume-1-by-simon-dweyer","provider":"Window Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}