{"product_id":"rapid-eye-volume-2-by-simon-dwyer","title":"Rapid Eye Volume 2 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 second of three volumes of Simon Dwyer's collected interviews and writings from hallowed contributors such as Victor Bockris, Richard Kern, Colin Wilson, Genesis P-Orridge, Anton LaVey, Alex Sanders, Paul Mayersberg, Timothy Leary, and Aaron Williamson. Alongside articles and essays on Death Art, Neoism, Numerology \u0026amp; Serial Killers. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNearly half of the rest of the volume is given over to Dwyer’s own ‘Plague Yard’ piece, an epic, heady journalistic romp through the Altered States of America. In his 1997 obituary for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Paul Cecil frames ‘The Plague Yard’ as something which could have been Dwyer’s stepping stone towards firmer literary repute. More dedicated to his creation than himself, Dwyer decided to simply include it as a contribution to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRapid Eye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\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 alternative 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: Piss Christ by \u003cspan\u003eAndres Serrano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdited by Simon Dwyer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by Annihilation Press, 1992\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Window Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57677655310684,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0897\/7059\/0556\/files\/Rapid_Eye_Volume_2_by_Simon_Dwyer_Book_Cover.jpg?v=1779114843","url":"https:\/\/www.windowbooks.co.uk\/products\/rapid-eye-volume-2-by-simon-dwyer","provider":"Window Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}