some of the ideas on art are a bit "can't believe i paid £13 for that" but the early stuff on the evolution of fiction is worth it. i tried to scan all these and make pdfs but my scanner doesnt work. the ideas in this one will be very useful to anyone struggling to make art right now. certainly gave me a lot to think about, in fact i'd say it's actually given me the tools with which to get out of the creative rut i've been stuck in. wait for the paperback or the pdf tho.
have only skimmed these 2
this is an absolute classic. i urge everyone to buy this one. i was put off by one of his articles in an old semiotexte schizo culture issue (seems like it was 70's/80's) were he talked about the criminality of homosexuality and put across some questionable stuff that obviously came from a different era and seemed like more like a coping strategy with the oppression at the time than anything else. but this book is really really fantastic, his attack on freudo marxism and the stuff on love and frustration REALLY spoke to me.