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® REVIEWS This is a welcome addition in the field of all in the one sentence! This Reader taps cerealogy, and the ground it covers is real- _ into the broader picture of conspiracy pol- lv a microcosm of a grand design whichis __ itics. particularly on the US front. and This is a welcome addition in the field of cerealogy, and the ground it covers is real- ly a microcosm of a grand design which is resonating all around the world. all in the one sentence! This Reader taps into the broader picture of conspiracy pol- itics, particularly on the US front, and dishes up the nitty gritty details you won't find in the mainstream press on subjects as diverse as the Gemstone Files, Area 51 and Moon bases, the Turin Shroud, Reich's secret files, CIA mind control, the Mothman, Nazi science, the Trilaterals, Inslaw and more. Popular Alienation is a feast for the con- spiracy-hungry with its cross-disciplinary, tell-it-like-it-is approach, jam-packed with contributions from such notables as Noam Chomsky, Stanton Friedman, Allen Ginsberg, John Keel, Jim Keith, Timothy Leary, Jonathan Vankin, Robert Anton Wilson—as well as Kenn Thomas, editor of Steamshovel, whose latest exposé on Danny Casolaro and the 'Octopus' cabal begins in this issue of NEXUS. FIELDS OF MYSTERY: The Crop Circle Phenomenon in Sussex by Andy Thomas Published by S.B. Publications (1996), UK ISBN 1-85770-096-1 (96pp s/c) Price: AUD$15.00; NZD$20.00; STGE7.95; USD$13.50 (inc. p&h) Available: UK—NEXUS Office, 55 Queens Rd, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 1BG, ph +44 (0)1342 322854. The "fields of mystery" evocatively referred to here are none other than those fields of the English southeastern counties of East and West Sussex, in which a large number and variety of crop formations have been found each summer. Author Andy Thomas's first pictogram encounter in 1991 inspired him to investi- gate the mystery, and together with other intrepid circle-hunters he soon became active with the Centre for Crop Circle Studies. Meantime, as Editor of the monthly journal, SC (Sussex Circular), he’s able to access a great deal of fascinat- ing documentation about the phenomenon. In Fields of Mystery, Thomas presents breathtaking ‘circular evidence’ in dia- grammatic form and photographs (many in full colour), and describes each one's history faithfully and with flair. He touch- es on the early years of the phenomenon in Sussex, but turns his attention primarily to the formations of 1990 to 1995—some of which will already be familiar to you. POPULAR ALIENATION: A Steamshovel Press Reader edited by Kenn Thomas Published by I!lumiNet Press (1995), USA ISBN 1-881532-07-0 (343pp I/f s/c) Price: AUD$30.00; NZD$45.95 + p&h; STG£15.95 + £2 p&h; USD$19.95 + p&h Available: Aust—NEXUS Magazine, PO Box 30, Mapleton, Qld 4560; NZ—NEXUS Office, PO Box 34735, Birkenhead, Auckland, ph (09) 416 7320, fax (09) 416 7340; UK—Counter Productions, PO Box 556, London SES ORL; USA—Adventures Unlimited, PO Box 74, Kempton, IL 60946. One of the best 'conspirazines’ around would have to be the Missouri-based Steamshovel Press. Its roots are in Beat- era sensibilities but its net is wide in terms of the ‘underground’ philosophies and sub- cultural viewpoints it taps into. Popular Alienation is a fitting title for this antholo- gy of nine issues of Steamshovel (plus a never-before-published ‘virtual’ issue), for alienation has been a popular theme for quite some time. A quick flick through this weighty col- lection makes you appreciate why certain seemingly unrelated subjects are more closely connected than you've been led to believe. In fact, Steamshovel is one of the few ‘zines able to make valid links between JFK, CIA, LSD, UFO and MIB, ning d@ddenation: hovel Brass Reeder NEXUS ¢ 81 eee nn —— OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1996