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Nicholas Rombes works in Detroit. His novels include The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing (Two Dollar Radio), The Rachel Condition (CLASH Books), and Lisa 2, v 1.0 (Calamari Archives). He's written for The Believer, The Oxford American, n+1 online, & Filmmaker Magazine and is author of Ramones, from Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series and 10/40/70 from Zer0 Books. ...more

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Average rating: 3.6 · 803 ratings · 125 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ramones 3.46 avg rating — 380 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing 3.64 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cultural Dictionary of Punk, 1974-1982 3.86 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinema in the Digital Age 3.68 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lisa 2, v1.0 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	10/40/70: Constraint as Liberation in the Era of Digital Film Theory 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Punk Cinema by Nicholas Rombes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steven Schneider, Stacy Thompson (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rachel Condition 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gerry: Movies Minute by Minute it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightmare Trails at Knifepoint it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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22 hours, 23 min ago

Thank you for doing this, Bill--I hadn't noticed someone had changed this. I'm so glad the novels resonate for you!

Yes, working on an expanded edition of the Laing novel, and partway through a new one about a doppelganger of Detroit that gradually removes the city piece by piece and replaces it with facsimiles.

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message 1: by Bill

May 04, 2026 06:17PM

There's a goodreads user named Professor Nicholas Rombes. Someone had changed the author of The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing to the Prof; last week I noticed this and changed it back. Hope that's ok?

(I love your 3 novels and hope to see a new one soon!)