Amok Fifth Dispatch: Sourcebook for the Extremes of Information

by Stuart Swezey (editor)

The definitive reference work surveying the outer margins of our Information Age, the Amok Fifth Dispatch presents in one volume the entire gamut of extreme literature available from hundreds of publishers worldwide, complete with ordering information. The Amok Fifth Dispatch is arranged according to its own ground-breaking taxonomy, from "Control" (analysis of power structures from the Trilateral Commission to the American Psychiatric Assn.) to "Mayhem" (true crime, disasters, forensic medicine) to "Neuropolitics" (pyschedelia, parapsychology, brain chemistry) to "Scratch 'n' Sniff" (pop culture and kitsch) to "Orgone" (sexuality, the body, and the life-force) and more. The previous sourcebook, the Amok Fourth Dispatch, became a must-read underground sensation and went on to sell over 50,000 copies.

Genres: Reference, Cultural, Conspiracy Theories, Nonfiction

100 pages, Paperback

First published August 24, 1999

Reviews

[Willy Boy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing, but somehow strangely lesser than the (much slimmer) Fourth Dispatch. This volume omits all Fiction, and loses a lot in the process. Still a crucial primer, inventory and 'wants list' glutter.

[Rob Renstrom · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most formative books of my youth and possibly the single best reference manual for printed esoterica.

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a time when I couldn't get enough extreme information. Amok catalogues were once a prized source for tracking down books on extreme, occult, true crime and mad science topics, among many more obscure topics. This volume will give you more than enough grisly, fascinating and just-plain-fucked-up information to last you for quite a while. It's thoroughly illustrated and objectionable. Short of the return of Forbidden Books, this is the tome that may quench your inner maniac. Proceed with caution!

[Sherman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The only resource you will ever need for finding books on the fringes of the publishing world. Books dealing with majick, fringe science, "deviant" sex, extreme art and just about anything your parents DID NOT want you to read is in this sourcebook. Pick up a copy and have your mind blown.

[Masked · Rating 5 out of 5]

back before the internet did everything, this is how i ordered books. a nice reference for what was out there when it was difficult to find out what was out there.

[Nish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing collection of dangerous knowledge. Amok was my gateway drug into insanity. Like the Necronomicon, except real.