The latest newsletter from John Higgs gives an update on his new Dr. Who book, and there's also an interesting essay on David Lynch and the current political moment.
The new book is Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who and it will be out in April, at least in the UK; I don't see a listing on Amazon, so it may be an import for American readers, at least for now. If you live in Great Britain, chances are good you'll have a chance to see John talk about the book: "So far I’ve got events lined up in York, Liverpool, Stratford, Bath, Margate, Shoreham, Laugharne, Belfast, Wendover, Sheffield, London, Lewes, Clevedon and Cardiff. Keep an eye on my events page, where I will be posting further links and details as soon as I have them."
The death of David Lynch inspires a new essay from John, also in the newsletter. I don't want to try to summarize it, but one aspect of the essay is that he contrasts Agatha Christie style mysteries with David Lynch mysteries:
"Lynch-type mysteries tend to be shunned by the mainstream, but they linger in the mind in a way that Christie-style mysteries don’t. Once seen, they can never really be forgotten. And the fact that his work affects people so profoundly, I think, can teach us something valuable about the digital world."
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