André Spears's seriously comic proto-sci-fi epic From the Lost Land collects and expands several shorter books like Fragments of Mu and Nexus of Evil in a veritable life work. At times seeming to channel poet Ed Dorn's surgical humor, Gilles Deleuze's mind-bending philosophy, and the magic-driven science fiction of film and book, it takes the reader on an expansive journey through time and space and altered awareness. Its two-column format develops story and aberrantly exciting quotes that compete for our attention. Weaving in and out of historic references and deeply astute cultural critique, this 512 page work stands alone as a singular expression of prophetic mind in our vexed time, embodying humor, insight, and multiple dimensions-a singularly unique schizo-poem.
