Scales/Silenic Drift

B. Catling, Iain Sinclair

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Strange Attractor Press
18 July 2013

Historical fiction

Series: Scales/Silenic Drift

Published in a back-to-backdouble-A-side format are Brian Catling's account of the recovery of the enormousAhnighito meteorite, from Greenland to New York, by explorer Robert Peary in 1897, and the psychogeology of Iain Sinclair's hunt for meteorites across 21st-century London.

Across Greenland, the American frontier and contemporary London in search of space rock. Published in a back-to-backdouble-A-side format.

Scales isan epic-in-miniature account of the recovery of the enormousAhnighito, or Cape York, meteorite from Greenland to New York by explorer Robert Peary in 1897. With photographs by Rommel Pecson.

Silenic Drift finds Iain Sinclair hunting meteorites across 21st-century London. 'Here was my idiot-simple proposition- psychogeology. The beach beneath the pavement. 20,000 streets under the sky. The rocks of the geological collection at the Natural History Museum in Exhibition Road, South Kensington, were calling me in.' With photographs by Anonymous Bosch.

By: B. Catling, Iain Sinclair
Imprint: Strange Attractor Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 121mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 123g
ISBN: 9781907222160
ISBN 10: 1907222162
Series: Scales/Silenic Drift
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 18 July 2013
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian Catling is the author of The Vorrh, a poet, sculptor and performer.He is Professor of Fine Art at The Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art, University of Oxford. Iain Sinclair is the author of numerous books includingAmerican Smoke,Ghost Milk, London Orbital,Hackney That Rose-Red Empire,Lights Out For the Territory.

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Scales/Silenic Drift

B. Catling, Iain Sinclair

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