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I read this book last year, but it was published in 2013. The author has won numerous awards. His recent works are fantasy and he’s won a Hugo and a British Fantasy award for one (and been a finalist something like a dozen times). But his earlier work was horror. He’s won the Shirley Jackson award twice for horror. American Elsewhere was one of these. It’s kind of a Desert Gothic/Mythos mix. Does anyone know any books like it?

 On the 23rd of November 1963 the world heard its first fully electronic piece of music, the Doctor Who theme. Australian composer Ron Grainer partially composed the theme, but its full harmonics and production were realised by

Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. When Grainer heard the completed piece, he was amazed and asked “did I write that?” He then insisted that Derbyshire be credited as co-composer. The BBC refused and Derbyshire’s contribution went unrecognized. This state of affairs continued for fifty years. On the 23rd of November 2013 the BBC rectified this error. In the credits for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode “The Day of the Doctor,” Delia Derbyshire was finally recognized as the co-composer of the theme. It’s good to see that a glass cieling that prevented recognition of one of the composers of the very first fully electronic television theme was finally shattered

One of my favorites from the old days. The chemistry between the Fourth Doc and Leela is great. The character acting on Jago and Litefoot is a lot of fun. The Great Rat? Well, errr nothing is perfect 😉