A review by summerxleague
Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded by Jason Heller

4.0

Exhaustively researched and full of rich opportunities for reading and learning. This text gives a lot of context to rock music history (and pop, and funk, and jazz, and metal.....) by pairing its development with the science-fiction influences of the last century. Bowie was an excellent jumping off point but I had wholly expected to see more of him throughout the book; I recognize he stepped away from overt sci-fi themes in the mid-70’s but it was strange to see his likeness on the cover and his name in the title ans only encounter him about half as much as that might suggest. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this with its contents giving me a bigger reading list and discography!!