He maps the negative spaces of extremity.

People Minus X (1958), by Raymond Z. Gallun.

Ignatius O’Reilly’s suede desert boots — from A Confederacy of Dunces.

Earn the second HiLobrow merit badge: Pipe Dreams.

Ed Gentry’s white tennis shoes — from Deliverance.

Where’s Cocky? He’s aestivating.

Chaplain Tappman’s rubber-soled shoes — from Catch-22.

Agamemnon’s Fortress

Stephen Dedalus’ broadtoed boots — from Ulysses.

The Face of X (1960), by Lionel Roberts.

Her stories are miracles of imaginative engineering.

Virus X (1945), by Sydney Horler.

Mayan Muons and Unmapped Rooms

Commando X (1967), by Poke Runyon.

His art does much more than “show what it’s like to be a child.”

Earn the first HiLobrow merit badge: The Radium Age.

The Man from Planet X No. 2: Tiger by the Tail (1975), by Hunter Adams.

The Sniffer will be right back…

Could self-aware cities be the first forms of artificial intelligence?

Why are lowbrow utopias haunted by quatsch?

A delightful legacy technology of the bibliosphere.

Star maps for invisible skies.

Shining Path

The Power of X (1970 edition), by Arthur Sellings.