By: Joshua Glenn

One of the era’s truly great high-lowbrow high-wire artists.

By: Joshua Glenn

He wrote superman novels, and criticized humankind’s mediocrity.

By: Brian Berger

A critic indifferent to current pressures and public opinion

By: David Smay

Her books abrade the British literary canon.

By: Joshua Glenn

Forget Phantom of the Opera — check out his cyborg novel!

By: Suzanne Fischer

She found her most popular book untruthful.

By: Robert Wringham

He wrote an inadvertent manifesto for idlers.

By: Jacob Mikanowski

He invented a funny avatar of passive resistance.

By: Joshua Glenn

He bridged the gap between two eras of science fiction.

By: Jerrold Freitag

He presaged barbarity by pointing out abuses to the German language.

By: Lucy Sante

“Poetry should be made by all. Not by one.”

By: Mark Kingwell

The first man to say “fuck” on the airwaves of the BBC.

By: Devin McKinney

He wrote of wandering minds and dark surmise.

By: Barbara Bogaev

The drama of her life steeped her intelligence in passion and rebellion.

By: Alix Lambert

He wrote about fear, boredom, insecurity, sadness, and confusion.