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S. Alexander Reed, PhD is a musician and professor, currently teaching at Ithaca College, US. He is author of Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Elizabeth Sandifer, PhD publishes and blogs about the psychic history of comics and science fiction. She is author of TARDIS Eruditorum. Both she and Reed are graduates of The College of Wooster.
As always with books in this series[...] the read is highly recommended. It's enthusiastic and, in many ways, fan-ish, but makes its case clearly, logically and in an engaging writing style. I learned a great deal about the band's historical context and the decade build up to Flood. And, as I've already mentioned, reading it has led me to re-listen and notice details and connections I've never previously noticed. And that really has to be the aim of all writing about music - to inspire further and deeper listening. --Adriane Elmer, Cyclic Defrost Reed and Sandifer are clearly fans, and not just because they say so-their writing demonstrates a level of familiarity with TMBG that belongs to the long-time listener...Overall, Reed and Sandifer's Flood is a neat book. It's worth reading, not only if you're a fan of TMBG and/or Flood, but also if you're interested in geek culture and geek rock. --ProfAwesome.com
