Posthuman Blues: Dispatches From a World on the Cusp of Terminal Dissolution: Volume 1

So begins this first volume of Posthuman Blues, the edited version of the popular weblog maintained by author Mac Tonnies from 2003 until his tragic death in 2009. Tonnies’ blog was a pastiche of his original fiction, reflections on his day-to-day life, trenchant observations of current events, and thoughts on an eclectic range of material that he culled from the Internet. The result was a remarkably broad portrait of a thoughtful man and the complex times in which he lived, rendered with intelligence, imagination, and a wickedly absurdist sense of humor.

“Posthuman Blues is of a piece with the Lost Generation of the 1920s and the Beat Generation of the 1950s. Tonnies spoke for his generation with passion, eloquence, and a rare insight.”
– A. J. Gulyas, author of Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist

“This book has the inventiveness and prose of a novel, but it’s good, honest observation and speculation. From lambasting fakery to closing in on the true paranormal, Mac Tonnies takes us on a wild trip. Tonnies was mysterious, maybe because he always had an eye and ear for the mystery underlying our strange existence.”
– John Shirley, author of Gurdjieff: An Introduction to his Life and Ideas and the A Song Called Youth trilogy

“Mind-stretching!”
– Clifford Pickover, Ph.D.