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Title	:	Songs of the Dead
Author	:	Derrick Jensen
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	March 1st 2009 by PM Press
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Social

Songs of the Dead Paperback | Pages: 320 pages

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A serial killer stalks the streets of Spokane, acting out a misogynist script from the dark heart of this culture. Across town, a writer named Derrick has spent his life tracking the reasons—political, psychological, spiritual—for the sadism of modern civilization. And through the grim nights, Nika, a trafficked woman, tries to survive the grinding violence of prostitution. Their lives, and the forces propelling them, are about to collide. Derrick’s current project is a book called Possession, which asks the ontological question of who is responsible for the culture of domination that’s destroying the earth. Who actually benefits from a dead planet, the endgame that’s fast approaching? What if the answer is something way bigger than humans? Meanwhile, with motivations opposite to Derrick’s, the serial killer is asking much the same question of the women he kidnaps as his final act of possession—and Nika is next.  Derrick’s metaphysical explorations suddenly take on more urgency as visions both terrifying and sacred begin to intrude, and past and future collapse without warning. All Derrick knows is Nika’s name and her impending death. The only person who believes him is his partner Allison, a woman with both strengths and scars, whose past has led her to a commitment to justice no matter what the cost.  As the visions intensify and the killer draws nearer, Derrick and Allison are compelled to act, making themselves the next targets. Derrick must learn to negotiate a world of spirits and demons, living and dead, before it’s too late. And what hangs in the balance is not just their lives, but also the fate of life on earth. With Songs of the Dead, Derrick Jensen has written more than a thriller. This is a story lush with rage and tenderness on its way to being a weapon.

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Original Title:	Songs of the Dead
ISBN:	1604860448 (ISBN13: 9781604860443)
Edition Language:	English

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First book by Derrick Jensen I read. Still want to read Endgame and perhaps the Deep Green Resistance stuff properly sometime, although I expect to be quite critical of it. So this fiction book... I don't know. Certainly did not love it. It is strange to have the author as the protagonist in a fictional story. Perhaps that is more honest than using a proxy-character when you promote your own opinions, but I also found a bit weird. Especially when you read him making love to his girlfriend..It is

I'm giving it four stars for uniqueness. Disturbing, thought provoking. This guy seems to promote violent reaction to those who are violent in destroying our earth. I visited his web page and he seems pretty interested there in selling stuff. I wonder what Derrick Jensen is really like.

First book by Derrick Jensen I read. Still want to read Endgame and perhaps the Deep Green Resistance stuff properly sometime, although I expect to be quite critical of it. So this fiction book... I don't know. Certainly did not love it. It is strange to have the author as the protagonist in a fictional story. Perhaps that is more honest than using a proxy-character when you promote your own opinions, but I also found a bit weird. Especially when you read him making love to his girlfriend..It is

This was pretty interesting. Jensen made himself a character in his own novel, which I guess is a more honest way to promote your opinions and ideas in a fictional format than the usual proxy characters one encounters in these kinds of books. His character is the narrator and protagonist, so I estimate that about half of the book reads more like his usual nonfiction than what I expect from a novel. A main theme: Like any invasive species after an extended period of population explosion which

Derrick Jensen is an American author and environmental activist living in Crescent City, California. He has published several books questioning and critiquing contemporary society and its values, including A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe, and Endgame. He holds a B.S. in Mineral Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from

I love that Jensen includes pretty intense women's studies discussion in normal conversation between the main character and his partner/lover. And that the conversation is mixed into everyday interaction: during picnics, car rides, sex,etc. Here's a man who has learned well from the women around him what it means to be a woman in a patriarchal society.For some reason the last half of the book held a little less magic for me. But it was still good. Derrick Jensen is pretty amazing.

I love Derrick Jensen's books ... and this one is no differentSongs of the Dead is part novel and part non-fiction. He makes the point that we are destroying all life on earth - and how "life" feels about what we are doing to it - through a storyI loved Derrick's "dropping through time" in the story - a great way of showing differences in time and yet remaining cohesive