A great sci-fi novel about dark guilds on a moving city; an incredibly fun blaxploitation conspiracy flick; and David Sylvian on Ryuichi Sakamoto's radio show

Roundup 02/04/2024

Greetings from Read Max HQ, and welcome to our weekly roundup column, in which I pick out some worthwhile and often overlooked books, articles, movies, and music to recommend to paying subscribers. For this week’s (unfortunately memorial-centered) round-up, I’ve got:

• An strange sci-fi masterpiece about a moving city;

• a terrific Carl Weathers movie that isn’t Predator; and

• a 1984 recording of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s radio show “Sound Street” featuring David Sylvian.

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Now, the roundup.