Recommended Media

Here is a list of some works that I have found to be inspirational in the conceptualization and/or writing of the novel:

Books
For conceptualizing Anihkesh:
  • Grace Jantzen - Becoming Divine (which I also used for my PhD thesis)
  • Catherine Keller - Face of the Deep, Apocalypse Now and Then (which I also used for my MA thesis)
  • Melissa Raphael - The Female Face of God in Auschwitz
For the layout of the worlds, conceptualization of the Nameless One, angels, etc.:
  • Hakim Bey - T.A.Z.
  • Lon Milo Duquette - The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford, Angels, Demons and Gods of the New Millennium
  • Kenneth Grant - The Nightside of Eden
  • Assorted Kabbalah-relatead books by Daniel Matt, so many that I'm not sure of exact titles
  • Elliott Wolfson - Venturing Beyond
  • ? - The Book of Enoch
For the Necroknostic religion:
  • Karen McCarthy Brown - Mama Lola
  • Anton LaVey - The Satanic Bible
For aesthetics, e.g. look of certain characters, combination of magic/science in the world, etc.:
  • Tanith Lee - Blood Opera Series, especially Dark Dance
  • Michael Swanwick - Iron Dragon's Daughter
Music
These are cases where the whole album is a significant inspiration in terms of mood, as opposed to specific songs/lyrics as per the subcultural references page.
  • Bella Morte - Before the Flood, Remains, Where Shadows Lie
  • Bio-Tek - Punishment for Decadence, The Ceremony of Innocence, Darkness My Name Is, A God Ignored is a Demon Born
  • Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding, Accident of Birth
  • Dargaard - The Dissolution of Eternity
  • Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
  • Soil & Eclipse - Necromancy, Meridian, Purity
  • Stromkern - Dammerung im Traum, Armageddon, Light It Up
  • Symphony X - Paradise Lost
  • Therion - Lemuria / Sirius B
  • Wench - Wench
  • Various - Witchcraft
Other
An inspirations page for this novel would not be complete without a nod to vintage Squaresoft video games, such as Final Fantasy VI (which I am aware is another story that also involves the coexistence of magic and technology, an apocalyptic scenario, an unusually large number of main characters, a superhuman female protagonist that some power-mad male character created to be a weapon, and a flamboyant villain who wears more makeup than the average Western male. :) )

Last update: December 31, 2012



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