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Contents
Relax. There is nothing to be afraid of at Fear of a Red Planet, the semi-official Paul Chaat Smith site. For one thing, this is really just my home page, but that doesn't sound nearly as impressive. Or as scary. Anyway, you probably have questions. Who is Paul Chaat Smith, for instance. Or what exactly is it that's suppose to be like a hurricane, and why? It's all explained here; just read on. Thanks for stopping by!

HURRICANE

Here you can investigate the still fairly new book Like a Hurricane, the Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee (Paul Chaat Smith and Robert Allen Warrior, New Press, 1996). The Hurricane main page is a good place to start. Practically the entire press kit, including some rather exciting jacket copy, a guide to some of the key players and even the book's Table of Contents. Some writers insist they never even glance at reviews. Some writers also lie a lot. Fear of a Red Planet, on the other hand, offers a virtual Review-O-Rama, with celebrity endorsements and critical notices from respected newspapers throughout North America. This section is called Praise from Far and Wide. Probably it should be called something else, for several reasons, such as the fact that it includes remarks from The Baltimore Sun, a newspaper that didn't think Like a Hurricane was so wonderful. (Actually, they hated it!) Pause. Well, did you have fun reading those mean comments by that Baltimore wiseguy? Did you really have to go there first?! Or, are you like me and skeptical about carefully edited review excerpts full of awkward and probably misleading parenthesis and commas? In that case, check out three complete, full length, unedited reviews: Transfiguration in the Homelands (Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Indian Country Today, ) Like a Hurricane Cuts Through Haze, Chronicles American Indian Movement (Mark Trahant, Salt Lake City Tribune) Review (Mark Aamot, Seminole Tribune), by three very discerning individuals. Also, the book's Preface is here.

EXILE

The Hurricane book is a physical object made of dead trees that costs money, which you can and really should purchase from New Press, or Amazon or Barnes and Noble, or any good bookstore.Even the bad ones who don't carry it are usually happy to order it for you. Exile on Main Street is not that kind of tree-destroying, money-making enterprise. Instead, it is my first, and hopefully last, "cyberbook." This "cyberbook," (apparantly one of the very few attempted by a member of the post-World War II generation of Comanche cultural critics), is an entertaining collection of recent and not so recent published essays on the very topics (art, politics, armed struggle, pop culture, identity, Kurt Cobain, and historical revisionism) that get you labelled as a cultural critic. The "cyberbook" can be read at home, school or work via the "internet." Here are the "chapter titles:" From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station . Home of the Brave. A Place Called Irony. Life During Peacetime . The Big Movie . How Do You Define Sacred? Land of a Thousand Dances . Ghost in the Machine. Learn more about this unusual experiment at the Exile Main Page.

PCS

I am a Comanche Indian who writes books and lives in Washington, DC. No hyphen, ever; the middle (not last!) name is pronounced "Chot." Researchers wishing to know more may access the following resources: Shamelessly self-promoting bio, photo.

FEAR OF A RED PLANET
First choice of millions for the latest PCS news, 24 hours a day.
No plights. No whining. No sellout.

Last updated Feb 24 01. Correspondence to Paul may be sent to redplanet@mindspring.com

Contents Relax. There is nothing to be afraid of at Fear of a Red Planet, the semi-official Paul Chaat Smith site. For one thing, this is really just my home page, but that doesn't sound nearly as impressive. Or as scary. Anyway, you probably have questions. Who is Paul Chaat Smith, for instance. Or what exactly is it that's suppose to be like a hurricane, and why? It's all explained here; just read on. Thanks for stopping by!
HURRICANE
Here you can investigate the still fairly new book Like a Hurricane, the Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee (Paul Chaat Smith and Robert Allen Warrior, New Press, 1996). The Hurricane main page is a good place to start. Practically the entire press kit, including some rather exciting jacket copy, a guide to some of the key players and even the book's Table of Contents. Some writers insist they never even glance at reviews. Some writers also lie a lot. Fear of a Red Planet, on the other hand, offers a virtual Review-O-Rama, with celebrity endorsements and critical notices from respected newspapers throughout North America. This section is called Praise from Far and Wide. Probably it should be called something else, for several reasons, such as the fact that it includes remarks from The Baltimore Sun, a newspaper that didn't think Like a Hurricane was so wonderful. (Actually, they hated it!) Pause. Well, did you have fun reading those mean comments by that Baltimore wiseguy? Did you really have to go there first?! Or, are you like me and skeptical about carefully edited review excerpts full of awkward and probably misleading parenthesis and commas? In that case, check out three complete, full length, unedited reviews: Transfiguration in the Homelands (Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Indian Country Today, ) Like a Hurricane Cuts Through Haze, Chronicles American Indian Movement (Mark Trahant, Salt Lake City Tribune) Review (Mark Aamot, Seminole Tribune), by three very discerning individuals. Also, the book's Preface is here.
EXILE
The Hurricane book is a physical object made of dead trees that costs money, which you can and really should purchase from New Press, or Amazon or Barnes and Noble, or any good bookstore.Even the bad ones who don't carry it are usually happy to order it for you. Exile on Main Street is not that kind of tree-destroying, money-making enterprise. Instead, it is my first, and hopefully last, "cyberbook." This "cyberbook," (apparantly one of the very few attempted by a member of the post-World War II generation of Comanche cultural critics), is an entertaining collection of recent and not so recent published essays on the very topics (art, politics, armed struggle, pop culture, identity, Kurt Cobain, and historical revisionism) that get you labelled as a cultural critic. The "cyberbook" can be read at home, school or work via the "internet." Here are the "chapter titles:" From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station . Home of the Brave. A Place Called Irony. Life During Peacetime . The Big Movie . How Do You Define Sacred? Land of a Thousand Dances . Ghost in the Machine. Learn more about this unusual experiment at the Exile Main Page.
PCS
I am a Comanche Indian who writes books and lives in Washington, DC. No hyphen, ever; the middle (not last!) name is pronounced "Chot." Researchers wishing to know more may access the following resources: Shamelessly self-promoting bio, photo.


	FEAR OF A RED PLANET First choice of millions for the latest PCS news, 24 hours a day. No plights. No whining. No sellout.
Last updated Feb 24 01. Correspondence to Paul may be sent to redplanet@mindspring.com