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Roger Keen

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Roger Keen is a writer, filmmaker and film critic with a special interest in surrealism, counter-culture and psychedelia. He has contributed to many award-winning programmes for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and his short stories, articles, book, film and DVD reviews have appeared in numerous magazines and online. He is the author of the trip-lit memoir The Mad Artist: Psychonautic Adventures in the 1970s and the psychological metacrime thriller Literary Stalker.

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Ian McEwan and the Search for Profundity: Musings on the 2025 Novel, What We Can Know

Thoughts on Ian McEwan’s excellent recent novel, set in a dystopian future Britain, with continuing observations about similarities to other works…including a famous 1990s disaster movie.

At the centre of Ian McEwan’s latest novel is a famous fictional poet, Francis Blundy (1950–2017), so well known that he became a British national treasure — and over a hundred years after his death, he still

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	The Mad Artist: Psychonautic Adventures in the 1970s 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literary Stalker: The Adventures of Crazed Author Nick and his Alter Ego Jago really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Empty Chair 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man of Letters: Psychedelic Writings it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mad Artist: Psychonautic Adventures in the 1970s it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Triskaidekaphobia and Other Noir Tales: Unsettling Stories of Dark Psychology, Amorous Transgression and Wry Humour 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Roger Keen wrote a new blog post Mushroom Picking and Trip Sitting Here are two recent books from Psychedelic Press, both focusing primarily on psilocybin mushrooms, but from very different standpoints.Psilocybe Pick Read more of this blog post »
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