(Peter Jones’ cover for the 1975 edition) 2.5/5 (Bad) Mick Farren (1943-2013)—science fiction author, counterculture musician, underground newspaper journalist—spins a wild drug-tinged adventure, replete with innumerable musical references, across a devastated, decadent, and depopulated future United Kingdom. The Texts of Festival (1973), dolled up with half-baked attempts at philosophy (counterculture becomes mainstream and loses its … Continue reading Book Review: The Texts of Festival, Mick Farren (1973)