Why The War on Dreams Must Inspire Us to Build the Greatest Desire Machines the World Has Ever Seen

When I was about 18, I read Angela Carter’s extraordinary 1972 novel ‘The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman’, and in these dark days as my 57th birthday approaches it comes back into my imagination often. It tells the story of the diabolical evil genius Doctor Hoffman who, at war with an unnamed South American city, has [...]