Cyclonopedia

This was a difficult six-month, off-and-on slog, but worth it I think. It required a lot more research than I thought it would when I casually started the PDF in March 2017. I eventually moved to paperback and then back to PDF.

To read this difficult work of theory-fiction requires a bit of preparatory reading. You should read Deleuze and Guattari's “Capitalism and Schizophrenia” books. Read all the SparkNotes and Cliff Notes on D&G as you can find. I highly recommend a YouTube playlist called “Deleuze for the Desperate”. It's a 10-part, 5-hour lecture by a retired philosophy professor on D&G's work. After that, read as much Middle East religion, history, and archeology as you have time for. Wikipedia is fine. Read some Lovecraft criticism on top of that.

I'd also suggest reading Cyclonopedia's glossary and citation list first before diving in. It'll help define the key concepts that are used throughout. It's dense, but not impenetrable. It's worth digesting even half of the concepts presented in the book.