(HARDBACK EDITION) This is a story of honest mistakes, bad design, hubris, stupidity, greed, corruption -- but above all, it’s a tale of something so monumentally awful that it takes on a sort... More > of soggy grandeur. It's the story of the Dome, a World’s-Fair-like exposition in London, created to celebrate Britain and the new millennium. It was a disaster from start to finish, and almost everything that happened was funny. Designers of amusement parks and expositions can read "Dome and Domer" as a sort of "How-Not-To" guidebook. Everyone else can just sit back and enjoy reading about something going gradually and completely wrong.< Less
This is a story of honest mistakes, bad design, hubris, stupidity, greed, corruption -- but above all, it’s a tale of something so monumentally awful that it takes on a sort of soggy grandeur. ... More > It's the story of the Dome, a World’s-Fair-like exposition in London, created to celebrate Britain and the new millennium. It was a disaster from start to finish, and almost everything that happened was funny. Designers of amusement parks and expositions can read "Dome and Domer" as a sort of "How-Not-To" guidebook. Everyone else can just sit back and enjoy reading about something going gradually and completely wrong.< Less
Reprint of the second issue of the Journal of Ride Theory. Tiger Balm Gardens; Power to the People Mover; the American Carwash; the Pep Boys; Ride Brut; Roger Rabbit's Car-Toon Spin; and a Toy... More > Auto-Gyro.< Less
Chapter 6 of the Journal of Ride Theory Omnibus. Originally intended as a zine, this first saw print as a bonus chapter in book form. Now available as a free download.
A reprint of the Journal of Ride Theory #5, The BAD IDEAS Issue. Includes Flying Saucers at Disneyland; the Cyclodial Chariot (a cross between a Ferris wheel and a roller coaster); submarine busses;... More > Freedomland and much more.< Less
The 4th issue of the Journal of Ride Theory covers the World's Fairs of the 20th Century, and includes a long article on the 1939 New York Fair's "Futurama" ride.
Reprint of the second issue of the Journal of Ride Theory. Tiger Balm Gardens; Power to the People Mover; the American Carwash; the Pep Boys; Ride Brut; Roger Rabbit's Car-Toon Spin; and a Toy... More > Auto-Gyro.< Less
