Dept of Too Cool

The Millions' Mark O'Connell's unearthing of a long-buried Martin Amis work Invasion of the Space Invaders: An Addict’s Guide to Battle Tactics, Big Scores and the Best Machines, with an introduction by (ahem) Steven Spielberg. IT's a rare book now, hundreds of dollars to get one, but very cool excerpts from MA:

"..At one point, we are treated to a series of Hogarthian prose sketches of the grotesques the author sees all around him in these arcades: 'Zonked glueys, swearing skinheads with childish faces full of ageless evil, mohican punks sporting scalplocks in violet verticals and a nappy-pin through the nose [...] Queasy spivs, living out a teen-dream movie with faggot overtones....' ”