DOC Building in Value: Pre-Design Issues by From Routledge in Arts-Photography

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He came from Outer Space...It was the greatest invention in the history of pop music ndash; the rock god who came from the stars ndash; which struck a young David Bowie like a lightning bolt from the heavens. When Ziggy the glam alien messiah fell to Earth; he transformed Bowie from a prodigy to a superstar who changed the face of music forever. But who was Ziggy Stardust? And where did he really come from?In a work of supreme pop archaeology; Simon Goddard unearths every influence that brought Ziggy to life ndash; from HG Wells to Holst; Kabuki to Kubrick; and Elvis to Iggy. Ziggyology documents the epic drama of the Starmanrsquo;s short but eventful time on Planet Earthhellip; and why Bowie eventually had to kill him.