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V. Vale is a writer and publisher. He is also a keyboard player and, as Vale Hamanaka, was a member of the initial configuration of Blue Cheer, prior to that band becoming famous as a power trio. He is the publisher and primary contributor to books and magazines published by his company, RE/Search Publications. Vale, who is the host of the television talk show Counterculture Hour on public access channel 29 in San Francisco. studied English at UC Berkeley, and is a Japanese-American.

In 1977, while working at City Lights Bookstore, with $100 donated by Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, he began publication of Search and Destroy, a San Francisco-based zine documenting the then-current punk subculture. In 1980, he began publication of RE/Search, a tabloid format zine focusing on various counterculture and underground topics, with financial help from Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records and actress/film director Betty Thomas. At the same time he also started his own typesetting business, allowing for a day job to fund his publishing exploits and guaranteeing high quality typography and design for his magazines and books.

The 1980s saw the expansion of RE/Search from a tabloid format zine to a publisher of books. Vale published and contributed to many books on the subjects of pranks; obscure music and films; industrial culture; authors J.G. Ballard and William S. Burroughs; modern primitives; and many other underground topics. In 1991, Vale sold his typography business to focus on publishing full time.
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Total Books: 16
Pranks
2008 - Pranks (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781889307220
ISBN-10: 188930722X
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 1

RE/Search  William S Burroughs Throbbing Gristle Brion Gysin
2007 - Re/search William S Burroughs Throbbing Gristle Brion Gysin (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781889307190
ISBN-10: 188930719X
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J G Ballard Conversations
2005 - J G Ballard Conversations (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781889307138
ISBN-10: 1889307130
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
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J G Ballard Quotes
2004 - J G Ballard Quotes (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781889307121
ISBN-10: 1889307122
Genres: Reference, Nonfiction
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Modern Pagans an Investigation of Contemporary Ritual
2001 - Modern Pagans an Investigation of Contemporary Ritual [Re/Search] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781889307107
ISBN-10: 1889307106
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 1

ZINES Volume One Incendiary Interviews with Independent Publishers
1999 - Zines Volume One Incendiary Interviews with Independent Publishers [Zines!] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780965046909
ISBN-10: 0965046907
Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 3

Swing The New Retro Renaissance
1998 - Swing the New Retro Renaissance [V/Search] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781889307022
ISBN-10: 1889307025
Genres: Arts & Photography, Nonfiction, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 2

Zines Volume Two
1997 - Zines Volume Two [Zines!] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780965046923
ISBN-10: 0965046923
Genres: Reference, Nonfiction
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Modern Primitives
1989 - Modern Primitives [Re/Search] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780965046930
ISBN-10: 0965046931
Genres: Arts & Photography, Health, Fitness & Dieting, Reference, Nonfiction
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
 3

Pranks
1987 - Pranks [Re-Search # 11] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780965046985
ISBN-10: 0965046982
Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

Re/Search 10 Incredibly Strange Films
1986 - Re/search 10 Incredibly Strange Films [Re-Search # 10] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781889307015
ISBN-10: 1889307017
Genres: Reference, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
 1

JG Ballard
1984 - Jg Ballard [Re-Search 8/9] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780965046978
ISBN-10: 0965046974
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Reference, Nonfiction
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Re/Search 6/7 Industrial Culture Handbook
1983 - Re/search 6/7 Industrial Culture Handbook (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780965046961
ISBN-10: 0965046966
Genre: Reference
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

William Burroughs Brion Gysin Throbbing Gristle
1982 - William Burroughs Brion Gysin Throbbing Gristle [Re/Search #4/5] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780965046916
ISBN-10: 0965046915
Genre: Reference
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
 1

Search and Destroy 16 The Complete Reprint
Search and Destroy 16 the Complete Reprint (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780965046947
ISBN-10: 096504694X
Genres: History, Nonfiction, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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