Oct 20 2008
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven HallThis is not the first time I’ve read The Raw Shark Texts; in fact, it was only a conspicuously-short time ago that…
Aug 03 2008
All the Sad Young Literary Men by Keith GessenStuff White People Like is the latest satirical meme sweeping the internet (well, the white people, anyway). I say this in…
Mar 13 2008
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck PalahniukI’m no stranger no Chuck Palahniuk, and perhaps that’s why in recent years my interest in his books has waned.…
Nov 19 2007
a five-legged creature, violently still
upon a binding chord of minor keys,
befitting major locks,
has with its muted exhortations
cloven wax from wick and
rue from blight and
sea from salt.
a leaf of flesh, its tangled skein
scrying spring while lined with rime,
a piquant son of…
Aug 21 2007
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven HallThe Raw Shark Texts, when you think about it, seems right up my alley: full of word games, puns, a plot based…
Apr 12 2007
Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent
- Publilius Syrus -
Green children perch on tiptoes to reach the crayon-wax sun, cicada-giggling to the squeak of fog-swing. The crayon is Helios Red, screaming the flesh from the mist; a dawnmoses parting the decrepit…
Apr 05 2007
The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeI happened upon Jasper Fforde’s The Eyre Affair entirely by accident (though for the life of me I don’t remember how). I seem to have…
Feb 21 2007
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics is a murder mystery: we find that out in the introduction. We also learn that Blue van…
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Feb 17 2007
Galatea 2.2 by Richard PowersI received Galatea 2.2 as a birthday gift from my brother—previously, I had never heard of Powers, which now surprises me insofar as he seems the…