Tom Robbins was one of those authors whom I always heard referenced, but never understood their contribution to literature. This was finally remedied in Robbins’ case by an old friend of mine who (citing a conversation we’d apparently had but which I only vaguely remember) pushed Still Life With Woodpecker into my hands and insisted [...]
It wasn’t until this year that I finally read Nick Cave’s first book, And the Ass Saw the Angel, which was great in a coked-out poet sort of way. For a lot of authors who publish few books, there tends to be a great expectation which accompanies a new work, and I think The Death [...]
¶ Bonk
I picked up Bonk entirely on a whim: it was sitting precociously on the shelf of new books at the library. It wasn’t until later, when I was reading that, I noticed that “Amazon.com customers who bought Bonk also bought: When You Are Engulfed In Flames.” And was also asked by a friend of mine [...]
New York’s Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, is in trouble after getting caught soliciting a prostitute. Oops. A shame, that: I liked the man’s work.
It may be of interest to you to read my review of the first book, The Cross-Time Engineer The High-Tech Knight picks up seamlessly where its predecessor left off. One new narrative device that Frankowski employs is alternate narrators: this novel begins in the voice of Sir Vladimir, initially a minor character, but one who [...]
I don’t recall how I stumbled upon Millington’s book—some oblique link on Amazon, no doubt—but he seemed of the trendy sort of writers who came into prominence from the internet. No doubt, I thought, he would be easily digestible and sharp-tongued. He would say snarky things about relationships, and cuss with British slang. I’m happy [...]
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