I seem to have two reactions to reading a James Patrick Kelly story: to get depressed that I will never write such a great story, and to get inspired and try to …
Collection: Strange But Not a Stranger by James Patrick Kelly Read More »
I caught up with Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York (2008) over the weekend. It’s one of those movies I’m glad I saw, but I don’t think I’d ever want to …
For a while it seemed like the supply of James P. Blaylock novels was endless, a wonderful succession of quirky, clever contemporary fantasies about likable, befuddled schmoes finding their way …
Novel: The Knights of the Cornerstone by James P. Blaylock Read More »
Story collections tend to get short shrift on my leisure reading list, largely because of the high volume of short fiction I read for Futurismic. But now that I have …
Collection: Mothers & Other Monsters by Maureen F. McHugh Read More »
A couple weekends ago I saw Watchmen (2009), but it’s taken me a while to write up the review, for a couple of reasons. One is that I decided to …
For some reason, I haven’t read any Neil Gaiman. I’m not sure why that is; I have a feeling, on one level, that I’m just not his audience, but I …
This one’s been on my to-read shelf for a few years, and while I started it a couple times over that span, it never quite got its hooks into me. …
Novel: Oh Pure and Radiant Heart by Lydia Millet Read More »
Bad Monkeys (2007) by Matt Ruff reads like a movie, and it’s a film I’d probably like to see: sort of The Usual Suspects by way of David Lynch, or …
James Morrow rocks. If you’re unfamiliar with his work, he’s a brilliant satirist and fantasist, his work generally involving complex philosophical, religious, and political ideas. Using the tools of genre …
Novel: The Philosopher’s Apprentice by James Morrow Read More »
