Fringe features Land of Laughs
As I’ve mentioned before I like TV and am not one of those Kill Your Television type of bibliophiles. The other night I’m catching up on TiVo and watch the latest episode of Fringe, which has gotten...
View ArticleWoken Furies by Richard Morgan
Woken Furies by Richard Morgan mixes hard-edge science fiction with sociology, politics and philosophy as the Takeshi Kovacs saga continues. Though a bit formulaic, Woken Furies is pure Morgan, equal...
View ArticleGoing To See The Elephant by Rodes Fishburne
Going To See The Elephant by Rodes Fishburne is a pleasant and readable first novel with colorful characters and interesting ideas. However, it lacks depth and a consistent tone that would have made it...
View ArticleBlack Swan Green by David Mitchell
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell is a beautifully written novel that captures the difficulty of growing up while delivering a unique view of family and society in England circa 1982. I’d read a...
View ArticleA Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore is a quick, engrossing, macabre and hilarious novel. It is everything that Moore’s next novel, You Suck, is not. A Dirty Job remains original while still drawing on...
View ArticleThe Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde is an entertaining, inventive read but doesn’t quite measure up to the Thursday Next series. Reduced down to a simple scale, The Big Over Easy is very good, while...
View ArticleThe Lemur by Benjamin Black
The Lemur by Benjamin Black is a tidy, atmospheric novel that delivers on a tense and satisfying who-done-it plot. The story follows John Glass, an Irish journalist who is living a comfortable physical...
View ArticleThe Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez
The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez is a smart, entertaining science fiction romp that satisfies even though initial brilliance fizzles into mediocrity. Mack Megaton is a robot or ‘automated...
View ArticleBite Me: Win The New Christopher Moore Novel
The good folks at HarperCollins and Wiredset have provided me with a copy of Bite Me, Christopher Moore’s newest novel. I’m a big Christopher Moore fan so I jumped at the chance to snag an early copy....
View ArticleWhom God Would Destroy by Commander Pants
Whom God Would Destroy by Commander Pants is a successful mix of mental health insight, religion, science fiction and the absurd. The novel begins in a straight-forward literary tradition, like a...
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