A man named Adam Novy wrote a novel, published in two volumes, called The Avian Gospels. I reviewed it for Word Riot, and you can read that review here. Here’s a bit of it: On the one hand, The Avian Gospels meets many of the criteria of dystopian science fiction: an ambiguous and shattered city, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Book Review
Me @ Volume 1- Afternoon Bites: Book art, Dusted and Fluxblog turn ten, Joyland on Greenpoint, and more
- There Is a Documentary About Linotype. We Think This Is Awesome.
- Afternoon Bites: Carl Wilson’s 2011, Emma Straub makes a mix, Justin Davidson on Philip Glass, and more
- Hillary Jordan’s “When She Woke”: A Discussion
- Afternoon Bites: Steve Erickson talks politics, Mikhail Bulgakov gets unreal, Pam Houston on mentoring, and more
I reviewed Matthew Simmons’s A Jello Horse for Vol.1. Here’s a bit of it: This mundane surrealism contrasts with a more vivid dreamlike imagery that arises throughout the novel in intervals, sometimes as a result of slumber, sometimes arising out of hallucinations. It serves as a bridge between the protagonist’s childhood and his restless twenties, … Continue reading
A little while ago, I linked to my review of David Ohle’s chapbook Those Bones. In the time since then, Calamari Press has released a collection of two novellas from Mr. Ohle: Boons and The Camp, provided in the increasingly-popular flipbook format. Both novellas are worth your time — they’re unsettling in both their imagery … Continue reading
September 17, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
In Which “Please Step Back” Is Reviewed
Categories: Book Review, Books, MeThe September issue of the generally excellent Word Riot is up, and with it is my review of Ben Greenman’s Please Step Back. (Which, you may recall, I also delved into here.)
The September issue of The Chapbook Review is up, and I have a short review of Ken Sparling’s Isn’t This What You Were Looking For? In the same issue, John Madera has an interview with Mr. Sparling.
March 9, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: AM/PM, Amelia Gray, Books
notes, briefly, on ‘am/pm’
Categories: Book Review, BooksTags:: AM/PM, Amelia Gray, Books
I’ve just finished Amelia Gray‘s AM/PM. The spine lists it as “a book by Amelia Gray”, and that, rather than “stories by”, sounds about right: it’s composed of just over a hundred works of flash fiction, many of which share characters, and is structured in such a way to provide a fair amount of emotional … Continue reading
February 23, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: achewood, Books, chris onstad, doktor sleepless, graphic novels, Warren Ellis
book reviews. (new ones.)
Categories: Book Review, BooksTags:: achewood, Books, chris onstad, doktor sleepless, graphic novels, Warren Ellis
Two new reviews up at Lit Mob as of today: Achewood: The Great Outdoor Fight by Chris Onstad, and Doktor Sleepless: Engines of Desire by Warren Ellis and Ivan Rodriguez. I’ll have some thoughts in this space later this week on Doktor Sleepless‘s run since then.
February 1, 2009, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, Edward Champion, Washington Post
assorted notes on newspaper coverage, technology, and the selling of books
Categories: Book Review, BooksTags:: Books, Edward Champion, Washington Post
Couple of random links that I think dovetail interestingly, beginning with the announcement of the closure of the Washington Post‘s Book World section. As it happens, Book World never garnered much advertising from publishers, who generally spend very little on newspaper ads. Publishers now focus their marketing dollars on cooperative agreements with chain bookstores, which … Continue reading
December 31, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: best of 2008, Books
novels prose & graphic: 2008
Categories: 2008, Book Review, BooksTags:: best of 2008, Books
This is by no means a complete list of books I read that impressed me in 2008. It’s more of a selection of a few that I particularly dug, or that got under my skin, or did something that caught my eye. You’ll notice a strange dearth of proper 2008 releases on here. Part of … Continue reading
December 17, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, lit mob, tony o'neill
in which ‘down and out on murder mile’ is reviewed
Categories: Book Review, Books, MeTags:: Books, lit mob, tony o'neill
As promised earlier, my review of Tony O’Neill’s Down and Out on Murder Mile is now up at Lit Mob.
December 6, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Bonsai, Book Review, lit mob
In which I review “Bonsai”
Categories: Book Review, MeTags:: Bonsai, Book Review, lit mob
My review of Alejandro Zambra’s Bonsai is now up at Lit Mob.
November 30, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Fiction, graphic novels, Neil Gaiman, Warren Ellis
books: aetheric mechanics
Categories: Book Review, Books, ComicsTags:: Fiction, graphic novels, Neil Gaiman, Warren Ellis
Last month, I picked up Aetheric Mechanics, a graphic novella from writer Warren Ellis and penciler Gianluca Pagliarani. I read it within a few weeks of Neil Gaiman’s “A Study In Emerald”, and some comparisons are inevitable: Gaiman and Ellis are both writers who work in multiple disciplines (starting from comics and moving into novels … Continue reading
October 23, 2008, Author: , Leave a comment
Tags:: Books, Chris Adrian, lit mob
In which I review a Chris Adrian collection.
Categories: Book Review, BooksTags:: Books, Chris Adrian, lit mob
Specifically, A Better Angel, for Lit Mob.