"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
by Peter S. Beagle “It’s not enough to be ready to see—you have to be looking all the time.” Summarizing this book without tarnishing its perfection is impossible, as a plot synopsis consisting of a few sentences can easily lead one to believe it’s standard fantasy fare. It is not. The bones of the story... Continue Reading →
by José Saramago The history of mankind is the history of our misunderstandings with god, for he doesn’t understand us, and we don’t understand him. An unquestionably irreverent book (God’s a big boy; He can take it), Nobel Laureate José Saramago’s final published novel is the story of…Cain. When Cain and Abel made their respective... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors, Michael Bailey (Ed.) I prefer it this way, on nights such as this, when it is just the ashes, the rain, and I ... and the tales the ashes tell. -Gary A. Braunbeck Winner of the 2015 Bram Stoker award for Best Anthology, The Library of the Dead is a themed anthology... Continue Reading →
by Cormac McCarthy Are you okay? he said. The boy nodded. Then they set out along the blacktop in the gun-metal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other’s world entire. Any review of this book should start with a long, slow whistle. One whose tone crawls down to the low frequencies, realizes it’s trapped... Continue Reading →
by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) The fear I’m sure he expects. The anger… that may be a surprise. Billy, a significantly overweight lawyer, is driving while his wife spontaneously pleasures him. An old Gypsy woman steps into the street directly in front of the car and is killed, but since Billy is an upstanding... Continue Reading →
by William Peter Blatty More rooted in logic was the silence of God. Chris, successful Hollywood leading lady, lives with a couple of servants and her 12-year-old daughter, Regan. When Regan starts acting in wildly inappropriate ways, medical doctors and psychologists put her through batteries of tests to no avail. Regan’s condition worsens, to the... Continue Reading →
by Clifford D. Simak So long as there were no questions, there need not be any answers. The strange figure of Enoch roams the land, rifle slung in arm, just as he’s been doing for the last 100 years. And since he lives such a solitary life, the people who notice his longevity leave him... Continue Reading →
by Elmore Leonard There weren’t any textbooks on armed robbery. The only way to learn was through experience. Frank, used car salesman, witnesses Earnest, thief, stealing a car from his lot. At Earnest’s trial, when he realizes he’s the only real witness, Frank changes his mind and refuses to testify. Earnest is released, and a... Continue Reading →
by A.E. van Vogt “Our science is a joke, our education a mass of lies. And every year the wreck of human aspirations and human hopes piles higher around us. Every year there’s greater dislocation, more poverty, more misery. Nothing is left to us but hatred, and hatred isn’t enough.” Jommy, a nine-year-old boy and... Continue Reading →
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