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The Circle

November 8, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: Mae has just landed her dream job, working for The Circle – a sort of Google/Facebook hybrid in California, situated on a lush campus full of awesome things and amazing people.  At first, she struggles to acclimate herself with the culture of openness but soon she rises through the ranks of Circlers to become, just maybe, the one who’ll lead the Circle to Completion.  But at what cost? The Review: So, okay.  This is a horror novel, right? […]

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Literature, Sci-Fi • Tags: Dave Eggers, Dystopia, Facebook, Fiction, Horror, LibraryThing, Literature, McSweeney's, Sci-Fi, Technology, The Circle, Twitter

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Shadow Show

October 21, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: A collection of stories inspired by and written for perhaps the greatest of fantastical forefathers, Ray Bradbury.  Some set in the future, some in the past – some completely magical, others holding only the smallest seedling of magic… but all deeply indebted to Ray’s exceptional legacy.  As he calls it in his foreword, it’s a Second Homecoming – his children, come home to the October Country to pay homage to their passing king. The Review: I don’t tend […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Short Stories • Tags: A Tribute to Ray Bradbury, A Visit to Octo, Alice Hoffman, Audrey Niffenegger, Charles Yu, Dan Chaon, Dave Eggers, Fantasy, Fiction, Harlan Ellison, Horror, Joe Hill, Literature, Margaret Atwood, Mort Castle, Mystery, Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, Sam Weller, Sci-Fi, Shadow Show, Short Stories

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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

November 11, 2011 by Drew

The Short Version: Dave Eggers recounts, in a fictionalized biographical way, his early twenties – his parents both dead of cancer, he and his younger brother have to learn how to make it together on their own.  An incredible amount of pretentious and soporific writing ensues. The Review:  Let’s get one thing straight.  I’m the first person to be accused of talking too much, having a love affair with the English language, using fifteen words where three would do.  I […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Autobiography, Dave Eggers, Fiction, Literature

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The Wild Things

April 25, 2010 by Drew

So, after a fair amount of time caught in the spell of Gravity’s Rainbow, I’ve once again jumped back into devouring books like PEZ (incidentally, ate a lot of PEZ in the last 48 hours).  I thought originally that The Wild Things would be the perfect light re-entry into “other books” after the density of Pynchon but – despite reading it in less than a day – I was definitely wrong.  If anything, this book was heavier than Pynchon, in […]

Categories: Cannonball Read II, Fantasy, Fiction, Literary Challenges, Once Upon A Time IV • Tags: Book #36, Cannonball Read II, Children's Lit, Dave Eggers, Fantasy, Fiction, Once Upon a Time IV, The Wild Things

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