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A Greater Monster
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Death by Zamboni
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The Kickstarter Letters
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I am thunderstruck. One of my favorite authors, fantasy author Jeff VanderMeer, just rated A Greater Monster 4 stars on Goodreads. I thanked him on Twitter, and he said it was "...a really cool and unique read! Beautiful book, too, in the design."
Here's my review of VanderMeer's brilliant book Annihilation, part one of a new trilogy. Part two, Authority, was just released and is up next in my q... Read more of this blog post »
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Music Review: Shpongle
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Live concert: 5/14/11, Congress Theater in Chicago
The Scallion
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updated Jul 21, 2010 05:28PM
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My homage to (and audition for) The Onion
What I learned in Canadia (and Portland), eh?
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updated Mar 29, 2010 04:36PM
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a brief summary of what i learned in Canada (and Portland.) Eh.
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This review is for both Endymion, book 3 in the Hyperion Cantos tetrology and Rise of Endymion, which is book 4. If you have not read Books 1 and 2, take a look at my review here first. I was a big fan of Books 1 and 2, but I'm split right down the m ...more |
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Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain is silly, charming and fairly amusing. It’s an easy, light-hearted read that I enjoyed a bit more than the other Martinez book that I've read Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest The premise is an entertaining one ...more |
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| I'll always have a soft spot for Jeff VanderMeer since he read and praised my novel A Greater Monster. So admittedly, it's not easy to be objective when reading him, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was quite interesting as well because both Bo ...more | |
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This book was transformative. Unfortunately, it transformed me from love to hate in 689 pages. For about the first quarter of the book I found the style of writing invigorating and the authorial voice original. The narrator is a public defender in New ...more |
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| A new, modern (Modernist!) masterpiece of Latin-American magical realism. If you appreciate works by Gabriel García Márquez or Roberto Bolaño, then this is a book that you should pick up immediately. Or at least when it's released to the public in th ...more | |
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Such a long book...deserves a short review. Good: charming, extremely dry wit and a rich milieux. Not as good: meandering without drive until the final 150 pages. Moderately liked it. The End |
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| Manages to be fascinating, boring and disturbing all at once. Consciousness is a fascinating metaphysical concept. Linguistic even. Dehaene is reporting on a significant volume of psychological research related to testing and evaluation of consciousn ...more | |
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| A must read. Although it enhances your understanding to read Society of the Spectacle first, it's not absolutely necessary. SotS is one of the most politically astute grand visions of the social order ever written. Revolutionary. Profound. Enlighte ...more | |
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| Do we call books published in 1995 "classic" now? It's only 23 years ago...but it feels like a century. One worthwhile aspect of fantasy novels is that there is less risk of them becoming "dated" as science fiction can, and in Assassin's Apprentice, ...more | |
“Touching is just electrons repelling. Nothing can touch. Ever.”
― David David Katzman, A Greater Monster
― David David Katzman, A Greater Monster
“It makes sense that your response to a bad break-up line would be to set someone on fire," I responded. "Fire is magical to us because it embodies the passage of time. We can never grasp time because it is invisible, unreachable and continually slipping from our grasp. Do we live in the present? How can we? The present is infinitesimally small. It can't contain human action. We teeter on the brink between our assumed future...where we will be in moments to come...and our memory of the past...where we think we just were. The present doesn't exist in a comprehensible way. Similarly, fire is something we can neither grasp nor touch, yet it has a clear effect...the decay and collapse of life, the acceleration of entropy. Thus when we stand mesmerized by fire, we are actually mesmerized by our own mortality.”
― David David Katzman
― David David Katzman
“My biggest objection to Marxism has been the presumption that industry should exist at all. I think the unstoppable juggernaut which is global warming demonstrates that processing natural materials on an industrial scale is a suicidal practice.”
― David David Katzman
― David David Katzman
“To the people who are upset about their hard-earned tax money going to things they don’t like: welcome to the f*cking club. Reimburse me for the Iraq war and oil subsidies, and diaphragms are on me!”
― Jon Stewart
― Jon Stewart
“Yes, the long war on Christianity. I pray that one day we may live in an America where Christians can worship freely! In broad daylight! Openly wearing the symbols of their religion... perhaps around their necks? And maybe -- dare I dream it? -- maybe one day there can be an openly Christian President. Or, perhaps, 43 of them. Consecutively.”
― Jon Stewart
― Jon Stewart
“If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American -- our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that.”
― Jon Stewart
― Jon Stewart
“It's funny. When we were alive we spent much of our time staring up at the cosmos and wondering what was out there. We were obsessed with the moon and whether we could one day visit it. The day we finally walked on it was celebrated worldwide as perhaps man's greatest achievement. But it was while we were there, gathering rocks from the moon's desolate landscape, that we looked up and caught a glimpse of just how incredible our own planet was. Its singular astonishing beauty. We called her Mother Earth. Because she gave birth to us, and then we sucked her dry.”
― Jon Stewart, Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
― Jon Stewart, Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
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Hello, David David! Thank you for contacting me! Happy Monday! I hope you're well and ready for another new week. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Have a nice day. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
Thanks for the friend invite, David. I've long been a fan of fantasy and sci-fi but my interests have expanded greatly in the past few years. Looking forward to perusing your shelves and reviews. Happy reading in the meantime.
No worries, glad you're fine and getting work done.
You don't seem to hang out in these parts anymore, David -- hope you're fine and just busy with projects.
Sorry, I just couldn't resist sharing this: 
I like your latest profile photo, DDK. It's a subtle reminder that your book is still waiting to be read--and it will be!
My good buddy Arthur Graham is giving away 3 copies of his novel Editorial. You can enter here:https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
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Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)*
Haha, thanks David :). Frances is fabulous peoples!
Happy New Year, double D - all the best for 2014!
No probs! It looked really good - I love cat-related books. Also - Hello! Thanks for the friend request! It's so nice to see other authors here who are all about books and book-reviewing, and not just about self-promoting! Here's to the love of reading!BRB~~ stalking your shelves.
Hullo there, new GR friend! Thank you for the friend request and your kind words -- here's hoping I'll be able to live up to whatever expectations ifer's set you up for. :)We do see to have numerous overlapping books but differing opinions. I like that in people. But I like your favorite authors and the fact that you've read oodles of things I need to devour (Warped Passages, At Swim-Two-Birds, My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist, &c.) even more.
Lady Liberty is sure taking, um, liberties, ain't she? I guess she got tired of standing on that pedestal.
*jealous* You met Mack? Kabuki was my first comics love. Fables is great but the first couple trades weren't amazing. Not sure which one you meant you'll review but I'd love to read either.
You're reading Kabuki - I *adore David Mack. :)And I've got to read your Canada/Portland writing. I left my heart in Portland.
Apparently today is the birthday of Frank Zamboni, 1901. He's 112. But cryogenically frozen. In an ice rink. Which leads me to my point ---> Death by Zamboni
All the best for your projects in 2013, D2.
Hi David, and thanks so much for the kind message and friend request. I'm delighted to accept. :)
Hey David - thanks for the friend request. I see your novel was already on my tbr list....looking forward to it.
Oh my goodness, that is hilarious! I can't imagine how long that must have taken to make!
Congratulations on the Gold metal! That is awesome!
fantastic tastes David, nice to meet you.
Just posted two videos of my reading in NYC at KGB Bar in Manhattan. Thank you Lori Hettler of The Next Best Book Club!http://www.goodreads.com/videos/25531...
http://www.goodreads.com/videos/25530...
Happy Holidays David! If you have a chance you should youtube "Fruitcake" by The Superions. It's bizarre and hilarious so I think you'll like it. Destination Christmas is the album name and I'll be listening to this throughout the weekend :) CHEERS to you and yours!
That's great! I tried to browbeat some of my arts & letters friends into attending, but I think they were having deadline panic.
Excellent book launch/reading last night at Quimby's. I had a fantastic time!
I'm so excited that your kickstarter project is get such recognition! I cannot wait to read A GREATER MONSTER and see what the cover art will look like! I feel like a kid in a candy store - just wanted to let you know that :)
Take a look at Charlie Courtland's blog: Bitsy Bling Books: http://bitsybling.blogspot.com/2011/0...My book was featured along with a brief interview.
it ain't easy!man, goodreads needs to work on their commenting interface... SOMEONE SHOULD WRITE A LETTER!
i certainly have read them! what do you take me for, a cretin??? i didn't like them as much as the other two though... for some reason i like o'brien more when he's being more realistic, which i know is odd, given my usual taste... :)
hi david! it's not very often i meet someone who likes alfred bester AND jeanette winterson!! pretty cool.
Thanks for the invite -- I look forward to reading your reviews!
Thanks for the friendship-Your review of iZombie really makes me want to read it-I not a zombie person.
Missing you~! Stay strong, Hang in there! I have faith in you!
Slow going through my current book...but it's up next!
Bravo sir. Great job. Thanks for the amazing read.
UHHHHG! I have no idea what is up with Barnes and Noble. *shakes fist*
let me know what you find out because I know many people who pre-ordered through there, and I worry now why it hasn't come...
what medium did you order it through? Barnes and Noble is usually faster than Amazon. I'm surprised it hasn't come yet.
Thanks David, I really appreciate the support!
don't know how to look just at your reviews, all the books I click on under your ratings don't have reviews
by the way, am I the only one totally not interested in the Justin Beiber (or however it's spelled) movie?
I accidentally clicked "flag" when I meant to hit "mark as unread."Whoops! I hope the spam police don't come parading through town.
just tell them it's my fault.
-L
