Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Chushingura

by Takeda Izumo, Miyoshi Shōraku, and Namiki Senryū. (tr. Donald Keene)

Good to finally read - before stupid Keeanu Reeves schlockifies it.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

American Gods

by Neil Gaiman

Gaiman is so engrossing.

Monday, February 21, 2011

If I Were You

by L. Ron Hubbard.

Man, if this is what 30's and 40's pulp novels are like then I need a thousand.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Death Du Jour

by Kathy Reichs

Somewhat better style than the first one, but pretty formulaic story.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

Still good

Monday, November 22, 2010

Heartsick

by Chelsea Cain

Not bad. Want more.

Deja Dead

by Kathy Reichs

Not as much like Bones as I expected

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Dr. Futurity

by Philip K. Dick

Ok, Dick. I guess you do get time travel right, after all.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Solar Lottery

By Philip K. Dick

Why hasn't this been made into a movie? It's not very Philip K. Dick, but it's very movie.

The Novels of Dashiell Hammett

by Dashiell Hammett

These are, like, murder mysteries. Weird.
Also, I can see how Yojimbo might be based on Red Harvest, and also why Kurosawa didn't need to credit Hammett.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Radio Free Albemuth

Mad dreams and paranoid delusions. Good to meet Philip K. Dick as a character.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

midnight's children

by Salman Rushdie. if you aren't sure about your life, fatalism doesn't make you feel better.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Salmonella Men on Planet Porno

by Yasutaka Tsutsui

Short Stories! I agree.

Friday, June 4, 2010

The Fall of Hyperion

by Dan Simmons

Engrossing.

Monday, May 31, 2010

Hyperion

by Dan Simmons

Half a book! I call half a book!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

By J.K. Rowling

Read this almost as fast the second time.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Zodiac

by Neal Stephenson

Sort of like a cross between reading a Neal Stephenson novel and watching Commando.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

I can't wait until they start doing literary mashups for real.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Breaking Dawn

By Stephenie Meyer

I think the whole series was worth it for the moment when Edward first whispered his daughter's name in pain. Anguished pain.