Review 17: The Stand
The Stand by Stephen King It’s hard to know where to begin when writing about this book, probably because I work under the assumption that everyone has read it. I mean,. I’ve probably owned at least...
View ArticleReview 18: Swan Song
Swan Song by Robert McCammon Okay, have you read The Stand? Humanity being wiped out by a short-sighted government, small groups of people struggling to survive in an America laid low? A dramatic...
View ArticleReview 19: Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham I have a long fondness for Apocalyptic novels. The Stand was one of my early favorites from junior high school, and I really enjoyed its cousin by Robert...
View ArticleReview 30: Fight Club
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk Well, now I reckon y’all have seen the movie, so there’s probably not a whole lot that you need to know about this book. You know Tyler Durden. He’s the Id, the unchained...
View ArticleReview 36: Little Brother
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow Probably the biggest hurdle to overcome when reading young adult fiction is the fact that I’m not a young adult. As most adults know, things look very different from...
View ArticleReview 39: It’s Not News, It’s FARK
It’s Not News, It’s FARK: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News by Drew Curtis You all know FARK.com, right? What? You’ve never heard of it? I’m honestly and truly shocked – unless, of course,...
View ArticleReview 43: Underground
Underground – The Tokyo Gas Attack & the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami On March 20, 1995, in the middle of the morning rush hour, the Aum Shinrikyo cult unleashed a terrorist attack on the...
View ArticleReview 44: Shutting Out the Sun
Shutting out the Sun – How Japan Created its own Lost Generation by Michael Zielenziger One of the things you learn about Japan when you get here – and you learn it pretty quickly – is that there can...
View ArticleReview 69: Skipping Towards Gomorrah
Skipping Towards Gomorrah by Dan Savage America. Here and now, in the first decade of the 21st century, there are those who say that America is on the decline. It’s a nation awash in sin and...
View ArticleReview 191: The Great Derangement
The Great Derangement by Matt Taibbi There is an essential flaw in human nature that makes us think we’re special. It used to make us think that we were literally the center of the universe, which it...
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