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D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman
For several chapters, I was sure this book was somehow about me. I was suspicious of it, but then my employers let me know that it was just a coincidence. Knowing that, I enjoyed this book quite a bit. I … Continue reading
The Overwhelming Urge
If this is an introduction to Andersen Prunty, I want to read probably anything he writes. I liked enough of the stories here that I don’t even want to just name 3 or 4, because that would exclude too many … Continue reading
Satan Burger
A past version of myself wants to rate this book with 5 stars. It wants to make references to it, even though most people won’t know what Satan Burger is. If I could have read this book during my formative … Continue reading
Ocean of Lard
I wish I could get this 4.5, rather than 4, but I can’t. No one thinks to make half star ratings for sites like this. Yet scores can average out and equal fractions of a star. Some sites will even … Continue reading
Tales from the Vinegar Wasteland
When I was a kid, someone suggested to me that I go see a play by a man they kept calling “Ionesco.” The play was The Bald Soprano. At the time, the idea of sitting through a play, especially one … Continue reading
Super Giant Monster Time!
There is no doubt that we live in dark times, from climate change threatening to melt the polar bears, to hadron colliders conspiring against us with miniature black holes, to the series finales of both Lost and 24 in the … Continue reading
Peckinpah: An Ultraviolent Romance
I always feel like i’ve survived a Psychic War after reading one of D. Harlan’s books. They are exhausting, but good for the [mental:] economy Peckinpah plays out like the manifestation of the collective conscious of the Amerikan Midwest if … Continue reading
Sex Dungeon for Sale
Having only recently learned to read, most of the reviews here have been aimed at bad movies. Books take longer to get through, usually, and I don’t like to waste my time with boring books about Mary Sues and the … Continue reading
Washer Mouth: The Man Who was a Washing Machine
This book is about a washing machine named Roy who becomes human in order to act as a herald for the soon to appear washer-men. Roy’s not really interested in doing this, and would rather watch his favorite soap opera, … Continue reading
