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Jason B. JonesFeatures BooksThe Second Coming of Steampunk: An Interview with Ann and Jeff VanderMeer[11.Sep.08] :. Originally a literary movement that mashed cyberpunk-style themes with speculative rewritings of Victorian culture, steampunk is now equally a subculture devoted to repurposing mass-market consumer products into gloriously obsessive idiosyncratic designs.  BooksMichel Faber's Fantasies[1.Nov.07] :. "My fiction should make the reader want to grab some of these characters and shout, 'No, no, can't you see it's not LIKE that?!'"  BooksLong Zoom: Interview with Steven Johnson[6.Apr.07] :. "My editor said, 'Yeah, it's like Emergence if the slime molds started killing people in chapter four.' And that became my mantra as I was writing it: 'Just think Emergence with killer slime molds and you're golden.'" PopMatters talks to Ghost Map author, Steven Johnson. Reviews DVDsThe Treatment[17.Jan.08] :. Four forms of love: a teacher's love for his students, a son's love for his father, a man's search for a sexual partner, and an analysand's love for his analyst.  BooksThe Iron Whim by Darren Wershler-Henry[4.Dec.07] :. Darren Wershler-Henry's The Iron Whim is less a history of typewriting than a history of its image.  DVDsCount Dracula[31.Oct.07] :. This is a must-own for Dracula fans, lovers of Halloween, and admirers of Victorian fiction; virtually anyone will find something to enjoy in it.  BooksThe Man Who Melted by Jack Dann[3.Oct.07] :. Jack Dann has created a post-apocalyptic world in which Raymond Mantle is searching for the memory of his lost wife. The search for her turns out to be a search for the relationship between memory and desire.  BooksAn Arsonists Guide to Writers Homes in New England by Brock Clarke[24.Sep.07] :. Clarke's book ought to make us think about the stories we tell ourselves to keep the howling demons at bay and, hopefully, to laugh honestly at them for what they really are. Books With Speed and Violence by Fred PearceBooks Otherwise Normal People by Aurelia C. ScottBooks The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal IgguldenBooks Edmund and Rosemary Go to Hell by Bruce Eric KaplanBooks Devils in the Sugar Shop by Timothy SchaffertBooks Doing Nothing by Tom LutzBooks Smartbomb by Heather Chaplin and Aaron RubyBooks Boomsday by Christopher BuckleyBooks Riddled with Life by Marlene ZukBooks Working Stiff by Grant StoddardBooks Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem with Jonathan PrinceBooks The Lazy Boys by Carl ShukerBooks The Perfect Thing by Steven LevyBooks The Rhythm of the Road by Albyn Leah HallBooks Bee Thousand by Marc WoodworthBooks My Reality Check Bounced! by Jason Ryan DorseyBooks Words That Work by Dr. Frank LuntzBooks Song of the Crow by Layne MaheuBooks Exile by Richard North PattersonBooks Golem Song by Marc EstrinBooks apostrophe by Bill Kennedy and Darren Wershler-HenryBooks Binge by Barrett SeamanBooks Falling Room by Eli HastingsBooks My Freshman Year by Rebekah NathanBooks JPod by Douglas CouplandBlog postsConsuming ConsumablesAn Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke [$23.95][13.Dec.07] :. Sam Pulsipher has many problems. Not only did he burn down Emily Dickinson’s home, but he also killed two people. And while he’s married and started to raise a family, the son of the... Re:PrintDoes Microsoft Word Have Literary Judgment?[26.Sep.07] :. Janice Harayda, proprietor of One-Minute Book Reviews, former books editor at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and vice-president of the National Book Critics Circle , does NOT like Lloyd... Re:PrintImpotence: A review and interview[17.Jul.07] :. This is the first of what I hope will be a series of short looks at books from academic presses which I think might interest a wider readership. In each, there will be first a mini-review, and... Re:PrintIn memoriam: Sterling E. Lanier[12.Jul.07] :. I'm just finishing a review of Jack Dann's The Man Who Melted, out in a reissue from Pyr. Writing the review has had me thinking about genre fiction I'd like to see come back into print. If I... Re:PrintSoft Skull Online Sale[13.Jun.07] :. Since PopMatters has an affiliation with Soft Skull Press, I thought I might point out that, as a consequence of being bought out by Winton Shoemaker, Soft Skull is short of cash: One little bit of... Re:Print Dennis Cass discusses Head CaseRe:Print Spring... when a young man's thoughts lightly turn to TrollopeRe:Print Reading and TimeRe:Print Things that must stopRe:Print Another WelcomeConsuming Consumables The Omnivore's DilemmaConsuming Consumables READ - What's Liberal about the Liberal Arts?Consuming Consumables READ - The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XVII: The Other Side of PsychoanalysisConsuming Consumables READ - Lost Girls by Alan MooreConsuming Consumables READ - LibraryThing.com |
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