Mike Pursley

Reviews

Swords from the Desert and Swords from the West by Harold Lamb

Heavy on history but with enough action to give aerodynamic lift, Lamb’s prose exemplifies and occasionally transcends the pulp genre. [2 November 2009]

The Convalescent

Anyone thinking this book is Kafka meets Gummo with a side of Hungarian history would be right. [30 July 2009]

Becoming Bucky Fuller by Loretta Lorance, R. Buckminster Fuller

This post-millennium rediscovery examines Fuller anew, seeking help with our most dire ecological and economic challenges within his philosophy of sustainability and technological balance. [20 May 2009]

Future Imperfect by Jason Vest

Dickian, like Kafkaesque, is shorthand for events that share the mood of the author’s oeuvre. In Dick’s case: paranoia, fried existentialism, and way-down-the-rabbit-hole reality shifts. [18 March 2009]

The Sun and the Moon by Matthew Goodman

In the days of the penny newspaper, enter a world of aeronauts, automaton chess players, and glorious lunar temples. [13 January 2009]