It's been a long time since I read TKDR, and I am not as steeped in the Bat-verse as I could be.
Five years later I am still confused by one of the Joker's goons at the carnival; was that a sentient, talking, exploding, baby bomb?

Yes: there needed to be some sort of point to the joke. Big Bird did about as bad as Obama.

Yes: there needed to be some sort of point to the joke. Big Bird did about as bad as Obama.

Big Bird radiated waves of discomfort for me. Took some of the heat off of Daniel Craig, though.

Big Bird radiated waves of discomfort for me. Took some of the heat off of Daniel Craig, though.

Thanks to Muse, I got to switch channels and watch several minutes from the beginning of A.I.

Thanks to Muse, I got to switch channels and watch several minutes from the beginning of A.I.

On a preschool trip to a seasonal, Halloween-themed farm, some little *&(#! broke their pumpkin on the bus, cried, *altered reality* so that
somehow the broken one was mine, and went away with my perfectly intact pumpkin. It was a fait accompli because he didn't say anything to me but went to the adults first. I didn't…

On a preschool trip to a seasonal, Halloween-themed farm, some little *&(#! broke their pumpkin on the bus, cried, *altered reality* so that
somehow the broken one was mine, and went away with my perfectly intact pumpkin. It was a fait accompli because he didn't say anything to me but went to the adults first. I didn't…

Why not read about outer space instead of watch this clip?

Why not read about outer space instead of watch this clip?

Was he going as "The Mentalist" for Halloween?

Was he going as "The Mentalist" for Halloween?

There are some alternate universe "The Color of Money" early drafts in the collection as well. He thought of giving "Fast" Eddie a backstory similar to his own (stuck in an iron lung and left behind by his mother.)

There are some alternate universe "The Color of Money" early drafts in the collection as well. He thought of giving "Fast" Eddie a backstory similar to his own (stuck in an iron lung and left behind by his mother.)

Best book ever, right? If you can't get enough Walter Tevis and are anywhere close to the midwest, Indiana University's library has the Tevis Manuscripts archived. I made the pilgrimage there about ten years ago because I could not get his writing out of my head. (There's even an unpublished, unfinished novel that is…

Best book ever, right? If you can't get enough Walter Tevis and are anywhere close to the midwest, Indiana University's library has the Tevis Manuscripts archived. I made the pilgrimage there about ten years ago because I could not get his writing out of my head. (There's even an unpublished, unfinished novel that is…

2 here. And *I* am the least-qualified, because one of them was for Terra Nova.

2 here. And *I* am the least-qualified, because one of them was for Terra Nova.

Glad to hear Miss (Mrs.?) Ringwald wrote something.
I remember a piece on her where she said the
last book she read was Walter Tevis's "The Queen's
Gambit" and I found it pleasing.