Rime: That's cold, bro!

The thing about Gary Numan is that, not only is he a pop star, he's got a pilot's license!

Yes! But who would he play? Should they just recast Matthew?

Right? Maybe this first season was some kind of stealth set-up for Funny Games: Avonlea Edition.

Sadly yes, but it was the good half.

You've probably watched further by now, but in case you haven't: I wouldn't worry on that account. Rachel and Marilla have some of my favourite subtle moments of the season.

I like to push the pram a-long!

I'm not a superfan or anything (I think I only read the books twice before watching the films), but the Scouring was the one omission that I really felt hurt the adaptations. That "you can never go home again" gut punch is surely one of the biggest and most important beats of that story, and leaving it out diminished…

I devoured all the Rivers of London books in the space of a couple of weeks earlier this winter, so I admire your restraint in managing to space them out. I think my favourite thing about those books is the way Aaronovitch depicts policing. Even though the books concern a branch of police which operates to the side…

Yeah, I've heard him hyped for years now, and on the basis of this one story, I readily believe that the acclaim is deserved. I'm thinking of picking up the Occultation collection where "—30—" was originally published. The Shirley Jackson Awards are usually a pretty reliable barometer of quality.
Thanks for the…

I'll be sure to check them out. I've never read anything of Windling's fiction, honestly, my main association of her name is in conjunction with Datlow's.

It had actually been a couple of years since I'd performed my usual Ligotti ritual of staring wistfully at another exorbitantly priced second-hand volume I can't afford. When Eric's comment sent me masochistically a-googling after the going rate of the title he was referencing, I discovered the very volume you're…

Neat! I haven't read any of those. How did it stack up against your experience with the ones you read back when?

Wow, Harry Stephen Keeler, that's a blast from the past. Haven't heard him mentioned since the rediscovery hubbub, what, back in the early aughts?

Reading The Girl on the Train, I was really impressed by the way Hawkins managed to convey the queasy, disoriented headspace of a depressed alcoholic, and equally disappointed by her decision to end the story in the most cliched thriller-y way possible. I'm aware that when it comes to twist endings, one man's…

Lucky, lucky man.

Is that one of those super-hard-to-find Ligotti collections?

I love it. The last time it was in fashion was during the early eighties, and I'm hoping it might be here to stay this time around. To be sure, it's not a look that's adaptable to any style — it would look silly with a standard office casual khakis-frumpy-dress-shirt ensemble — but worn right, it looks amazing.

After loving Claire North's brilliant The Fifteen Lives of Harry August when it came out back in 2014, I finally bought her 2015 follow-up Touch yesterday. A few chapters in, and I'm convinced she'll do just as well with body-jumping tropes in this as she did with reincarnation and time travel (well, sort of) in Harry…

Man, I love NewsRadio so much.