Would you recommend it to someone who's not neck-deep in cyberpunk? I'm glad I started with Jeff Noon's Vurt. It was a blast and my noobishness didn't come in the way of enjoying it.

Seems like a keeper. My gf doesn't know 98% of the people who pop up in the newswire.

A public service announcement for the three ladies who read the AVC: If your guy likes this woman, kick his sorry ass to the curb. If he thinks you are a lot like ZD, kick his ass to the curb and treat yourself to a nice tall Dranopolitan.

It's always time that makes all the difference, isn't it? Who cares how many copies something sold on its release as far as determining quality? And critics often get it just as wrong as Jo Blows. Moby Dick was trashed on its release. Fire the Bastards is a hilarious read on the subject of critics fucking up.…

They also have a strict three beer policy. Alch Tease I believe it's called.

Left it halfway. It wasn't Falen. Thanks for the tip.
EDIT: "Pushkin's masterpiece has had many translators, most of whom have turned this greatest Russian poet into an embarrassment. James Falen's English version is the first to approximate Pushkin's flawless poetic form and sparkling wise content. It is a miracle of…

Milan Kundera: Laughable Loves

I'm with Juan_Carlo. It's one thing to have imperfect people fall in love, fuck the whole romcom industry would go out of business without it, but this just reads like a bad Apatow plot. Nothing remotely romantic about it. And they are two of the nicer characters in the series. How this series became a Valentine…

Strange, as I went deeper I forgot I was reading verse. Well, there's always Murakami's Norwegian Wood.

I suck at making my point. The actors playing those (mostly decent) characters. I find the guy's whiny voice grating. Don't like the scary lady either. Of course you could argue that there are more annoying actors.

If the idea of a novel in verse form doesn't make you throw up: Golden Gate

Mr Herzog, You bring shame to your namesake. I can let you slide on Sex in the City, different strokes etc., but how do you pick the most face-punchable people in a series that has no shortage of face-punchable people?

Get some Wong Kar Wai up in here, stat. Chungking Express and Happy Together.
EDIT: Phipps snuck in In The Mood For Love, good man.

As in Jonathan Safran Foer's oeuvre?

In this case goodwill = moneymaking. "Such nice people, I'll buy some extra merch." At least that's how I react to the gesture.

You won't regret it. Watch Brann Dailor's arms fly. I saw them on Leviathan and Crack the Skye tours, the latter with Dethklok as headliners (some WTF-ness right there).

The crowd was awesome at the two shows I've attended. They are not the world's best singers, which will make the Hunter tour even more difficult. But they more than make up with guitar and drum badassery.

This is OT as fuck, but Mastodon has taken the pay-as-you-like model one step further. They're offering their new album for free to all those who bought the tickets to their fall tour. This is smart and cool (merch and touring are more lucrative plus tons of goodwill). Curious if any of the bands mentioned here have…

To make it more realistic he should've shown her as a presidential candidate, doesn't matter which party.

Where else are you gonna get half-cooked veggies that squeak under your teeth?