Agreed on all counts. It's hard to imagine how this fundamentally interesting material could turn out to be so boring. My wife posited that it felt like a movie that had been hacked out of a longer, better movie, and thus felt even longer than the original. This sort of made sense to me, although I haven't heard that…

Agreed on all counts. It's hard to imagine how this fundamentally interesting material could turn out to be so boring. My wife posited that it felt like a movie that had been hacked out of a longer, better movie, and thus felt even longer than the original. This sort of made sense to me, although I haven't heard that…

Most of them are also titled The ______'s Daughter, I guess.

Most of them are also titled The ______'s Daughter, I guess.

There was a guy from my hometown who refused to read any books subtitled as "A Novel", which I remember finding out when we were both in high school and I tried to convince him to read White Noise. Then he went to MIT and became some sort of odd undergraduate curator of their SF collection, and I stayed in Iowa and…

There was a guy from my hometown who refused to read any books subtitled as "A Novel", which I remember finding out when we were both in high school and I tried to convince him to read White Noise. Then he went to MIT and became some sort of odd undergraduate curator of their SF collection, and I stayed in Iowa and…

"Jay Caspian Kang divides his first novel, The Dead Do Not Improve,
between alternating protagonists: Philip Kim, an MFA graduate eking out
an existence working for a dubious tech company and struggling to write…"

"Jay Caspian Kang divides his first novel, The Dead Do Not Improve,
between alternating protagonists: Philip Kim, an MFA graduate eking out
an existence working for a dubious tech company and struggling to write…"

"Wunderkind," some would call her, not that I know what that means.

"Wunderkind," some would call her, not that I know what that means.

At the bookstore last week, I perused a copy of it and was impressed at the soft plushness of its ostensibly "hard" cover. Thus I hope that folks at the coffeeshop will be impressed by my merely holding the book and squeezing it occasionally for an infusion of much needed Byrne-supplied confidence.

At the bookstore last week, I perused a copy of it and was impressed at the soft plushness of its ostensibly "hard" cover. Thus I hope that folks at the coffeeshop will be impressed by my merely holding the book and squeezing it occasionally for an infusion of much needed Byrne-supplied confidence.

But seriously, bros…magnets…superconducting magnets…

But seriously, bros…magnets…superconducting magnets…

I've already heard that one.

I've already heard that one.

Confused. They're three white dudes who…write books…and…um…hey look, a pony!

Confused. They're three white dudes who…write books…and…um…hey look, a pony!

Too bad. I just got to see Kill List and was impressed.

Too bad. I just got to see Kill List and was impressed.