Yeah, I actually ordered my copy from the UK because they come out months earlier there, and I had just read Glass Books and wanted to continue with the next while while the first was still fresh in my mind. The UK covers are way cooler too, especially the Glass Books cover, which is badass.
http://www.uksfbooknews.n…

Did you read the follow-up, The Dark Volume? I was kind of disappointed. It was a fairly enjoyable read, but nowhere near as memorable for some reason. Actually, I can barely remember anything about it. I think it's supposed to be a trilogy, so we'll see how the next installment is.

Speaking of "a little overwritten," holy SHIT, did I need to write all that? Sorry, verbal diarrhea.

Alright! I'm not the only one!

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
I'm surprised this novel by Gordon Dahlquist wasn't given even a passing mention because it's one of the better recent examples of the steampunk genre (although I guess it's not strictly steampunk, but definitely close enough). It's a little overwritten and cluttered up with too…

I'd say Gravity's Rainbow is neither boring nor impenetrable. There are a few dull stretches here and there, but by and large it's a lot of fun to read once you get ingratiated with the style. IF you get ingratiated with the style. It has a reputation for being the kind of novel where a lot of readers can't get…

I just finished it recently and dug it a lot. It's not that I'm that smart, I just don't mind nonlinear narratives and I don't care whether shit makes sense or not. If you can just kind of "go with the flow" and not sweat the comprehension too much, it's a blast to read. I had an impish grin on my face 60% of the…

Catcher in the Rye didn't stink, really, it was just "crumby."

So there's a Pynchon cult? How do I join? And how much does it cost? It's not as slavish and sycophantic as the Ayn Rand cult, is it? We can show those pussies a thing or two. Our guy can actually fucking WRITE, and he's still alive!

Only Bowie
could make a sweatshirt look "casually elegant."

Ooh! Ooh!
I learned "Ooh! Ooh!" from watching Hong Kong Phooey as a kid. Only much later did I learn about Joe E. Ross and "Car 54, Where are You?" Whoever they pick to play Sergeant Flint better be able to do a good "Ooh! Ooh!"

That was my first thought after reading the Inventory, where was Psychomania?

I actually talked to B.B. King's business manager on the phone for well over an hour one time helping him restore backups of lost files after a computer crash. He said that he's tried to get B.B. to slow down because he has diabetes, is 82 years old and overweight, but B.B. wants to stay on the road relentlessly…

I'm just glad
that this didn't turn out to be a very crass announcement of B.B. King's death, because that was the first thing that ran through my mind when I read "Friday buzzkills" and "the thrill is gone."

[Takes a second look.] Goddamn, you're right.

What are you talking about. That's obviously Jared Harris.

JOSH!
FUCK!

Now that that's out of the way, I know I'll be watching Middlesex because my wife read it and loved it.

VanDerFirst!
Probably yet another failed firstie.

On HBO or Showtime, fuck yeah. Better HBO, because if the upcoming season of Dexter doesn't rock, I'm fuckin' canceling Showtime. I'm sick of paying however much I'm paying every month for a channel that has almost no shows or movies that I enjoy. Your ass is on thin ice, Showtime.