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I’ve been rereading C. S. Lewis’ An Experiment in Criticism for the first time in at least ten years, and I have been struck (as I often am when reading Lewis) how insightful and how dim he can be. He’s … Continue reading →

I have some negative things to say about this book, Tobias Buckell‘s debut novel, Crystal Rain, so I should begin by observing that I enjoyed it, finished it without compulsion, and recommend it, with some reservations. On with the negativity. … Continue reading →

Rich Horton says a few kind words about “A Covenant with Death” as part of his appallingly successful effort to read and review everything, everywhere. On rereading the story recently I was a little disturbed to find in it an … Continue reading →

Of all the obituary posts on Robert Anton Wilson in the past couple of days, the one I enjoyed the most was Wonkette’s, which shrewdly observed: “[U]nlike the ‘political thinkers’ who clog Washington’s green rooms on Sunday mornings, Wilson was … Continue reading →

Not to keep on kicking the Slate.com movie reviewers To go on kicking the Slate movie reviewers: there’s a hyperbolic review on that site of Mike Judge’s little-seen Idiocracy entitled “The DVD That Will Save America”. The title is no … Continue reading →

Long years have passed since Minnesota unleashed Jesse Ventura on the unsuspecting policy world. It’s nice to see my home state is still in the vanguard of imaginary government. Maybe this sort of thing could be adapted to Iraq?

Read, reread and rereread with increasing lack of comprehension at Sartre’s Slate’s “Movie Club” feature: “What was Little Miss Sunshine if not a brilliant ontological dissection of the perils of sublimation?” I think the answer is, “A movie.” But I’m … Continue reading →

John O’Neill at Black Gate wrote me just after Christmas to tell me he was buying the most recent Morlock novella (a sequel to “Payment Deferred”), and I have been invited to submit stories to two different places. So naturally … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas to those who like that sort of thing. To all a good night!

A message from the far future… of 1975!!! [Edit (2/14/07): The old YouTube link seems to have broken so my technical aide son found another at iFilm.]