52/52: Continent, by Jim Crace
October 14, 2021 9:42 pmCrace’s award-winning debut “novel” is a collection of linked short stories (they take place on the same unnamed, fictional continent).... View Article
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52/52: The Quiet Boy, by Ben Winters
September 12, 2021 11:32 amIt may be impossible to account for everything that describes this compelling, heartbreaking, mysterious novel in just 52 words. It’s... View Article
52/52: In the Pines, by Erik Kriek
September 6, 2021 1:27 pmHaving adapted murder ballads to comics myself, I may be a bit picky, but: This is not a good quartet... View Article
52/52: Sensor, by Junji Ito
September 6, 2021 1:24 pmTwisted obsession is the most powerful motivation for virtually every evil character and evil deed in Junji Ito’s horror work.... View Article
52/52: BPRD: Hell on Earth, vol. 2, by Mike Mignola et al.
September 6, 2021 1:12 pm“Why are losing?” asks one BPRD member during a firefight with monsters that, by rights, his team should win. It’s... View Article
52/52: The Cap, by Joshua Mendelsohn
September 6, 2021 1:09 pmYou wouldn’t think of a history of the creation of the NBA salary cap would be interesting (except to labor... View Article
52/52: Your House Will Pay, by Steph Cha
August 4, 2021 9:45 pmA crime/literary fiction novel tackling Black Lives Matter, the 1992 LA riots, and race. Most striking to me is how... View Article
52/52: Recursion, by Blake Crouch
July 18, 2021 10:34 amA twisty SF thriller about time travel and the havoc it wreaks on memory. The same territory is more interesting... View Article
52/52: Wasteland, by W. Scott Poole
June 21, 2021 12:13 pmA detailed, thoughtful tracing of the impact of World War I on key creators of horror in movies, literature, and... View Article
52/52: BPRD: Hell on Earth, Vol. 1, by Mignola, Arcudi, Davis, and Crook
June 20, 2021 12:11 pmThe next phase of BPRD takes its first major casualty behind the scenes with the exit of artist Guy Davis... View Article