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~post by Steve(n) With the full moon this month coinciding with Valentine's Day this month, we of the Nightmare Factory Book Club were put in mind not of the transformative power of love but rather the necessary heartbreak and bestial desires of the werewolf. Every month, our lycanthropic brethren must divest themselves of their humanity, abandoning … Continue reading Nightmare Factory Book Club Howls At the Moon
By Blood We Live by Glen Duncan Reviewed by Steve(n) In his celebrated werewolf trilogy, Glen Duncan has inventively scrutinized the human experience from perspectives abstracted just enough to blur the lines between objective observation and subjective participation. Whereas The Last Werewolf was an existential examination of absolute power, moral compromise, and social isolation, and Talulla … Continue reading BY BLOOD WE LIVE: A Smart & Satisfying Culmination
~RAUL The Martian by Andy Weir "This book should serve as a manual for survival on Mars for any future missions to the Red Planet. It should be required reading for all crew members, administrators and staff of NASA. Weir creates not only a gripping man v. Mars survival story, but he includes all the … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
HARDCOVER FICTION By Blood We Live by Glen Duncan From the author of the best sellers The Last Werewolf and Talulla Rising, comes the hair-raising conclusion to the saga that has galvanized readers' imaginations and one last incisive--brilliantly ironic--look at what it means to be, or to not be, human. Glen Duncan will be at … Continue reading New Releases – 2/4
Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart On Sale 1/7/14 Finally, the author of the novels Super Sad True Love Story; Absurdistan; and The Russian Debutante's Handbook tells all. Moving from memories of his early childhood in Russia to his family's immigration to Queens to his present day life as a writer, Shteyngart's humor pulls heartstrings with stories of his one-armed … Continue reading Books to Look Forward to in 2014: Part One
~Post by Steven Does your skin recoil from the dread crispness that has invaded the atmosphere this Autumn? Can you feel the intermittent raindrops mocking your petty existence? Has the stinking crush of humanity in Zilker Park sent you fleeing in a blind panic to the nearest bookstore for a calming tincture of familiarity? As … Continue reading An Apple a Day Keeps the Nightmares Away
~ Clint The Invisibles by Grant Morrison "Grant Morrison just released his wonderfully eccentric autobiography/history of superheroes called "Supergods," which made me think about re-reading one of the best superhero series ever, The Invisibles, which is about a group of anarchist heroes who use chaos, magick, hallucinogenic drugs and brute strength to fight the evil … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
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