Archive for September, 2002

Jesus’ Son

Wednesday, September 18th, 2002 p>by Denis Johnson ISBN: 0060975776

This is a collection of stories, which sometimes seem gritty for the sake of being gritty.

The stories are loosely connected, sharing the same first-person narrator. He's a

Stay

Wednesday, September 11th, 2002

Nicola Griffith ISBN: 0385503008

This book is a sequel to The Blue Place, and while I did like that book, I think this one is stronger.

The novel begins not long after the

SQUEE’S Wonderful Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors

Sunday, September 8th, 2002

by Jhonen Vasquez ISBN: 0943151244

Vasquez has created a disturbing, crude, and very funny book.

This book is a compilation: the first half is the collected issues of Squee, and the second half

Quit Your Job

Sunday, September 8th, 2002

by James Kochalka ISBN: 1891867008

James Kochalka has the ability to nail little details, and create an unshakeable (if fanciful) internal logic in his stories.

In this original book, Magic Boy thinks he