This is a fine book. Fast paced, amusing writing. But lacking somewhat in character development. Not that Dashiell Hammett characters had compelling story arcs. Pulp detective stories don't often. So, yeah, fine. Enjoyable even. But there's not much there.
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It Came from the Closet by Joe Vallese, Carmen Maria Machado, Bruce Owens Grimm, and 3 others
Through the lens of horror—from "Halloween" to "Hereditary"—queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their …
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Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
In a city that never was, in an America that never was, on a snowy night at the end of …
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The white people and other weird stories by Arthur Machen
"Machen's weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics. With an introduction from S.T. Joshi, editor …
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A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy
Dimos Horacki is a Borolian journalist and a cynical patriot, his muckraking days behind him. But when his newspaper ships …
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We Won't Be Here Tomorrow by Margaret Killjoy
Margaret Killjoy’s stories have appeared for years in science fiction and fantasy magazines both major and indie. Here, we have …
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The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy pits utopian anarchists against rogue demon deer in this dropkick-in-the-mouth punk …
skaficionado rated Ascension: 3 stars
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skaficionado reviewed Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway
Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So …
Enjoyable, but fluffy.
3 stars
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Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway
Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So when he’s called in to …
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Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway
Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So when he’s called in to …
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Best and Most Absurd in the Series (So Far)
5 stars
Content warning 3rd act spoiler
I love Pargin's writing, and have since I first read him on Cracked.com many years ago. The Zoey Ashe series is maniacally funny while also doing some good work delivering a view of the difficulty and nuance of human existence. But I swear to any available gods, he reverse engineered this book just to get to a scenario where it would be plausible for a flying dismembered penis to smack someone in the face.
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Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia by David Wong
Tabula Ra$a is hosting its massive annual music festival in the desert, which every year precedes the massive annual drunken …