Category Archives: Books

Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle

Posted on July 27, 2015 by

I’m not a good reader. I’m simultaneously too slow and too fast, taking forever to miss important details. I’m not attentive and I don’t get “lost” in books; I’m constantly being taken out of them. I’ve all but stopped reading … Continue reading →

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The League of Regrettable Superheroes by Jon Morris

Posted on June 4, 2015 by

For many comics nerds, Gone and Forgotten was essential back in early oughts (and its current incarnation still is.) A lot of people have done the “look at these wacky old comics” thing (myself included) and almost all of them … Continue reading →

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Love and War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance

Posted on February 17, 2015 by

(Full disclosure: Tom Digby is a colleague of my wife’s and a pal. He gave her a copy of his book and after she finished it, I read it.) Yesterday this article was going around Twitter, or at least the … Continue reading →

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I Had That! #40: Golden Nature Guides

Posted on November 23, 2014 by

I didn’t read a lot of fiction as a kid. For someone who supposedly liked science fiction, I didn’t read any of the classics. I didn’t really go for comics too much. I did the Hardy Boys thing briefly, and … Continue reading →

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I Had That! #34: Skylab Pop-Up Book

Posted on October 12, 2014 by

We’ve established that, as a kid, science fiction was the theme that appealed the most to me, even if it was a vague sort of science fiction. That is, I loved SF, but it wasn’t like I was a regular … Continue reading →

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I Had That! #23: Doctor Who Target Novelizations

Posted on July 20, 2014 by

When I first got into Doctor Who in 1981, it wasn’t a terrible time to be a fan. Though merchandise was thin on the ground, it was starting to come in. Unlike fans even a few years earlier, you didn’t … Continue reading →

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I Had That! #20: The Twilight Zone Companion by Marc Scott Zicree

Posted on June 29, 2014 by

I’ve said before that I was something of a coward when I was a kid. I was scared of everything, especially the supernatural. Fear of demons bedeviled my nights, and I didn’t sleep with a light off until well past … Continue reading →

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‘Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt’ by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco

Posted on May 16, 2014 by

Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is a look at what main author Chris Hedges terms “sacrifice zones”. These are areas in the country that have been more or less been given up to Capitalism, places where human life, human … Continue reading →

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