Hello again, imaginary reader. Glad you could stop by. It has been a lovely day in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Right now it is 77o f and sunny.
Last week and today have been pretty good. I just finished reading “The Strange” by Nathan Ballengrud. It’s a Science Fiction / Weird Tale / Western that takes place on Mars. Told by a young female settler, it details a fictional history, during the time of “The Silence” – where Mars has lost all contact with Earth and Martian society is decaying into lawlessness. Maybe I’ll go deeper into a review of the novel if it keeps me thinking for a few more days.
At the same time I’m also reading the Kindle edition of “The Crack in Space” by Philip K. Dick. I’ve always enjoyed the quirk and goofiness of his stories. They take place in futuristic worlds that reflect our reality, usually with a mid-twentieth century flavor, but subtly twisted. Many of his worlds have commonalities, such as the analogue of the newspaper is called a homeopape; a device that creates and displays the news. Many of the population live in “conapts” – condominium apartments. It’s not our world exactly but the reader can identify with the characters and their situations.
I’m on the fence of what next to read. My TBR is very disorganized, but at hand I have the following lined up:
- Infernal Combustion by Kelly L. Young (This is a new 13 page full color chap book – signed by the author himself). Unfortunately this work does not have an ISBN # and only 99 copies were published.
- Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw
- Trees of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
- The Autopsy: Best Weird Stories of Michael Shea Edited by Linda Shea and S.T. Joshi
- Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
- Sleeping Among Wolves by Robert Royal Poff
- The Fall of the House of Thomas Weir by Andrew Neil MacLeod
- No One Will Come Back For Us by Premee Mohamed
I saw two movies over the weekend – “Cocaine Bear” and “The Menu”. Both were very enjoyable!
Well, that’s about it for today. I should have started sooner. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
A Limited Engagement 