A fantastic novel. This type of book makes re-examine yourself, which can be good and bad I guess.
The book is essential about two cousins, Sam Klayman (or Sam Clay) and Joseph Kavalier, who decided to pitch a new line of comic book characters during the 1940’s “Golden Age” of comic books. They both bring their own ideals and messages to their fictional characters. What I found interesting is this isn’t about a particular event, but the two characters lives in whole. Read More...
It is hard to say that I’ve enjoyed a novel that was sad and depressing. It was a great read, and I really liked how the dialog was arranged, it was very sparse but not at all wasteful.
The book is about a father and son traveling to the pacific coast in a very dreary post-apocalyptic south western. I guess this is all supposed to be after a comet hits the Earth. Read More...
Zodiac
Fun geeky sci-fi book with an ecological spin. It takes place in Boston, where the antagonist is Big Businesses that like to dump toxic waste into the harbor. It has all sorts of cool chemistry talk, and that includes the occasional drug use.
It’s also a very quick read, it took me about a month to finish it in my spare time. This is a double whammy, because now I have a good excuse to go buy MORE books to read. Read More...