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American Psycho…

Stop Saying the Book is Better Than the Movie

20 Sep 20228 Nov 2022
(Except for when The Book is Better.) One of the cheapest, easiest opinions a person can have is the broad statement “the book is always better than the movie” or,…
Books…

Regarding Mad Men and Gray Flannel Suits

17 May 20201 Nov 2022
Today is the fifth anniversary of the last episode of Mad Men. I've been working my way through a slow re-watch in recent months. Perhaps I will have something more…
Books…

9 Reasons to Start Reading Moby-Dick on its 166th Birthday

14 Nov 201731 Oct 2021
It's no secret that I'm a pretty big Moby-Dick fan. Or, if it was a secret to you, then this might be the first thing you've read by me. Which…
#MoonLandingDay…

Ten Ways to Celebrate #MoonLandingDay and Moon Landing Week 2017

16 Jul 2017
The big week is here: Moon Landing Week! Or at least, it eventually will be known as Moon Landing Week. For now, we know that this upcoming Thursday (July 20th)…
Books…

Why This Website Displays No Ads

7 Jan 20177 Jan 2017
You may wonder—or perhaps you may not—why this blog displays no ads. Nothing encouraging you to go to other sites, nothing in this margins, nothing at the bottom of the…
Books…

Twelve Questions and Answers About The Moonborn (with No Spoilers)

19 Nov 201620 Nov 2016
I've received a number of questions about The Moonborn: or, Moby-Dick on the Moon, my novel that came out on Monday, November 14th. While I love getting questions about it,…
2016 Election…

What Would Kurt Vonnegut Say About the 2016 Election?

29 Sep 20161 Oct 2016
Or, When Did We Start Living in a Fictional Satire? I've compared recent events—and, in particular, this presidential election—to many things: Armageddon, Alien, every Batman story, and almost every '90s action movie.…
Batman…

The Short Story I Wrote Inspired by Wes Anderson and Carlos Castaneda

19 Sep 201619 Sep 2016
You may have noticed this blog's recent lowered activity. Nothing new since early August, with only a handful of new posts since the beginning of summer. What is the deal,…
Bale…

Happy Black Friday 2015 from David Foster Wallace

3 Dec 201525 Nov 2016
A week ago yesterday - on Wednesday, November 25 - I came across a deal on Amazon: a free digital download of the SD version of the David Foster Wallace…
Political Correctness…

Why Are Trigger Warnings Less Accepted Than Spoiler Alerts?

18 Aug 201527 May 2020
I haven't had anything to say about trigger warnings until now. I had been leaning on the side of "not necessary" or "too coddling," as most of the media I…

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