ROBOCOP VERSUS THE TERMINATOR
ROBOCOP VERSUS THE TERMINATOR, which as the title indicates brings together the universes of ROBOCOP and THE TERMINATOR, has been called “The Greatest Crossover of all Time.” I don’t agree
THE RIOT ACT
Quite simply one of the toughest, meanest and least forgiving short story collections you’ll ever read
THE OTHER END
If you ask me, this is just what we need right now: a sober, non-religious (though unabashedly left-leaning) account of an apocalypse, specifically conceived as an alternative to those fundamentalist “End Times” books by Tim LaHaye and others
VALHALLA
Newton Thornburg really knows how to write a novel, a fact he proved with 1976’s CUTTER AND BONE, and again in VALHALLA, possibly the most (undeservedly) obscure of all his books
Z FOR ZACHARIAH
I know many of you read this ostensible young adult novel in your teens. I missed out on that experience, but having finally gotten around to doing so I can fully understand why Z FOR ZACHARIAH is so iconic
UNDER THE DOME
I don’t feel UNDER THE DOME is the triumphant return to form for Stephen King that many are dubbing it, but it is lively and readable