DANGEROUS VISIONS AND NEW WORLDS: RADICAL SCIENCE FICTION, 1950-1985
If you’re a fan of literary science fiction this book is absolutely essential reading
THE SHADOW
A veritable master class in psycho-horror that holds up beautifully
THE MATRIX
Yes, children: 1999’s THE MATRIX was once the coolest thing around
1992: The Year in Bedlam
For me the cinema of 1992 will always be shadowed by one all-encompassing real-life event: the rioting that took place on April 29 to May 4 in Los Angeles
THE ORCHID CAGE
A novel that reads like a Philip K. Dick potboiler with a hard science overlay
A MAZE OF DEATH
If any of the late Philip K. Dick’s novels can be classified as horror-related, A MAZE OF DEATH can. It’s not one of his better works but is worth a look, as virtually anything by PKD is superior to most everything else on the bookshelves.
On the “Late” Jerome Boivin
Continuing with my takes on cinematic underachievers, we come to France’s Jerome Boivin.
2008: Bedlam in Print
Here it is: my third annual look back at the year’s literary output
Emmanuel Carrere in English
France’s Emmanuel Carrere is one of the most interesting writers on the scene, an author with whom genre buffs simply MUST become acquainted
VACATION
Fans of the late Philip K. Dick will appreciate this hallucinatory first novel, as will all those unafraid of challenging, thoughtful writing