Crichton’s Prey

Written by None - Do not Delete on December 24, 2002. Posted in Books, Posts

Prey Pretend for a moment that Michael Crichton weren’t the author of the true Great American Novel, Jurassic Park, and one of a half-dozen of the world’s most powerful storytellers. His latest, Prey (HarperCollins, 367 pages, $26.95), would still be compelling for pacing that destroys your television. As it is, it stands as a turning
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Two from William Gaddis

Written by None - Do not Delete on December 17, 2002. Posted in Books, Posts

The Rush for Second Place by William Gaddis Edited by Joseph Tabbi At the time of his death in 1998, readers and critics alike were still divided over William Gaddis. He’d been given the National Book Award twice, won a MacArthur and was a member of that fancy Arts and Letters club, but still to
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Diane Keaton’s Clown Paintings

Written by None - Do not Delete on November 5, 2002. Posted in Books, Posts

We all have creepy clown stories to tell. Lord knows I have plenty. Coulrophobia is the official psychological term given to the irrational fear of clowns. I suffer from it, and face it–so do you. And what’s more, I don’t happen to think that there’s anything "irrational" about it at all. People are afraid of
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Franzen’s How to Be Alone

Written by None - Do not Delete on October 29, 2002. Posted in Books, Posts

Jonathan Franzen wants to be Oprah Winfrey. A year after the dust-up regarding The Corrections’ inclusion in and expulsion from her book club, Franzen can be found prattling in The New Yorker about how important it is "to sustain a sense of connectedness" and the unimpeachable value of the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.
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Michael Chabon’s Summerland

Written by None - Do not Delete on October 22, 2002. Posted in Books, Posts

Michael Chabon is a storyteller. That separates him more than a little from his fellow successful literary novelists, most of whom, it seems, have decided that the style, substance or even texture of a novel is more the thing. That’s made for some pretentious and hard-to-read acclaimed novels. Although, maybe it’s the idea that Important
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Make Every Girl Want You

Written by None - Do not Delete on September 24, 2002. Posted in Books, Posts

"The main difference between this and every other book on the same topic is that those books [assume] the only way to get women is to first date them," write John Fate and Steve Reil in their newly published Make Every Girl Want You: How to Have Sex with Hot Girls (without even dating them!)
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Selby’s Waiting Period

Written by None - Do not Delete on September 17, 2002. Posted in Books, Posts

To be honest, I never expected Selby–now 74–to produce another novel after what he went through with that one. And when one did appear, I opened it without expecting very much–but he surprised me. No, it doesn’t have the savagery, the complexity or the deep understanding of sheer human depravity we saw in Last Exit
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Tosches’ In the Hand of Dante

Written by None - Do not Delete on September 10, 2002. Posted in Books, Posts

I know I sound like an alarmist. The dialectical mutations of each phase of the attacks and their aftermath came so rapidly that every successive generation lasted half as long as its predecessor. Mourning by the end of the day, dirty jokes by the end of the week. Newspaper headlines contracted from banner size before
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A Cometbus Omnibus

Written by None - Do not Delete on September 3, 2002. Posted in Books, Posts

Gradually, the zine (and the lettering) grew into a more reader-friendly size. The record/band/interview punk-rock zine formula was abandoned. Aaron and his contributors started writing about neglected subjects like hanging out, eating sugar-laden cereals and drinking large amounts of coffee. The revolving title settled down on Cometbus. And Cometbus became something special. Other zines have
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Nepotism Runs Amok

Written by Marty Beckerman on July 16, 2002. Posted in Books, Posts

All [Chris] could think about is what it would be like to fuck Sara Ludlow and not just hook up with some drunk girl at one of his parties, like is happening in a different room on the third floor where a girl they both know named Jessica is making out with a guy from
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