Writing about writing and reading
I always come back to good ol' Vlad, and this one keeps up the pattern of being awesome in unexpected ways. This book tells the story of Cincinnatus C. , a 30 year old teacher convicted of 'gnostical turpitude' and his experiences waiting around in a cell for his own execution. What struck me most …
Continue reading "Invitation to a Beheading, by Vladimir Nabokov"
Having recently read some great sci-fi for the first time in a couple years, I have some thoughts. I think my perspective has changed after the past few years of reading pretty much only literary classics. Coming back to science fiction after that, everything feels so transparent. I'm not sure if it's me, or just …
The first sci-fi I've read in a couple years, and I picked nothing but the best of the genre. Liu is an endless fountain of ideas, and although I was tricked into thinking this was a novel by the way they marketed the version I bought, I was not disappointed, and was constantly surprised and …
Can a book be a work of art? The answer is yes, and I've read it. The only way to read this novel is to do so the same way you might look at a painting. A painting captures a moment, a feeling, a tone, it brings thoughts to your mind and makes you wonder …
I have finally finished putting together this collection, and it is now available on Smashwords! As I was compiling what I feel are my best stories from the past few years, I noticed a lot of them had a similar theme of loss and grief, so that made tying them all together in a collection …
Jonas David 