too bad he couldn't visit that old wizard of oz and get some good advice

Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Absorbing and very addictive. Every time I did read it I would generally devour 50-100pgs at a time. I liked the characters a lot, it seemed believable and well researched. Probably better to not read too many reviews before reading this... it would be very easy to drop a spoiler.



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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


There is so much more to this outstanding sci-fi novel than what the synopsis lets on. While there is in fact a war being fought front and center, and a fair amount of technicality and military lingo to the writing, neither of these things really define this book. It's Haldeman concepts and his characters. The concepts are huge and even in the year 2011 seem really quite evolutionary in how they would change the life we know if applied. I thought the characters on a whole were fantastic. Most of them are soldiers but they all have distinctive voices and feelings. Without giving away to many secrets, the ending was absolutely perfect and was incredibly touching.



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love sucks

Mad Max falls in love... then shit hits the fan.  I saw Evan Glodell's ferocious debut Bellflower yesterday in a nearly deserted theater. I have a feeling I lucked out, cause this film is about to blowup! This is easily the coolest independent film in... forever. Maybe since the 90's. Bellflower was made for a mere $17,000 with non-professional actors, and featuring the baddest car since Batman's Tumbler. If you get the chance to see it big, see it big, cause there's never been anything like it before.