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Harlan Ellison's 'anthropomorphization of the city' & its 'denizens destined to destroy' various places with same seemed an overriding theme apparent in his earliest & mostly novel-length work. John Shirley does a completely compotent, if not altogether defiantly disconcerting approach to 'after-hours night life' as well as 'denigrated daydream daymares' when experienced by the two main protagonista of this novel.
Harlan Ellison's 'anthropomorphization of the city' & its 'denizens destined to destroy' various places with same seemed an overriding theme apparent in his earliest & mostly novel-length work. John Shirley does a completely compotent, if not altogether defiantly disconcerting approach to 'after-hours night life' as well as 'denigrated daydream daymares' when experienced by the two main protagonista of this novel.
A horse, hidden in Paris. A grandmother and her grandson. One free-spiriited raven, flying over and above and around (his four-legged animal friends) at will. Two Mallard ducks living on a pond going by the monnikers of Sid & Nancy (a nod to Sad Vicious of the Sex Pistols with his drug addled and chemically enabled girlfriend of his day, Nancy Spurgeon) One dog, and at least two human caretakers of the horse protagonist who utter not a single word of dialogue within the pages of this book.
A horse, hidden in Paris. A grandmother and her grandson. One free-spiriited raven, flying over and above and around (his four-legged animal friends) at will. Two Mallard ducks living on a pond going by the monnikers of Sid & Nancy (a nod to Sad Vicious of the Sex Pistols with his drug addled and chemically enabled girlfriend of his day, Nancy Spurgeon) One dog, and at least two human caretakers of the horse protagonist who utter not a single word of dialogue within the pages of this book.
So often at times, I'd wish I'd written these sentiments myself, but enough already! I'm placing this volume back on my bookshelf.
So often at times, I'd wish I'd written these sentiments myself, but enough already! I'm placing this volume back on my bookshelf.
Do you know the way to San Jose? With these essays about driving and being driven, it seems the author actually does, and so will you as you navigate those highways and byways of her extraordinary life whilst perusing, cruising, and otherwise reading and re-reading this book. Wonderful.
Do you know the way to San Jose? With these essays about driving and being driven, it seems the author actually does, and so will you as you navigate those highways and byways of her extraordinary life whilst perusing, cruising, and otherwise reading and re-reading this book. Wonderful.
Essays, with more than a side or two of peanuts, popcorn, peanut brittle and pumpernickel.
Essays, with more than a side or two of peanuts, popcorn, peanut brittle and pumpernickel.
