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• The Platform directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

  By ericmbosarge on April 3, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  “This isn’t a good place for someone who likes books,” Gorent, the main character of the movie The Platform, directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, is told over and over after waking up in a uniquely structured prison that allows two prisoners… Read More ›

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• The Way of the Laser Pre-order

  By ericmbosarge on March 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Vernacular Books is proud to announce The Way of the Laser is now available for pre-order! Featuring 18 stories of futuristic fiction from Julie C. Day, Patrice Sarath, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Paul Jessup, Natania Barron, Jennifer Brozek, Katie Cord, Jamie… Read More ›

• Performative Empathy: Ari Aster’s Midsommar

  By ericmbosarge on March 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In Ari Aster’s nightmarish Midsommar, a group of graduate students travel to a remote Swedish community to study its unique religious beliefs. Eager to escape the tragedy of her parent’s murder/suicide perpetrated by her sister, Dani (Florence Pugh) asks her… Read More ›

• Interview: Barb Goffman, editor of Crime Travel

  By ericmbosarge on March 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  by Alison McMahan Barb Goffman is the powerhouse editor behind Crime Travel (Wildside Press, December 2019), an anthology of fifteen mystery stories that all involve traveling back and forth through time. Goffman is a former newspaper reporter, a veteran editor of the Chesapeake… Read More ›

• Archetypes and Prophecy in The Burning White by Brent Weeks

  By ericmbosarge on February 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Apparently, I love Brent Weeks. I don’t remember preordering The Burning White, but when it appeared in my eReader, I pushed aside any review copies I had lying around and started to escape. The final book in The lightbringer Series,… Read More ›

• Breaking: Ad Astra Exec Confirms Brad Pitt Cast as The Vampire Louis to Traverse Space

  By ericmbosarge on February 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Emilia Barrett  Speaking on condition of anonymity at a three martini breakfast, a former casting exec recalled the events leading to the studio’s pursuit of Brad Pitt for the role.  “It had such a boring inner monologue of a… Read More ›

• Skynet is gone. Legion has taken over.

  By ericmbosarge on January 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I have a lot of things in my head right now. I’m teaching books that aren’t easy to leave at the door: Maus, a book about the Holocaust, and The Things They Carried, which if you don’t know is one… Read More ›

• The Messiah in a Post-Truth World

  By ericmbosarge on January 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In times that seem so distant now, cultures shared experiences and truth. To imagine the Bible, Shakespeare, and fireside chats as universal reference points, or even the days in which there was truly such a thing as must-watch local network… Read More ›

• The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

  By ericmbosarge on January 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Megan Bosarge It’s a funny thing, dreaming. We can’t define what it is really. A state of heightened brain activity? A way of processing the events of the day? A side effect of too much spicy food before bed?… Read More ›

• The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay

  By ericmbosarge on January 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Lifelong fans of Nine Inch Nails know they have taste. Precious few other musicians from the grunge/industrial era of 90s music have had such staying power. To be fair, I shouldn’t even call Trent Reznor my favorite musician. He is… Read More ›