Books :: Reviews

William Gibson

By Jesse Jarnow at 12:00 AM on August 15, 2007

Spook Country
"See-bare-espace... it is everting," William Gibson speaks... read more

Dan LeRoy

By Roger Cunard at 12:00 AM on August 15, 2007

The Greatest Music Never Sold
Be glad music writer Dan LeRoy's The Greatest Music Never Sold didn't befall the same fate as the unreleased albums it covers... read more

Chris Epting

By Charles McNair at 12:00 AM on July 26, 2007

Led Zeppelin Crashed Here: The Rock and Roll Landmarks of North America
It’s a great book idea, the kind that flares to life after eight PBRs... read more

Brad Land

By Charles McNair at 12:00 AM on July 26, 2007

Pilgrims Upon The Earth: A Novel
Holden Caulfield was a whining pussy... read more

Karen Abbott

By Candice Dyer at 12:00 AM on July 26, 2007

Sin in the Second City
Ada and Minna Everleigh, the Victorian sisters behind the expression "get laid"... read more

Aurelia C. Scott

By Dawn Eagle at 12:00 AM on July 26, 2007

Otherwise Normal People, Inside the Thorny World of Competitive Rose Gardening
Can perfection be improved? Ask... read more

Paul Hegarty

By Brian Howe at 12:00 AM on July 17, 2007

Noise/Music: A History
From Boyd Rice to Wolf Eyes, sounds that are—by traditional definitions—unmusical have irrevocably entered the modern musical vocabulary... read more

Kyle Anderson

By Brian Howe at 12:00 AM on July 17, 2007

Accidental Revolution: The Story of Grunge
And so in 2007 I find myself thinking about the genre known as “grunge” more than any sane person rightly should... read more

Tim Flannery

By Megan Byrd at 12:00 AM on July 17, 2007

Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Creature
Boys can always be divided into two categories: those who throw rocks (the popular majority) and those who collect them (the inevitable outcasts)... read more

Irini Spanidou

By Desa Philadelphia at 12:00 AM on July 17, 2007

Before
Beatrice has what it takes to be one of those... read more

Daniel Wallace

By Sidney Thompson at 12:00 AM on July 3, 2007

Mr. Sebastian and The Negro Magician
Mythmaker Daniel Wallace—of Big Fish notoriety—serves up his strangest brew yet with this folksy, hyper-told novel... read more

Joan Druett

By H. M. Starkey at 12:00 AM on July 3, 2007

Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
Chaos creates brave men and whimpering creatures, and award-winning writer Joan Druett describes both in the captivating true ordeals of... read more

Billy Bragg

By Justin Hopper at 12:00 AM on June 27, 2007

The Progressive Patriot: A Search for Belonging
Billy Bragg's notion of "Englishness" has taken quite a beating lately... read more

Justin Taylor (Ed.)

By Jonathan Hershey at 12:00 AM on June 27, 2007

The Apocalypse Reader
The end of days arrives in 34 flavors in this collection of doomsday stories... read more

Steven Hall

By Veronique de Turenne at 12:00 AM on June 27, 2007

The Raw Shark Texts
Before you even crack open British author Steven Hall's wildly inventive and occasionally uneven first novel, you've got to... read more