Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (shortened to just Someone  from here on out) is the first fiction by Cory Doctorow that I have read. It is a bizarre story about a man who is often called Alan, though that’s not his name, who is the son of a mountain and washing machine. If that sounds odd to you, that’s ok, it is odd. And that’s only the beginning. In fact, Cory himself calls the book his “weirdest book by far“. It also, however, is a lot of fun.

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I’ve been on a bit of a horror kick lately. The Ward caught my eye, mostly because it’s from John Carpenter. I enjoy most of his work, and he’s one of my go-to directors for a good scare. It is also set in North Bend, Oregon, and I have a major soft spot for movies set in my home state, especially obscure little towns like North Bend. With those two things going for it, I couldn’t resist. Continued…

I just finished reading “Burn” by James Patrick Kelly. He’s apparently a fairly well known Sci-Fi author, but I’m not familiar with his work. It’s a quick read since it’s fairly short, a novella really rather than a novel. It follows Spur, a firefighter living on the idyllic planet Walden. Continued…

So, I watched “Red State” last night, Kevin Smith’s latest work. It came up in the “horror” genre on Netflix. Based on the cover and the synopsis, that made sense. I generally keep myself willfully ignorant of movies before watching them, so I went into it fairly cold with only this tiny bit of information to guide me. Being both a horror and Kevin Smith fan I gave it a go. It’s not at all what I expected. “Horrific”, yes. “Horror”, no. Continued…