Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole My rating: 3 of 5 stars Published pseudonymously in 1764 by an English politician, The Castle of Otranto is usually praised as the … Continue reading
Grant Morrison, The Invisibles
The Invisibles by Grant Morrison My rating: 4 of 5 stars This will be a pitch. You should read The Invisibles. Certainly those of you who have been reading some … Continue reading
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle My rating: 3 of 5 stars Today, in honor of Halloween, the Paris Review is running an 1872 epistolary exchange between … Continue reading
H. P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft My rating: 4 of 5 stars Having read The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, what choice did I have in this Halloween … Continue reading
Edgar Allan Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe My rating: 3 of 5 stars Calm block fallen down here from some dark disaster —Stéphane Mallarmé, “The … Continue reading
Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham, Nameless
Nameless by Grant Morrison My rating: 3 of 5 stars But did Grant Morrison deserve my bitchy crack about Coldplay toward the end of my review of Greg Carpenter’s British … Continue reading
Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read on the occasion of Halloween. I enjoyed Bradbury in my youth and surprisingly loved his … Continue reading
