For thousands of years all kinds of people have been crossing the Atlantic Ocean from the old countries to the new world. And more often than not, they took their gods with them. And as it turns out, America is not a good place for gods. The old people don’t need their old gods anymore,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: First Lines
First Lines: The River that Flows Uphill
A couple of years ago I struggled through Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum. Well, when I say struggled, I mean that it took me three months and that I didn’t enjoy the experience. And when I say that I didn’t enjoy the experience, I mean that in the end I fucking hated the fucking book. Since… Read more »
First Lines: Blockade Billy
Blockade Billy, Stephen King’s latest novella, is the story of William Blakely, the greatest Major League baseball player ever to be completely erased from the game’s history. It’s not a particularly special story, but it’s entertaining enough to keep you busy for an hour or two. In the edition I’ve read, the ‘chilling’ bonus story… Read more »
First Lines: The Road to Madness
The Road to Madness: The Transition of H.P. Lovecraft is, quite unexpected, another volume of stories by H.P. Lovecraft. This particular collection attempts to show his development as a writer, and does so by starting off with some inconsequential (and, frankly, mediocre) early tales, progressing past pretty awesome stories like Herbert West—Reanimator and The Festival… Read more »
First Lines: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
This is a story. it says in big golden letters on the back of Philip Pullman’s latest novel, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ. And true as that may be, I suspect a lot of people will still take offense to this ingenious and spellbinding retelling of the life of Jesus, … the… Read more »