Author: Alex Irvine
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Thought of the Day and Bad Astronomy
From David Mitchell, in the Guardian: “The media like nothing more than to be contrarian about their own manufactured consensus on which the paint is still not dry…” The best part is that he’s talking about a survey in which women are alleged to have professed a preference for guys who are a little bit…
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Pynchon Sells Out
Not really. At least, Inherent Vice isn’t any kind of sellout. I refer, of course, to the question of whether the great man himself broke his self-imposed silence by narrating this book trailer. I kind of hope he did. The book is pretty good, I think. It traces a lot of the same trajectories as…
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Comic Book Club
I regret and apologize for the lengthy hiatus. To get everyone back up to speed and encourage them to healthful activities tomorrow night, I will note that I am going to be the August 4 guest at the Comic Book Club at the Peoples Improv Theater in NYC, hosted by Alex Zalben, Justin Tyler, and…
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From Paris to San Diego…
I’ll have to post some pictures from Paris one of these days. Because I am a formidable genius, I forgot my camera’s USB cable so will have 17 days’ and 9 time zones’ worth of photos on it by the time I get home on the 31st. My Comic-Con schedule: Thursday 12:30 Crime, Usual and…
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Thursday SDCC Panel
This is what I’ll be up to on Thursday at Comic-Con: 12:30-1:30 Crime: Usual and Unusual— The heart of crime fiction is a crime committed against people or institutions—but the range of subgenres is diverse and fascinating. Panelists: Max Allan Collins (The Goliath Bone), Jeffrey J. Mariotte (Cold Black Hearts), Alexander Irvine (Buyout), Gregg Hurwitz…
Crooked House Fictions 