Dilbert: Season One
Synopsis: With his signature turned-up tie, round glasses and buzz cut, Dilbert is already a pop culture phenomenon, providing an irreverent reference point for workers everywhere. Developed and produced by […]
Category Archives: Literature
The Acme Novelty Library, Number 19
The Acme Novelty Library, Number 19, by Chris Ware 8.5 Wow! Yet another home run from Chris Ware! Although it’s not apparent at first, volume 19 is another book in […]
Double Indemnity (1973)
Synopsis: A TV remake of Billy Wilder’s film classic (1944) about a scheming wife who inveigles an insurance agent into helping her bump off her husband and of the dogged […]
Double Indemnity (1944)
Synopsis: Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray star in this gripping film noir from Academy Award-winning director Billy Wilder. A calculating wife encourages her wealthy husband to sign a double indemnity […]
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 6
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 6, by Philip K. Dick and Tony Parker 8.0 Nota bene: this is the final volume in the series and, thus, my blurb […]
Twice-Told Tales
Synopsis: A Terrifying Trilogy of Passion, Poison and Possession! It’s spine-tingling terror – in triplicate! “Virtuoso of horror” (Los Angeles Times) Vincent Price dials up the depravity in this spellbinding […]
Tales of Terror
Synopsis: This triple treat of terror is a three-episode “blood-dripping package that includes murder, necrophilia, dementia, live burials, open tombs, exhumation, resurrection, zombies and feline vengeance,” resulting in nothing less […]
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 5
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 5, by Philip K. Dick and Tony Parker 7.75 This particular volume of ‘Do Androids Dream…’, filled me with sadness. I’m not sure […]
Irredeemable, vol. 3
Irredeemable, vol. 3, by Mark Waid and Peter Krause 7.0 Well, that’s it: I’m officially bored with the series. The novelty has worn off and the story isn’t that engrossing […]
The Acme Novelty Library, Number 17
The Acme Novelty Library, Number 17, by Chris Ware 7.0 “IT IS A SECOND HALF of an already lengthy and interminable introduction to our recent ongoing “graphic novel” Rusty Brown […]
The Acme Novelty Library, Number 16
The Acme Novelty Library, Number 16, by Chris Ware 8.5 “Like the growing rings of a tiny hexagonal tree, billions of water molecules spin around and around, each finding the […]
Everything You Know About Love and Sex is Wrong
Everything You Know About Love and Sex is Wrong, by Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D 8.5 I know, I know… it’s a sociological advice book written by someone named “Pepper”. I, too, […]
Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22
Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22, by MariNaomi 8.0 I don’t even remember how I found this book. I suspect that it was suggested by a […]
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