The Giant Mechanical Man (and why genre categorization matters)

Last Friday night, I went to see The Giant Mechanical Man, an indie movie with limited release. It happened to have been filmed in Detroit, and I happened to be in the Detroit-area for the weekend, so not only did I get to see it in theaters, but also did I get to meet the writer/director, … Continue reading »

Redundancy in The Sirens of Titan

I recently finished The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. The other Vonnegut book I’ve read, Mother Night, was excellent, but this one left me wanting. My big problem: he didn’t trust the reader to get what he was saying, so he pounded us over the head with details we’d already picked up on. Let … Continue reading »