Fiction
- The Knight by Gene Wolfe
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
- Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
- The Presence of The Kingdom by Jacques Ellul
- A Sunlit Absence by Martin Laird
Re-Reading- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Fiction
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
- Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
- The Presence of The Kingdom by Jacques Ellul
- A Sunlit Absence by Martin Laird
Re-Reading- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Fiction
- The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
- My Life by Anton Chekhov
- Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
- The Presence of The Kingdom by Jacques Ellul
Re-Reading- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Fiction
- All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison
- The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
- Criminal, Volume 2: Lawless by Ed Brubaker
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- My Life by Anton Chekhov
- Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
Re-Reading- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Fiction
- The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- My Life by Anton Chekhov
- We The Animals by Justin Torres
- Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
Re-Reading- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Fiction
- The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- My Life by Anton Chekhov
- Northwest Corner by John Burnham Schwartz
- Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
Re-Reading- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Fiction
- The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
- The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- My Life by Anton Chekhov
- Northwest Corner by John Burnham Schwartz
- Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
Re-Reading- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Fiction
- The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
- The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- My Life by Anton Chekhov
- Northwest Corner by John Burnham Schwartz
- Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
- The Little Flowers of St. Francis by St. Francis of Assisi
Re-Reading- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
There was a moment, while reading Chuck Klosterman's newest novel, The Visible Man, when I had the rather disconcerting feeling that Klosterman was writing about me. As in, had somehow witnessed an evening of my life and then written about it. And it unnerved me. I had to take a moment to remind myself that this is what good writer's do, they write about a specific experience in such a way as to make it feel universal. Or vice versa. Klosterman tapped into something universal in such a specific way that even though it hadn't happened to me, it felt like it had.
Klosterman has written essays about this sort of thing before. How does it feel to be watched? How does it feel to watch? What do we risk when we let someone truly see us as we truly are and can such a thing even be done?
In The Visible Man, Klosterman writes about a man who has managed to make himself unseen to the naked eye, a man who has used this discovery in order to sit in on private spaces and observe people who are sure they are alone. But what Klosterman doesn't do (thankfully) is simply turn this into a creepfest (although it has its creepy moments, to be sure) where a seemingly mild-mannered Kevin Bacon suddenly starts murdering/raping everyone in sight. Instead, he deals with his subject with more subtlety, showing us why someone might do this sort of thing and who that someone might become. While the end result is still disturbing, it's also far more believable for such an unbelievable premise. What would it do to you to be one who watches? What would it do to those who discover that you're watching? In a culture that has all but given itself over to the voyeuristic nature of reality television, one that is obsessed with the idea of an audience; Klosterman's story is not only interesting and engaging, it's also straight up important. And funny. Klosterman's almost always funny.
A bad story forces you to think by thinly disguising diatribe as dialogue. A good story invites you to think, by simply setting the scene in a thoughtful way. Chuck Klosterman's The Visible Man is a good story and one that I highly recommend you read.
It is available in stores October of this year.
Here's the back cover synopsis on James S.A. Covey's new science-fiction adventure, Leviathan Wakes:
Humanity has colonized the solar system-Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt-but the stars are still out of reach. Ice haulers, mining rigs, and state of the art battleships clog the lanes from Earth to Jupiter. Tensions run high among the working class Belters and the elitist Earthers and militant Mars Navy.
Now, the discovery of one derelict ship will set off a chain of events that threatens the stability of the whole system. The dream of colonizing new stars is dying in the fires of war. Nothing less than the survival of the species is on the line-and only two men have the power to stop it.
Those two men are Captain James Holden and Detective Joe Miller, and Leviathan Wakes spends alternating chapters focused on their two stories. One reads like an episode of Firefly and the other like the best hard boiled noir. But it's when their stories intersect that the story goes into hyperdrive. Covey's story is full of rich characters, sharp dialogue, and all sorts of twists and turns. Its pace is perfect and moves seamlessly from scary to somber to funny and back. And, as the first in a series, it's great for sci-fi fans looking for the next big thing. Leviathan Wakes promises to be epic.
James Covey's Leviathan Wakes is available in paperback now.
Fiction
- The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
- The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
- Coward by Ed Brubaker
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- My Life by Anton Chekhov
- Northwest Corner by John Burnham Schwartz
- The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
- Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
- The Little Flowers of St. Francis by St. Francis of Assisi
Fiction
- The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
- Leviathan Wakes by James Corey
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- My Life by Anton Chekhov
- Northwest Corner by John Burnham Schwartz
- The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
- Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
- The Little Flowers of St. Francis by St. Francis of Assisi
Fiction
- The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
- Leviathan Wakes by James Corey
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- My Life by Anton Chekhov
- Northwest Corner by John Burnham Schwartz
- The Visible Man by Chuck Klosterman
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
- The Little Flowers of St. Francis by St. Francis of Assisi
Re-Reading
Fiction
- The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
- Leviathan Wakes by James Corey
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
- My Life by Anton Chekhov
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- Northwest Corner by John Burnham Schwartz
- The Visible Man by Chuck Klosterman
Theology- Karl Barth: Theologian of Freedom by Karl Barth (edited by Clifford Green)
- The Little Flowers of St. Francis by St. Francis of Assisi
Re-Reading
