Agony Column http://www.trashotron.com/agony The Agony Column Book Reviews, News and Commentary en-us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT Douglas Clegg Returns to 'Neverland' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-08-10-news.htm#n020910 Is 1980's Horror Returning from the Grave? Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-08-10-news.htm#n020910 A 2009 Interview with David Drake(2/2, 1-2/2) http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-08-10-podcast.htm#podcast020910 "I didn't have a governor ... that is ... anything, endgame, was me killing somebody." Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-08-10-podcast.htm#podcast020910 David Louis Edelman Completes Jump 225 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-08-10-news.htm#n020810 'Geosynchron' Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-08-10-news.htm#n020810 A 2009 Interview with David Drake (1/2) http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-08-10-podcast.htm#podcast020810 "I'm still screwed up, but not nearly as badly as I was." Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-08-10-podcast.htm#podcast020810 DC Pierson is 'The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-news.htm#n020510 The Insomnia Vibe Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-news.htm#n020510 Three(?) Books With Alan Cheuse http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-podcast.htm#podcast020510 Too Much Money, Dominick Dunne; The Privileges, Jonathan Dee; Adam Haslett, Union Atlantic; The Forty Rules of Love, Elif Shafak; Wild Child, T. C. Boyle Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-podcast.htm#podcast020510 David Grann and 'The Devil and Sherlock Holmes' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-news.htm#n020410 An Obsession with Obsession Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-news.htm#n020410 A 2010 Interview with Josh Sundquist http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-podcast.htm#podcast020410 "It was a really amazing testament to the power of small-town America and to the power of organized religion at its best." Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-podcast.htm#podcast020410 James Rollins Unleashes 'The Altar of Eden' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-news.htm#n020310 Monsters at the Zoo Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-news.htm#n020310 Remebering Kage Baker http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-podcast.htm#podcast020310 The View From Spyglass Park Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-podcast.htm#podcast020310 Michael Shea Hires 'The Extra' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-news.htm#n020210 The Last Job You Ever Have Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-news.htm#n020210 SF in SF, January 16, 2010 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-podcast.htm#podcast020210 A Panel Discussion with Terry Bisson, Jeff Carlson and Nancy Etchemendy Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-podcast.htm#podcast020210 'He Walked Among Us' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-news.htm#n020110 Cassandra, John Titor and Norman Spinrad Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-news.htm#n020110 A 2010 Interview with Charlie Huston http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-podcast.htm#podcast020110 "The prospect of things becoming deeply unhinged seemed very, very immediate" Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/02-01-10-podcast.htm#podcast020110 Henghis Hapthorn Meets 'Hespira' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-news.htm#n012910 Matthew Hughes Devolves the Universe Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-news.htm#n012910 A 2010 Interview with Jeff Brown http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-podcast.htm#podcast012910 "I reached the point where I was just kind of done with me." Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-podcast.htm#podcast012910 A Review of 'Sleepless' by Charlie Huston http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-news.htm#n012810 A Father Fears the Future Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-news.htm#n012810 Alan Beatts of Borderlands Books http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-podcast.htm#podcast012810 Opening the Borderlands Cafe and the iPad Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-podcast.htm#podcast012810 Glen Cook Walks the 'Shadowline' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-news.htm#n012710 Every Old (Science Fiction) Thing is New (Space Opera) Again Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-news.htm#n012710 An Interview with Jeff Carlson at SF in SF on January 16, 2010 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-podcast.htm#podcast012710 "The bad guys never consider themselves the bad guys" Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-podcast.htm#podcast012710 Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni Finds 'One Amazing Thing' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-news.htm#n012610 Trapping the Storytellers Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-news.htm#n012610 An Interview with Nancy Etchemendy at SF in SF on January 16, 2010 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-podcast.htm#podcast012610 "We told a lot of stories in the family." Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-podcast.htm#podcast012610 Elizabeth Bear and 'Bone and Jewel Creatures' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-news.htm#n012510 From Obscurity to Ubiquity Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-news.htm#n012510 A 2010 Interview with Jasper Fforde http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-podcast.htm#podcast012510 "Proper novelling for a change.." Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-25-10-podcast.htm#podcast012510 'Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter' by "A. E. Moorat" http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-news.htm#n012210 Trash-Litifying National Treasures Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-news.htm#n012210 Thomas Frank http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-podcast.htm#podcast012210 Bringing Back Glass-Steagall and the Price of Gold Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-podcast.htm#podcast012210 Keith Thompson is 'Once A Spy' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-news.htm#n012110 Father Knows Best Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-news.htm#n012110 SF in SF, January 16, 2010: Nancy Etchemendy http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-podcast.htm#podcast012110 Nancy Etchemendy Reads from "Honey in the Wound' Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-podcast.htm#podcast012110 Reading the Newspaper http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-news.htm#n012010 Why the San Francisco Chronicle Gets My Money Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-news.htm#n012010 SF in SF, January 16, 2010: Jeff Carlson http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-podcast.htm#podcast012010 Jeff Carlson Reads from 'Plague Year' Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-podcast.htm#podcast012010 Gene Wolfe Moves into 'The Sorcerer's House' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-news.htm#n011910 Magical Surrealism Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-news.htm#n011910 Three Books with Alan Cheuse http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-podcast.htm#podcast011910 Don Delillo: 'Point Omega,' Robert Stone: 'Fun With Problems,' Douglas Preston: 'Impact' Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-podcast.htm#podcast011910 George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois Bring On 'Warriors' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-news.htm#n011810 An Anthology Waiting to Happen Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-news.htm#n011810 A 2009 Interview with Graham Joyce http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-podcast.htm#podcast011810 "There is a battle between gravity and levity." Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-18-10-podcast.htm#podcast011810 Kentaro Kobayashi Unleashes 'Appetizer Rex' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-news.htm#n011510 Food + Beer Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-news.htm#n011510 James Scully Reads at Capitola Book Cafe http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-podcast.htm#podcast011510 "Line Break" Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-podcast.htm#podcast011510 Terry Dowling Sings of 'Amberjack' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-news.htm#n011410 Song Cycle and Short Stories Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-news.htm#n011410 Poetry Santa Cruz -- Adrienne Rich Reads Capitola Book Cafe http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-podcast.htm#podcast011410 Battery-Powered Adventures in PA Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-podcast.htm#podcast011410 The Fortean Times 257 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-news.htm#n011310 As Weird As Life Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-news.htm#n011310 Jeremy Lassen Looks to the Future http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-podcast.htm#podcast011310 Are We There Yet? Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-podcast.htm#podcast011310 Gary Paulsen Follows the 'Woods Runner' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-news.htm#n011210 Why YA Involves Adult Readers Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-news.htm#n011210 A 2010 Interview With Gary Paulsen http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-podcast.htm#podcast011210 Man in the Wilderness Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-podcast.htm#podcast011210 Michael Aronovitz Experiences 'Seven Deadly Pleasures' http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-news.htm#n011110 Leaving Sin Behind Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-news.htm#n011110 A 2009 Interview with S. T. Joshi http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-podcast.htm#podcast011110 "We were essentially academic outsiders" Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2010/01-11-10-podcast.htm#podcast011110