http://www.trashotron.com/agony The Agony Column Book Reviews, News and Commentary en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-17-13-podcast.htm#podcast061813extra "In crime, we're dealing with passions." Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-17-13-podcast.htm#podcast061813extra http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-17-13-news.htm#n061713 Transformative Immersion Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-17-13-news.htm#n061713 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-17-13-podcast.htm#podcast061713 "The culture of barbecue is highly Balkanized." Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-17-13-podcast.htm#podcast061713 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-10-13-podcast.htm#podcast061513update Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-10-13-podcast.htm#podcast061513update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-10-13-news.htm#n061113 A Quixotic Buying Guide Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-10-13-news.htm#n061113 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-10-13-podcast.htm#podcast061113 "These people deserve to be part of these stories." Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-10-13-podcast.htm#podcast061113 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-10-13-podcast.htm#podcast061013 "We all question ourselves from time to time." Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-10-13-podcast.htm#podcast061013 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-10-13-podcast.htm#podcast061013extra "...this entire debate can come down to sematics..." Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-10-13-podcast.htm#podcast061013extra http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-03-13-podcast.htm#podcast060813update We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-03-13-podcast.htm#podcast060813update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-03-13-podcast.htm#podcast060813 "My father was a psychologist." Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-03-13-podcast.htm#podcast060813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-03-13-news.htm#n060313 Vision and Revision Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-03-13-news.htm#n060313 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-03-13-podcast.htm#podcast060313 "I'm still in the war zone..." Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/06-03-13-podcast.htm#podcast060313 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-27-13-podcast.htm#podcast052913update Life After Life Wed, 29 May 2013 14:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-27-13-podcast.htm#podcast052913update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-27-13-news.htm#n052713 A Book Full of Novels Sun, 26 May 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-27-13-news.htm#n052713 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-27-13-podcast.htm#podcast052713 "I think you have to be willing to change your characters...and change them in profound ways." Sun, 26 May 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-27-13-podcast.htm#podcast052713 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-13-13-podcast.htm#podcast052213update The Wide Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies Wed, 22 May 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-13-13-podcast.htm#podcast052213update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-13-13-news.htm#n051313 Open Up and Say "Awe" Sun, 12 May 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-13-13-news.htm#n051313 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-13-13-podcast.htm#podcast051313 "I'd done a story on flatulence..." Sun, 12 May 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-13-13-podcast.htm#podcast051313 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-06-13-podcast.htm#podcast051213update Gulp. Sun, 12 May 2013 14:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-06-13-podcast.htm#podcast051213update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-06-13-news.htm#n050813 Darkness Blooms Wed, 08 May 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-06-13-news.htm#n050813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-06-13-podcast.htm#podcast050813 "...not that there's anything remotely Regency about evil robot monkeys..." Wed, 08 May 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-06-13-podcast.htm#podcast050813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-06-13-news.htm#n050613 Fighting for Life in the Too Much Information Age Sun, 05 May 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-06-13-news.htm#n050613 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-06-13-podcast.htm#podcast050613 "Ironically, confession is a little bit addictive." Sun, 05 May 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/05-06-13-podcast.htm#podcast050613 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-news.htm#n050213 The Truth Hurts Edition: 'Down the Up Escalator' by Barbara Garson, 'The Wolf and the Watchman' by Scott C. Johnson,'The Book of Woe' by Gary Greenberg, 'Confessions of a Sociopath' by M. E. Thomas Sat, 04 May 2013 09:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-news.htm#n050213 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-podcast.htm#podcast050413update Carry On, Warrior Sat, 04 May 2013 09:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-podcast.htm#podcast050413update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-podcast.htm#podcast050413 "I was thinking about what we fear right now." Sat, 04 May 2013 09:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-podcast.htm#podcast050413 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-news.htm#n050113 "...from the bizarre to the grotesque, from the baroque to the uncanny..." Wed, 01 May 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-news.htm#n050113 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-podcast.htm#podcast050113 "...those are the kind of people that don’t get work anymore..." Wed, 01 May 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-podcast.htm#podcast050113 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-news.htm#n042913 Subversive Cities of the Heart Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-news.htm#n042913 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-podcast.htm#podcast042913 "...people are hesitant to make their own building into a ruin..." Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-29-13-podcast.htm#podcast042913 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-22-13-podcast.htm#podcast042813update Hand Drying in America Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-22-13-podcast.htm#podcast042813update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-22-13-news.htm#n042713 A New World of Horror Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-22-13-news.htm#n042713 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-22-13-podcast.htm#podcast042713 "... basically, everyone is corrupt ..." Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-22-13-podcast.htm#podcast042713 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-22-13-news.htm#n042213 The Afterlife of Angels Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-22-13-news.htm#n042213 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-22-13-podcast.htm#podcast042213 "I wanted it to be accurate...absolutely accurate." Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-22-13-podcast.htm#podcast042213 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-15-13-podcast.htm#podcast042113update Angelopolis Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-15-13-podcast.htm#podcast042113update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-15-13-news.htm#n041713 Reach for the Recycling Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-15-13-news.htm#n041713 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-15-13-podcast.htm#podcast041713 "You cannot do this all day long." Sophie Littlefield Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-15-13-podcast.htm#podcast041713 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-15-13-news.htm#n041613 Lens of Language Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-15-13-news.htm#n041613 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-15-13-podcast.htm#podcast041613 "..knit a formal coherence by way of sound and rhythm..." Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-15-13-podcast.htm#podcast041613 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-08-13-podcast.htm#podcast041413update Scratch Pegasus Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-08-13-podcast.htm#podcast041413update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-08-13-news.htm#n040913 Hands All on Gretl Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-08-13-news.htm#n040913 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-08-13-podcast.htm#podcast040913 "I'm much more interested in the mental miasma..." Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-08-13-podcast.htm#podcast040913 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-08-13-news.htm#n040813 Reading is the Future Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-08-13-news.htm#n040813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-08-13-podcast.htm#podcast040813 "...through the act of writing, she would somehow conjure the reader into being..." Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-08-13-podcast.htm#podcast040813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-01-13-podcast.htm#podcast040713update A Tale for the Time Being Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-01-13-podcast.htm#podcast040713update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast040613update Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast040613update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-01-13-news.htm#n040313 Gothic Girl Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-01-13-news.htm#n040313 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-01-13-podcast.htm#podcast040413 'A Tale for the Time Being' by Ruth Ozeki, 'Odds Against Tomorrow' by Nathaniel Rich and 'Pandemonium' by Warren Fahy Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-01-13-podcast.htm#podcast040413 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-01-13-news.htm#n040213 Need to Know Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-01-13-news.htm#n040213 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-01-13-podcast.htm#podcast040213 "...without intention or recognition, we're playing important roles in the lives of other people..." Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/04-01-13-podcast.htm#podcast040213 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast040113update Traps Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast040113update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-25-13-news.htm#n032813 A Story of Poems Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-25-13-news.htm#n032813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast032813 "...a lot of my work in the first draft looks like prose..." Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast032813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-25-13-news.htm#n032513 Backdated Dystopia Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-25-13-news.htm#n032513 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast032513 "...the great thing about dystopia is that you get to wear down the world ..." Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast032513 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-news.htm#n032413 Nathaniel Rich, 'Odds Against Tomorrow' ; Benjamin Percy, 'Red Moon' Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-news.htm#n032413 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast032413update Wool Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast032413update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-podcast.htm#podcast031013update Vampires in the Lemon Grove Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-podcast.htm#podcast031013update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-news.htm#n032113 The Story Where We Live Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-news.htm#n032113 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast032113 "I spent a long time reducing the craziness factor..." Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast032113 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast032113a First Books for NPR Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast032113a http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-news.htm#n031813 The World According to Pulp Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-news.htm#n031813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast031813 "...there's a psychic wound that couldn't heal..." Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast031813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-11-13-news.htm#n031413 Genre Fiction, Straight Up, No Chaser; David Walton 'Quintessence' ; Hugh Howey 'Wool' ; Helen Grant 'The Sea Change' Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-11-13-news.htm#n031413 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast031413 "These characters are called beaters..." Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast031413 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-11-13-news.htm#n031113 Monsters and Mirrors Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-11-13-news.htm#n031113 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast031113 "...we've made these strange mirrors...." Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast031113 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-news.htm#n031013 Futures of Days Passed Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:00:00 PDT http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-news.htm#n031013 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-news.htm#n030713 A Happy Trifecta; Monte Reel 'Between Man and Beast,' Seth Patrick, 'Reviver' and Dan Simmons, 'The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz' Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-news.htm#n030713 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-podcast.htm#podcast030713 Gene Kerrigan, 'Rage' ; Stephen Dobyns, 'The Burn Palace' ; Yoko Ogawa, 'Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales' Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-podcast.htm#podcast030713 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-news.htm#n030413 Have Fangs, Will Travel Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-news.htm#n030413 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-podcast.htm#podcast030413 "When I was a kid, I remember reading a book, and when it ended, it was sad to me..." Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/03-04-13-podcast.htm#podcast030413 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast030213update I Travel By Night Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast030213update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-news.htm#n022813 Genre-Go-Round: Reggie Oliver, Simon Rich, Karen Russell and Steven Gould Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-news.htm#n022813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast022813 "...it came out of what-if..." Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast022813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-news.htm#n022613 Life in the Afterdeath Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-news.htm#n022613 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast022613 "...we'd have to change ourselves..." Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast022613 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-news.htm#n022513 News into Story Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-news.htm#n022513 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast022513 "..he would shell somebody with one hand and then embrace them with the other..." Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-25-13-podcast.htm#podcast022513 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-news.htm#n022213 The Deep Range Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-news.htm#n022213 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast022213update The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast022213update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-news.htm#n022113 Cross Worlds Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-news.htm#n022113 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast022113 "We're hoping for a streamlined procedure..." Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast022113 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-news.htm#n021913 Beyond Adaptation Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-news.htm#n021913 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast021913 "We're looking at the shape of the text on the page..."-Amy Kossow Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast021913 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-news.htm#n021813 The Farce is Strong Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-news.htm#n021813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast021813 "Where's the beef, Mr. Lama?" Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-18-13-podcast.htm#podcast021813 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast021513update Insane City Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast021513update http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-11-13-news.htm#n021313 Alien Earth Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-11-13-news.htm#n021313 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast021313 "This full-disclosure thing would take some getting used to." Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast021313 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-11-13-news.htm#n021113 Eternal Youth Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-11-13-news.htm#n021113 http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast021113 "Student debt is the new sub-prime." Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:00:00 PST http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2013/02-11-13-podcast.htm#podcast021113