AltWeeklies Wire
Ten Picture Books for Tree-bound Totsnew
Given that there's no new Wii this season, you may just have to suck it up and give some picture books to the preschooler in your life.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
12-10-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
Idealism Fades Away in 'Bottle Rocket Hearts'new
The Toronto grrrl-poet's first novel is brief, charming, and suggestive, but it lacks a shape.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
07-13-2007 |
Fiction
'DMZ' Follow-up Even Darker Than Firstnew
America is split between a hair-trigger authoritarian government and the secessionist Free States Army, with the island of Manhattan the no man's land of the title.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
07-06-2007 |
Fiction
War is Hellnew
Moody's collection of three novellas speaks to war obliquely and directly all at once.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
07-06-2007 |
Fiction
The Finest Wheelchair-basketball Novel Out This Seasonnew
It's also one of the finest Canadian first novels I've read in ages.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
07-06-2007 |
Fiction
'After Dark': Filled With Dreamy Fatalismnew
Murakami's stories blur edges between characters and realities.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
06-01-2007 |
Fiction
Novel of Alaskan Wilderness Stunningly Originalnew
Here is a first novel of such pristine talent and originality, it's unlikely you'll find its match anytime soon.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
07-30-2004 |
Fiction
Russian Mystery Novelist Inherits Agatha Christie's Mantlenew
In homage to the locked-room mysteries of Agatha Christie, Akunin sends Fandorin to sea aboard the luxury passenger liner Leviathan (Southampton to Cairo) in the company of a murderer and thief, but which of his nine fellow passengers detained in the Windsor salon could it be?
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
07-30-2004 |
Fiction
Sci-Fi Author/Marine Biologist Nears End of Undersea Trilogynew
ßehemoth: ß-Max is perhaps the oddest piece of science fiction I've ever read.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
07-30-2004 |
Fiction
