Where did this come from? Just when you think you know a writer, they come from out of nowhere with a completely different book. I was electrified as Where did this come from? Just when you think you know a writer, they come from out of nowhere with a completely different book. I was electrified as I read it. We are completely inside this woman, with her every step of her way. We don't know what the world outside her head is really like, if her perceptions are accurate or deluded. All we can do is walk in her shoes, think her unusual thoughts, see what she sees or thinks she sees. This is NOT your usual horror. It's magically real with real horror along the way. It's also psychological, deeply understanding of what can happen to a mind when it's stretched to its breaking point. And this is a creative mind, a writer's mind, used to making things up. It's what she does for a living. So is she writing a story? Or living one? I love still asking these questions. No putting the book aside when you're done and forgetting about it. Once you've read it, you're stuck with it. Love that. More stars! (If I loved this, I wonder what her first book, China Blues, is like? Off to read that one.)...more
We make heroes, or at least icons, of the least deserving people. I knew Steve Jobs back when he was working in his own garage. He was an asshole thenWe make heroes, or at least icons, of the least deserving people. I knew Steve Jobs back when he was working in his own garage. He was an asshole then, and as the years passed, his asshole became as large as his reputation. Jobs created very little himself except a perception that he was a creator. What he actually did do was devastating to the American worker and perhaps even more devastating to the Chinese worker. He seemed to have no heart. Look at the list of the richest people in the world and how much each contributed to charity. Jobs? Absolute bottom. Amount? Zero. His only rival? Bill Gates. But Gates has some idea, like that idiot Bush, of leaving a better smell behind. So still being alive, he works mightily for his place in posterity. They're both first class assholes who stood on the backs of others. They're the Frank Zappa in their field. Pah....more
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