Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
I'd never heard of him until I stumbled onto A Dirty Job in the audiobooks at the library. It was pretty fuckin' funny. Anyone read his stuff?
Practical Demonkeeping (1992) Coyote Blue (1994) Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story (1995) Island of the Sequined Love Nun (1997) The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (1999) Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (2002) Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (2003) The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (2004) The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, v. 2.0 (2005) A Dirty Job (2006) You Suck: A Love Story (2007)
_________________ "Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest." - e.v.
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I've only read Lamb and Blood Sucking Fiends. The latter is rough and you can tell he was a new writer. Lamb, however, was hilarious. The mental image of a zen kung foo Jesus is a good one.
Did he read the book for audio? I may check out his recent stuff for a road trip coming up.
I read "Island..." It was pretty entertaining, but i never really got around to picking up any of his other stuff. make of that what you shall.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
patrick wrote:
Did he read the book for audio? I may check out his recent stuff for a road trip coming up.
No, it was read by Fisher Stevens, but he did an excellent job. I'm sure the naration was responsible for 80% of my enjoyment.
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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:17 pm Posts: 13551 Location: is a jerk in wyoming Gender: Female
I like this guy. I've read Coyote Blue which I thought was very funny, Bloodsucking Fiends also good, and Practical Demonkeeping, which I liked but not as much.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
Finished Lamb. Meh.
Finished Bloodsucking Fiends. Loved it!
Now I've started Coyote Blue.
_________________ "Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest." - e.v.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
I didn't care for Coyote Blue. It wasn't bad.
I just finished You Suck, and I didn't like the ending at all! I DID like Jared and Abby Normal.
_________________ "Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest." - e.v.
oddly enough, I just read Lamb last month. the first 2/3 or so were great. i wish the irreverent tone would have continued through to the end.
_________________ i was dreaming through the howzlife yawning car black when she told me "mad and meaningless as ever" and a song came on my radio like a cemetery rhyme for a million crying corpses in their tragedy of respectable existence
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