Liberation = Genius?
Jeff VanderMeer • June 14th, 2008 @ 6:15 pm • Uncategorized
Thus far, this…
…is a bit like reading some kind of updated V-era Pynchon or the best of John Calvin Batchelor, but with Slattery’s own unique perspective and approach. Really great stuff.
June 14, 2008 at 8:37 pm
I loved Spaceman Blues, so I’m really looking forward to reading Liberation, especially now that you’ve spoken of it in such glowing terms.
June 14, 2008 at 9:32 pm
this seems like a huge leap forward from the first novel
June 14, 2008 at 10:57 pm
New Slattery? How did I not know about this? I am sooo excited now – I loved “Spaceman Blues.”
June 15, 2008 at 7:29 am
[...] by Matt Staggs on June 15, 2008 Jeff VanderMeer over at Ecstatic Days has managed to get his hands on an Advance Reader’s Copy of Brian Francis Slattery’s [...]
June 15, 2008 at 8:32 am
I’m sending off a request for a review copy of this, as I did enjoy his first novel. I’ll try not to think it’s that great, but hell, I’m excited nonetheless!
June 15, 2008 at 8:54 am
Well, it could distintegrate later on. But these first pages just blew me away.
June 15, 2008 at 10:47 am
True, it could. And doubtless I’ll find other really enjoyable reads soon afterwards, but it is a book I want to read and so I shall enjoy the moment until it has passed.