![]() ![]() 50s Sci-Fi: The Industrial Animations of John Suth.Microreview : The Black-Eyed Blonde by Benja.Is Amazon Engaging in Predatory Behavior?.Microreview : Half Way Home, by Hugh Howey.Microreview : The Killing Moon by N.K.Microreview: THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY OF.Microreview : Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto.POSTED BY: The G-purveyor of nerdliness, genre fanatic and Nerds of a "Enjoyable, but the flaws are hard to ignore." ![]() ![]() ![]() In other words, it's no True Detective.īonuses: +1 for Pizzolatto's gorgeous prose. It isn't that Galveston is bad-it's not at all it's that Galveston plays things a bit too safe. Unfortunately, Galveston often feels weighed down by reliance on the tropes of the genre-the tough-but-caring criminal, the hard case (yet vulnerable!) love interest, the innocent child, etc. And the book is beautifully written too-sharp, evocative and peppered with passages that are, quite simply, dazzling. The genius of Galveston is that Pizzolatto keeps us guessing as to which one Cady's story will turn out to be. With changing or improving that world (e.g. The dark and corrupt world seeks revenge against its agents, yet is unconcerned The Revenge Fantasy, in which a sociopathic product of ![]()
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