trevor (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} entropyman) wrote,@ 2008-08-26 18:41:00 |
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wonderment mixed with horror
Wow. Just wow.
I just finished Warren Ellis' Crooked Little Vein. You should go read this book. It's basically a Dashiell Hammett-esque detective novel, only a lot stranger and more disturbing and funnier. (This book is probably not for the faint of heart or easily disturbed, so if strange sexual practices bother you, go read the Reader's Digest instead.) His writing reminds me of Hunter S. Thompson and Mark Leyner, only whereas Leyner's outrageousness is all invented, Ellis' comes straight out of real life and off the web.
So it's kind of a strange ride, but it's well worth it.
And if you want to watch his research for material in action, "Daily trawling of the world for signs of the apocalypse continues at warrenellis.com".
Wow. Just wow.
I just finished Warren Ellis' Crooked Little Vein. You should go read this book. It's basically a Dashiell Hammett-esque detective novel, only a lot stranger and more disturbing and funnier. (This book is probably not for the faint of heart or easily disturbed, so if strange sexual practices bother you, go read the Reader's Digest instead.) His writing reminds me of Hunter S. Thompson and Mark Leyner, only whereas Leyner's outrageousness is all invented, Ellis' comes straight out of real life and off the web.
So it's kind of a strange ride, but it's well worth it.
And if you want to watch his research for material in action, "Daily trawling of the world for signs of the apocalypse continues at warrenellis.com".
