The End of the Beginning

I feel the urge to comment here today, the release-date of Pop Apocalypse, but I don’t have anything particularly original to say about the release of the novel. Obviously enough, I’m super-excited that the book is getting out there into the world, but I also feel pretty powerless to do anything to shape its reception. … Continue reading The End of the Beginning

Post-Pre-Swinocalypse

I had a great weekend at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. As promised, and thanks in large part to the expert moderation skills of Jim Ruland, my panel, “The Post-Modern World,” had almost nothing to do with postmodernism and everything to do with the End of the World. Which, I should mention, is … Continue reading Post-Pre-Swinocalypse

T-Minus One Week

With a little more than a week to go before POP APOCALYPSE is released into the world, I was pleased to read this thoughtful review of the novel by British science fiction writer Adam Roberts.  Adam writes:There’s a good deal of rattle and a certain amount of hum in this novel; rattle in the hailstorm … Continue reading T-Minus One Week