The good parts are great
4 stars
Music albums and short story collections should have some items that don't work. If they don't then the artist isn't reaching enough.
That said, I won't remark further on the stories that were unremarkable. You can read his finest short piece where it was first published---on Craigslist: www.craigslist.org/about/best/nyc/3985247459.html [Bonus for me: I was on the Q train when I first read it.]
The longer stories that worked best were the ones that were BoJack-ish, with an absurd world where little comic surprises happen. More of the You that You Already Are is primarily set in a theme park, where you can already picture a BoJack or SImpson's episode happening, and the author gets real comic and emotional depth out of it. If your copy is due back at the library soon, skip to this one. We men of science also invented a new world, and throws in a few poignant …
Music albums and short story collections should have some items that don't work. If they don't then the artist isn't reaching enough.
That said, I won't remark further on the stories that were unremarkable. You can read his finest short piece where it was first published---on Craigslist: www.craigslist.org/about/best/nyc/3985247459.html [Bonus for me: I was on the Q train when I first read it.]
The longer stories that worked best were the ones that were BoJack-ish, with an absurd world where little comic surprises happen. More of the You that You Already Are is primarily set in a theme park, where you can already picture a BoJack or SImpson's episode happening, and the author gets real comic and emotional depth out of it. If your copy is due back at the library soon, skip to this one. We men of science also invented a new world, and throws in a few poignant bonus lines. "The opposite of silence is silence." I'll slot A most auspicious occasion here at #3, parodying wedding planning, which often parodies itself anyway.
