Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Looking for Jake

Looking for Jake (2005) by China Mieville

Some very creepy stories from one of my favorite authors.

Calling this "weird fiction" does not even come close to describing it.

The stories are:

Looking for Jake (having a hard time keeping track of your best friend?)
Foundation (buried enemy soldiers)
The Ball Room (the haunted IKEA store)
Reports of Certain Events in London (peripatetic roads)
Familiar (call up not lest it in turn call up against you)
Entry Taken from a Medical Encyclopedia (wormword)
Details (Lovecraftian tale of lurkers)
Go Between (secret messages in the bread)
Different Skies (a cautionary tale against installing random windows)
An End to Hunger (hackers beware)
'Tis the Season (trademarks interfere with holiday cheer)
Jack (Jack Half-a-Prayer is betrayed and avenged)
On the Way to the Front ( a comic book)
The Tain (fighting that last lost battle against reflections)

If you are adversely affected by disturbing fiction, maybe you should avoid this collection.

For the rest of us, definitely worth reading, more than once.

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