…instead of a heart-numbing meditation on the difference between being a person and being a process.
‘course, when you think about it, this movie—even in its great compression and tongue-in-cheekiness—meditates on the very same thing, albeit shallowly (Hell, 2.5 minutes can only permit one to dive so deep, right?)
That said, Koja’s The Cipher (originally titled “The Funhole,” if that ain’t foreboding) is an awesome, awesome book, a must-read in the canon of Detroit literature.
For reals, I’m sorta disappointed in you, Aaron.
Also, sorta dissapointed in me.
*sighs*
Yes, it’s a really straightforward one-gag SF sort of story executed in a “lit fic” mode (i.e., “white-people magical realism”)—but it is really completely, pleasingly executed. Consider it the short-film equivalent of that $7 cup of coffee that you’re pleasantly surprised to discover really is worth $7.
(Also, I just love Martin Starr. Y’all reckon he’s related to Ringo Starr or Kenneth Starr?)
Leonard in Slow Motion from Peter Livolsi on Vimeo.
This is worth it just for the Waldrop and Link, which you can get for as little as a buck! Howard Who? and Stranger Things Happen are great collections.
Humble Book Bundle: Super Nebula Author Showcase Book Bundle
This is wonderful. At first you’re going to think it’s science fiction, but it’s not science fiction; it is horror. And, in many ways, is it now.
“The Sound of” by Charles Payseur 
I finally got my butt in gear and put together a tidy lil clearinghouse of my free-to-read science fiction and horror available online. Check it out!
FREE READS: Science fiction and horror by David Erik Nelson
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Read the novelette Tribble-inventor David Gerrold called “a very disturbing story”—for FREE!
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Read the tale that David Gerrold (the guy who invented Tribbles!) called “a very disturbing story”!
In “The Traveling Salesman Solution” a wheelchair-bound veteran of the “War on Terror”—now working in the IT department of a Big Ten university—starts investigating suspicious marathon results, and ends up face-to-face with an absolutely chilling mathematical conundrum.