Monthly Archives: September 2016
Zombies, Pre-teen Millionaires, and The Orange Priest of Orcus
Posted on September 20, 2016 Leave a Comment
By Dan Bjork I absolutely plowed through M.R. Carey’s The Girl with all the Gifts, giddily even. I read on the subway, I read while my wife watched the Chilean version of Access Hollywood, I read at work while a high school freshman bickered with his mother about whether an hour was enough time to get […]
It’s Cold In Here
Posted on September 19, 2016 Leave a Comment
By Ryan Joe Note: This week, we were supposed to read half of Zero K, but I ended up powering through the whole thing. So needless to say, there are end-of-the-book spoilers. I have never entirely figured out how to read Don DeLillo – a writer I admire but don’t really enjoy. I haven’t read […]
Book 2: ‘Zero K’ by Don DeLillo
Posted on September 14, 2016 2 Comments
For the next two weeks, Football Book Club will be reading Zero K by Don DeLillo — and posting about M.R. Carey’s The Girl With all the Gifts. Chandler — who will doubtlessly have a lot to say about RGIII’s latest injury and how it will impact her beloved Browns — nominated Zero K for Football Book Club […]
The Hungry Games
Posted on September 12, 2016 1 Comment
By Chandler Klang Smith In an underground bunker, sometime in the near future, little Melanie is strapped into her chair and wheeled down the hall to class with her beloved teacher Miss Justineau, even though little Melanie can walk just fine. Little Melanie has lots of questions about her world, big questions, poignant questions, like: […]
Melanie, The Reluctant Zombie
Posted on September 12, 2016 1 Comment
By Ryan Joe Like cell phones, every zombie iteration requires some kind of new feature. The 2002 film 28 Days Later gave us zombies that sprint – which is now de rigueur. And the 2013 video game The Last of Us – likely haunted by a segment from the BBC’s Planet Earth – introduced the […]
Football Fever
Posted on September 7, 2016 Leave a Comment
by Chandler Klang Smith When I was in college, I was in the habit of going to the local big box retailer and purchasing entirely valueless items that amused me for one reason or another – that stood out as talismans of a mainstream America that, with my retreat into a liberal/creative/intellectual bubble of raucous […]
Football Book Club Is BACK
Posted on September 6, 2016 Leave a Comment
Autumn brings crispness to the air, pumpkin syrup shipments to coffee conglomerates, and fresh new TV commercials thanks to the start of the NFL season. It also brings the long-anticipated return of FOOTBALL BOOK CLUB. In which all members (except for Ryan, who is weak) abstain from watching professional football in favor of reading books. […]
Book 1: ‘The Girl With All the Gifts’
Posted on September 2, 2016 Leave a Comment
Much like Jay Cutler in Chicago, Football Book Club is back for another year — and you’re pretty much stuck with us. To kick things off, this week we’re reading M.R. Carey’s zombie horror novel The Girl With all the Gifts . Tired of zombies yet? Too bad, because Ryan Joe isn’t. He nominated The Girl With All the […]
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