what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{4.5/5} “It took maybe 30 seconds for word of Mary Clear and my impending union to cover the school ground like a suffocating fog. If only our fire drills were that organized.” Andy is in grade 8 in the 1960s — his favourite teacher is Mr. Simon. But then Mr. Simon pairs Andy with “Big […]
{4.5/5} “I specialized in jewellery — diamonds. You want the most value by the ounce when you’re rappelling down a 50-story casino in the middle of a hurricane.” Frank is getting a bit senile, so one day his son brings him a present — a robot, to help him around the house. At first he […]
{2.5/5} “Your eyes hurt.” Chris owes money that he can’t pay, to someone who will kill him. He learns that his mother, whom everyone hates, has a life insurance policy whose beneficiary is his sister Dottie. Chris hires Joe to kill his mother. Chris’s father Ansel, Ansel’s wife Sharla, and Dottie are all in on […]
{4.5/5} “Teresa remembered the DTI joke that all temporal investigations eventually led to the Enterprise. It was an exaggeration, and was meant to apply to all starships of that name, which tended to have a disproportionate involvement with temporal phenomena. But it mostly applied to the Federation’s first Enterprise, NCC-1701, whose captain — James Tiberius […]
{4/5} “You’re a jerk, jerk, jerk. But I like the sound of your voice.” Mercer’s mom has died so he decides to steal a car and go find his half brother so he can tell him. His half-brother is a bit of a drifter, though, so it might be tough to find him. But Mercer […]
{4/5} “At my age I’ve seen about all that life has to dish out. I know to separate the wheat from the chaff, let the small stuff fall away.” Alvin’s brother has suffered a stroke. Even though the two of them said unthinkable things to each other 10 years ago, he decides he needs to […]
{4.5/5} “But there are things you can do that nobody else can. Important things. Things that can mean the difference between life and death for a whole lot of people.” Clark Kent has been struggling with what to do with his life — his parents always wanted him to do what makes him happy. He’s […]
{4.5/5} “Dahl weaved through the trees, screaming for Q’eeng and Taylor. Some part of his brain wanted to know if he was running in the right direction; another part wanted to know why he wasn’t using his phone to contact Q’eeng. A third part reminded him that he had a pulse gun of his own, […]
{4/5} “There’s nothing wrong with being scared, Norman, so long as you don’t let it change who you are.” Norman can see and talk to dead people, and there are a bunch of them in his town. Of course, everyone else thinks he’s strange and makes fun of him because of this. He does manage […]
{4/5} “I don’t have delusions of grandeur, I have an actual recipe for grandeur.” Eddie has a book contract but he’s having trouble with the actual writing. His girlfriend has just dumped him, so he’s going to need to make some money. A chance encounter with his ex-brother-in-law leads him to try a new drug that […]