Marc Laidlaw Hits the Donkey’s Behind With a Belt
Boing Boing often has interesting guestbar bloggers, but I’ve been particularly delighted by Marc Laidlaw’s recent tenure there. When he was first announced, I thought his name sounded familiar, and it was–he’s the writer for Half-Life, as well as the author of The Third Force, a novel which was much better than the game it was based on.
So far, he’s name-checked PaRappa, betrayed his obsession with Shoggoth and Daguerreotypes, and pointed me to a bunch of great sci-fi, like George Saunders.
I had actually read and enjoyed Jon before, but one of Marc’s entries pointed me to Sea Oak and My Flamboyant Grandson as well. Saunders’s dystopic hyper-suburban tales, delivered in a rambling, valley-girlish voice, are at the same time funny, horrifying, and touching.