,
Michael Libling

year in books

Michael Libling’s Followers (14)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Steph Zee
14,805 books | 768 friends

Doc Bul...
1,293 books | 5 friends

Ally
711 books | 16 friends

Mitch R...
434 books | 24 friends

William...
1,540 books | 112 friends

Gabriel...
49 books | 21 friends

Anita
52 books | 41 friends

Ian Rogers
920 books | 532 friends


Michael Libling

Goodreads Author


Born
Canada
Website

Twitter

Genre

Influences
Kurt Vonnegut, Mordecai Richler, Clark Blaise, Robert Silverberg, Barr ...more

Member Since
March 2014

URL


Michael Libling is a writer, a former talk-radio host (CJAD Montreal), and a 2015 nominee for the World Fantasy Award.

Michael's latest novel—THE SERIAL KILLER'S SON TAKES A WIFE—is a quirky horror-thriller. Available as of September 5, 2023, it will be published by Kevin J. Anderson's innovative WordFire Press. His debut novel, HOLLYWOOD NORTH: A NOVEL IN SIX REELS (originally from ChiZine, currently from Open Road Media), is available from all the usual suspects. A coming-of-age, genre-defying novel, the story is rooted in Trenton, Ontario, Canada’s little-known silent moviemaking past and features a wealth of vintage pop culture trivia—movies, TV, books, comic books, and more.

Character-driven, with recurrent strains of dark humor, Micha
...more

To ask Michael Libling questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

Michael Libling 1. I read.

2. I retype the last couple of paragraphs from the work-in-progress and, with any luck, I flow from there.

3. I write. Anything. Until someth…more
1. I read.

2. I retype the last couple of paragraphs from the work-in-progress and, with any luck, I flow from there.

3. I write. Anything. Until something clicks.(less)
Michael Libling Don't talk about writing, just write. And do not talk about whatever it is you're working on. Keep it inside of you until it's done. This will not onl…moreDon't talk about writing, just write. And do not talk about whatever it is you're working on. Keep it inside of you until it's done. This will not only prevent your becoming bored with the project, it will motivate you to complete the story in order to finally have someone read it and, by extension, give you license to talk about it.(less)
Average rating: 3.75 · 756 ratings · 177 reviews · 28 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Year's Best Fantasy and...

by
3.99 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Year's Best Fantasy and...

by
3.91 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Hollywood North: A Novel in...

3.99 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Welcome to Dystopia: 45 Vis...

by
3.40 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Magazine of Fantasy & S...

by
3.96 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Serial Killer's Son Tak...

4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
fantasy & science fiction, ...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
Asimov's Science Fiction, S...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Magazine of Fantasy and...

by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Magazine of Fantasy & Scien...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Michael Libling…
Genius & Anxiety:...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 

Michael’s Recent Updates

Michael is currently reading
Genius & Anxiety by Norman Lebrecht
Rate this book
Clear rating
Genocide Bad by Sim Kern
"I hadn’t heard of Sim Kern before finding this book. I’m guessing most of the people who read Genocide Bad discovered it through the author’s pro-Palestine Tiktoks. But I went in blind, and I’d describe what I just read as a tweet stretched out to th" Read more of this review »
Michael rated a book it was amazing
When Caesar Was King by David Margolick
Rate this book
Clear rating
Hollywood North by Michael Libling
"Several reviewers compare this to Stand By Me; however, the early part is more similar to Bradbury's Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes. The latter parts echo Grady Hendrix's Southern Gothic novels.

Those comparisons are probably the b" Read more of this review »
Michael is currently reading
When Caesar Was King by David Margolick
Rate this book
Clear rating
Asimov's Science Fiction, May/June 2026 by Sheila Williams
"A. M. Dellamonica kicks off things with “Failed Attempts At Predation”, where Sedge is in charge of a heavy metal reclamation project in the wilderness. He is hampered by an injured pilot, an overzealous android and a recuperating three-legged bobcat" Read more of this review »
Michael rated a book it was amazing
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Margo's Got Money Troubles
by Rufi Thorpe (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
I am hardly the target audience for this book or, for that matter, any of Rufi Thorpe’s novels. But I had started watching the Apple TV series and was curious to see how faithful the adaptation was to the novel. In addition, my wife and three daughte ...more
Michael rated a book it was amazing
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Margo's Got Money Troubles
by Rufi Thorpe (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
I am hardly the target audience for this book or, for that matter, any of Rufi Thorpe’s novels. But I had started watching the Apple TV series and was curious to see how faithful the adaptation was to the novel. In addition, my wife and three daughte ...more
Michael did not finish
Death Will Have Your Eyes by James Sallis
Rate this book
Clear rating
Michael rated a book it was amazing
Nothing Random by Gayle Feldman
Rate this book
Clear rating
Insightful. Inspiring. Affecting. With an underlying wistfulness for a time and place now largely forgotten along, no doubt, with Bennett Cerf himself....

This meticulously researched and detailed biography is a must-read for writers, readers, or any
...more
More of Michael's books…
Quotes by Michael Libling  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“The life we are given is complicated enough, dear, without the added strain of preparing for the next.”
Michael Libling, Hollywood North: A Novel in Six Reels

“The wide world is full of likable people who get kicked in the stomach regularly. They’re disaster-prone. Something goes wrong. The sky starts falling on their head. And you can’t reverse the process.”
John D. MacDonald, The Deep Blue Good-By

“Writing is something I do everyday. If I waited for inspiration, I’d never get anything done.”
Lawrence C. Connolly

21094 Norwescon — 112 members — last activity Nov 10, 2022 12:54PM
NOTE: The official Norwescon book club is now a Facebook group. This group will be kept active as a "legacy" group for those who use Goodreads and who ...more
No comments have been added yet.