In an interesting plot twist the day after this post, 12 robots (and counting) have “reviewed” my book on the popular book site Reedsy Discovery. Many of them have the off-kilter feel of having been translated into another language and then back into English. Or the recursive dizziness of a review based on a review based on a review… I present these excerpts for your bemusement. We are doomed.

Ryan Mecum’s “Pinocchio’s Guide to the End of the World” is a distinctive and engrossing book that ...