Frank Vasquez > Recent Status Updates

I better hurry this up- the new Glen Cook came out today and will be waiting at my door when I get home.

starting reading Capital last night but I don't think I'm likely to share that as part of my permanent reading progress here. maybe.

Merwin is bae

this book was written by a dummy that thought his ghost had orifices but worse than that he was a fucking strikebreaker that probably shot live rounds at striking railway workers in Chicago. oink oink, you boring motherfucker.

I forgot what a slog the last half of this book becomes

not enough people talk about how this might be the great american novel if that category is judged based on: how enduring and timeless the story is and how the story is told, and how crushable like a fuckin' good six pack of beer it is. if it was not for my fucking desk job, i'd be done with this already i would be all work and no play makes frank a dull boy all work and no play makes frank a dull boy all work and no

Man, Watson was a tad on the homophobic end of the spectrum, huh?

Fun fact: I actually started to read this according to how Wolfe explains it should be read, but that was back in 2020. I subsequently lost track of the fact that I was reading it. A third of the way in, and I am okay with reading this without regard to the day of the year I am currently on.

I have been wanting to reread this for a few years now.

I’m so glad Brig tossed me this book to read ASAP because I just finished Control Resonant and I am already aching for more.

I need to win the lottery or land a publishing deal lavish enough to allow me to just read and write all of the time. I hated having to set this aside to walk in to work today.