Five Post-Apocalyptic Novels for Your Plaguetime Pleasure

Because these ain’t the endtimes yet: Not. Quite. Yet.

"...unlike my dear wife, I tend to not re-read books. But I’ve read Engine Summer more than twice. Hell,..."

April 13, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hairy Plotter and the Beer of the Apocalypse

Owen Egerton celebrates new book with new brew, live music ensues.

"...You might recall that Owen Egerton's first novel from..."

April 11, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Book Festival: 'Station Eleven'

Emily St. Mandel's apocalyptic novel reviewed

"...on "Aftermath and Armageddon." It features two authors whose books in that vein have received some very serious attention..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Bedside Manner: Before the Fall

Browsing the stacks

"...I had a pretty bad bookslide last night. Nothing as dramatic as the Alexander McCall..."

March 28, 2011 Books Post by Nick Barbaro

Bedside Manner: In Media Res

False starts, slow reads

"...Eyeballing the dozen books I have littered around my bed's perimeter, I'm startled..."

April 27, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

More Gore From Housecore Horror

New film fest adds more classics plus a locally lensed premiere

"...modern movie zombie, which has spawned legions of films, books, comics, and video games, generating billions of dollars. Night..."

Sept. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Kana Harris Reveals Her Vulcan Side

Live wire wax healer wants to sell you a record for your health

"...of moping around the house with my records and books. I felt like I was grounded on summer vacation...."

Oct. 21, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

'Bomb Shelter: or the Modern Pinocchio'

A refreshingly different after-the-bomb fable that gets at our impulse to create through a playful acting-out of 'Frankenstein'

"...on whether you had enough foresight to stock your post-apocalypse love nest with something other than basic provisions. In..."

June 27, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

10 in Focus

Alma

"...and vibrant colors). He's a renaissance man for the post-apocalypse generation, all fire and brimstone and goofy, nonsensical proverbs...."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...Clint Eastwood have each released screen adaptations of bestselling books -- John Grisham's The Rainmaker and Midnight in the..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blogging to Utopia

The new alternative press

"...with other forms of writing: "For one thing, writing books and magazine articles is a slow business. You have..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

The Penguin With the Pulitzer

Berkeley Breathed on putting Opus to bed and what comes next

"...opus now complete, he's concentrating on his illustrated kids' books, and this year jumped into the world of young..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...saga Pachinko was one of the most eagerly anticipated books of 2017 and has become one of the most..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Faye Webster, Swamp Dogg, and More Reviews From Friday of SXSW

Memorable performances to close out the week

"...evening with a sterling set of alternative power-pop, Black Books premiered several new tracks of sweetly melodic dream-pop from..."

March 16, 2024 Music Post by Julian Towers

The Film Prof's Drunk, and the Kids Are Not All Right

Zombie auteur George Romero delivers another state of the union

"...that stuff, man. I grew up on EC comic books, and it's all gags and puns. I don't think..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...come with a pre-signed copy of the respective author’s books. Timed to the paperback release of McConaughey’s hit memoir..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Sexy Empowerment, Terror Tuesday, Book Adaptations, and More Weekday Recos

Local event suggestions for the arts inclined

"...graphic novel if purchased through the Adaptations Book Club’s Bookshop.org page.   – James Scott Muriel’s Wedding & Dogs..."

July 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Calvin Gimpelevich’s Invasions Hurts So Good

New collection from Instar Books explores love in many forms

"...And Gimpelevich’s collection, Invasions (from Instar Books), is all of those things. In 15 short works..."

Dec. 17, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Art + Commerce

Marc English Design's DIY Criteria

"...Books, tattered, well-thumbed, and loved to the quick, are piled,..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...in its entirety, they did almost all of it. "Books About UFOs," "Sorry Somehow," and "Whatever" got played. "Something..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...school, Southern endeavored to finish his three best known books, Flash and Filigree, Candy, and The Magic Christian. Hill..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Unschlocking the Undead

Colson Whitehead's Zone One

"...undead in gory, graceful spurts; interesting given his past books' more classic themes, and convenient given the new zombie..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Books Feature by Audra Schroeder

Checking In: Conjunto Los Pinkys Readies for the New Normal

“Conjunto has survived [here] for decades and will continue to do so”

"...May, we still had Sam’s Town Point on the books and we had the option to play outside. The..."

Aug. 31, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Worm Suicide Blacks Out

Punks put out a 23-years-in-the-making LP in a pandemic

"...I’ve also gone back to books like Henry Rollins’ Get in the Van and Steven..."

July 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

All Over the Map, True Heroes of Texas Music

"...perspective of band dog Mark Farner. Other music history books read like Wikipedia entries by comparison. (Book release: Monday..."

June 16, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Hugo Rising

The nominees for science fiction's best novel of 2013 find a new guard challenging the old

"...could hardly be more different. Bujold has been writing books in the Vorkosigan Saga for a quarter-century now, and..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Players Guide

News, rumors, and outright lies from the gaming realm

"...record label, and that's just the stuff on the books). A Sajak/Olsen twins corporate takeover of the free world..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Luv Doc Recommends: Viva Las Vegas Feast and Elvis Birthday Combo

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Monday, January 8, 2007

"...types with bleached teeth, an encyclopedic knowledge of self-help books, and a fitness regimen that requires setting your alarm..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Record Reviews

"...If Books-on-Tape were as vibrant, imaginative, and juicy as this, then..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Review