I believe John Shirley would call this 'gonzo fiction'. Pretty good, if odd. ( )

I rarely put down a book without finishing it (and don’t skip, the same with movies) as much as I’d like to take up that habit. This book is another example of why I don’t. I just didn’t care much for the first half and wanted to put it down, but the stories in the second half I enjoyed more, enough to change my opinion about the whole work. I still didn’t love the book, but it wasn’t bad, more "just not my thing".

The stories remind me of old Twilight Zone episodes or 50’s Sci-Fi in their style. That’s not a bad thing, but somehow it just didn’t grab me. He’s not a bad writer, maybe I’m just skewed from having read a couple of Chekov story collections. ( )