What I'm reading right now is Stephen King's From a Buick 8.
Things That Fall from the Sky is a lovely book. Brockmeier can be lyrical while in the middle of very strange situations -- often, you get some tremendously off-kilter set-up, a flat structure descending upon a town or the entire known universe as an airplane (those born in the plane come with their carry-ons, and the diet consists mostly of ginger ale and peanuts), all the while focusing on what short stories should focus on: what we do to each other as friends, family, or lovers.
Things That Fall from the Sky is a lovely book. Brockmeier can be lyrical while in the middle of very strange situations -- often, you get some tremendously off-kilter set-up, a flat structure descending upon a town or the entire known universe as an airplane (those born in the plane come with their carry-ons, and the diet consists mostly of ginger ale and peanuts), all the while focusing on what short stories should focus on: what we do to each other as friends, family, or lovers.
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