Printables for the weekend.

Before tuning into the buzz again over the weekend, I thought I'd point to a few more leisurely reads.

"The voice of not-life was more seductive and consoling; its sweetness attracted him. He placed the gun in his mouth long before he ever saw it done in a movie. In this respect, art anticipated art." Granta offers a sample chapter of Sam Toperoff's Jimmy Dean Prepares.

Hannah Eaves emails: "With all this Kong talk, it's time to re-read Karen Joy Fowler's Nebula award-winning What I Didn't See. It's a great story about the vague sexual threat of gorillas in the jungle."

Jon Lebowsky writes, "Back in the 90s, when I was associate editor of the 'zine version of boing boing, I wrote an appreciation of 50s science fiction/horror films called 'Monsters from the Id,' basically a top ten list with a bit of context." He's updated it a bit, and there it runs.

If you like a few graphics with your text, Mike Russell's latest installment of CulturePulp, "The Screening Rats," is good, creepy fun. And if you've got even more time, make your way through the archive.

Posted by dwhudson at December 16, 2005 12:56 PM