Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens by Susan...
Book: Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens Author: Susan A Clancy Why I Consider This Book Odd: I heard a review of this book on some NPR morning program, possibly Bryant...
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Perversity Think Tank by Supervert
Book: Perversity Think Tank Author: Supervert Type of Book: Non-fiction, human sexuality, pornography, psychology, philosophy Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: This tiny book’s arrangement is in itself...
View ArticleTV Snorted My Brain by Bradley Sands
Book: TV Snorted My Brain Author: Bradley Sands Type of Book: Fiction, bizarro Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: It’s a retelling of the Arthurian myths using a sullen teenager, a sleazy wrestler, and a...
View ArticleThe Bizarro Story of I by Wol-vriey
Book: The Bizarro Story of I Author: Wol-vriey Type of Book: Fiction, bizarro Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: There are many reasons… Availability: Published by Bizarro Press in 2011, you can get a...
View ArticleA Greater Monster by David David Katzman
Book: A Greater Monster Author: David David Katzman Type of Book: Fiction, experimental, indescribable Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: The reasons are numerous and many. Availability: Published by...
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2013: The Year Wherein I Realized My Limitations and Ignored That Realization
So, I launched two websites this year: Houdini’s Revenge and Truth About Ruth. I enjoy writing for both of them and both of them require a ton of research on the front end and wonderful organizational...
View ArticleGot Me Wrong by Kevin Akstin
Book: Got Me Wrong Author: Kevin Akstin Type of Book: Fiction, short story collection, gently weird Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: It’s not the full-bore weird I generally discuss on this site,...
View Article2013: The Year I Mostly Lost
I can’t even think about doing all the end of year stuff that everyone who writes about books engages in come around mid-December. Because of Houdini’s Revenge and that site I launched looking into...
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This Is Not an Odd Book Review: Biblio-Curiosa, No. 4 by Chris Mikul
Title: Bibilo-Curiosa, No. 4 Author and Editor: Chris Mikul Availability: You need to contact Chris directly at cathob@zip.com.au. The ‘zine itself is $5 Australian, so those outside of Australia need...
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Sleep Has No Master by Jon Konrath
Book: Sleep Has No Master Author: Jon Konrath Type of Book: Fiction, themed short story collection, lunacy Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: I don’t even know how to tell you all the ways this book...
View ArticleGrudgepunk by John McNee
Book: Grudgepunk Author: John McNee Type of Book: Fiction, themed short story collection, noir, transhumanism with a smidge of steampunk, horror Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: Because it is the...
View ArticleThirteen Girls by Mikita Brottman
Book: Thirteen Girls Author: Mikita Brottman Type of Book: Fiction, themed short story collection Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: Because it made me feel a bit less odd about my own obsessions....
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Stupid Children by Lenore Zion
Book: Stupid Children Author: Lenore Zion Type of Book: Literary novel Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: Children are tortured with nasal balloons and animal entrails. Availability: Published by...
View ArticleThe Man Who Saw His Own Liver by Bradley R. Smith
Book: The Man Who Saw His Own Liver Author: Bradley R. Smith Type of Book: Short story collection, semi-autobiographical Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: Smith, as a writer, has an interesting writing...
View ArticleThis Is Not an Odd Book Review – What the Hell Is Going on in France?
Last year on Houdini’s Revenge, I wrote about how the media worldwide completely mishandled the details of the arrest of Varg Vikernes in the summer of 2013. Seriously, it was a complete mess, and the...
View ArticleHibernation
I think by now all readers here know I am subject to periods of cyclical depression and torpor wherein this site goes silent. I’ve been struggling this year with various issues that have made it hard...
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Tales of the Macabre and Ordinary by Chris Mikul
Book: Tales of the Macabre and Ordinary Author: Chris Mikul (longtime readers here may recognize his name – he is the publisher of the excellent ‘zine, Biblio-Curiosa) Type of Book: Fiction, short...
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Tool by Peter Sotos
Book: Tool Author: Peter Sotos Type of Book: Sotos-esque Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: Because Peter Sotos is the sort of writer whose prose is so indescribable that I have to call it Sotos-esque....
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The Necrophiliac by Gabrielle Wittkop
Book: The Necrophiliac Author: Gabrielle Wittkop Type of Book: Fiction, necrophilia Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: Self-explanatory, I think. Availability: Published by ECW Press in 2011, you can get...
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Tampa by Alissa Nutting
Book: Tampa Author: Alissa Nutting Type of Book: Fiction, Ripped from the Headlines, hebephilia Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: Well, because I had to create the category “hebephilia” just for this...
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