Read/reading: Codename Prague by D. Harlan Wilson, Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi

D. Harlan Wilson is the sort of writer who’s either terrifyingly intelligent and shrouded in shocking imagery, or a nightmarish Andy Warhol - creating meaningless artifacts out of the wildest parts of pop culture. Either way, Codename Prague isn’t for everyone, and it definitely isn’t his most accessible work. He used to be my favourite writer, but as time’s gone by I’ve fallen out of love with him in favour of other, arguably more measured writers, but ones who see writing as a human project rather than a metafictional exercise.

I know absolutely nothing about Pump Six, other than it was part of the Humble eBook Bundle (which is how I got it). That’s fine with me. I’m up for something new.