N inth https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29363276-novel-explosives )
Novel Explosives Ambitious, groundbreaking, and fiendishly funny, Novel … Goodreads (opens in a new tab) Figure 1. Link preview of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29363276-novel-explosives, "Novel Explosives". I looked for a review that resonated: https://books.substack.com/p/review-joy-williams-on-jim-gauer
Review: Joy Williams on Jim Gauer "Novel Explosives" is a big burning turning ferris wheel of a book with many colorful capsules of expertise and pods of excess. It is violent and profound, taunting, outraged. It is arrogantly discursive yet can possess the focused intensity of a knife’s tip. books.substack.com (opens in a new tab) Figure 2. Link preview of https://books.substack.com/p/review-joy-williams-on-jim-gauer, "Review: Joy Williams on Jim Gauer". Figure 3. The 2022 paperback cover of Novel Explosives, a frozen stellar explosion over a shattering black flower of flat glass centered in a field of sky blue with the title over the top and author’s name over the bottom in cream all-caps san serif.
tenth book, Matt Ruff’s “Lovecraft Country” sequel, “The Destroyer of Worlds” ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61190257-the-destroyer-of-worlds )
The Destroyer of Worlds (Lovecraft Country, #2) “Another virtuoso blend of horror, action, and humor. .… Goodreads (opens in a new tab) Figure 4. Link preview of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61190257-the-destroyer-of-worlds, "The Destroyer of Worlds (Lovecraft Country, #2)". I’ve been a huge fan of Ruff since “Sewer, Gas, and Electric" ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71846.Sewer_Gas_and_Electric ) and of course the Lovecraft Country show was also p good (although a bit scary for my tastes), so, picking this up after Novel Explosions was a great call.
Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy From the New York Times Bestselling author of Lovecraft… Goodreads (opens in a new tab) Figure 5. Link preview of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71846.Sewer_Gas_and_Electric, "Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy". Figure 6. The current hardback edition cover of Destroyer of Worlds, designed to look like a distressed pulp paperback printed directly on the cover rather than using a dust jacket (yay, I hate futzing with dust jackets).
