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date: 2023-04-09 17:00:19.71 +00
title: "Mastodon post from April 9, 2023, 110169923237007995"
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ninth book, a real (borrowing from the afterword) wrist-punishing, discursive, door-stopper: “Novel Explosives" by Jim Gauer ( [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29363276-novel-explosives](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29363276-novel-explosives))

I looked for a review that resonated: [https://books.substack.com/p/review-joy-williams-on-jim-gauer](https://books.substack.com/p/review-joy-williams-on-jim-gauer)


![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.](./110169922947789552.png)


tenth book, Matt Ruff's “Lovecraft Country” sequel, "The Destroyer of Worlds" ( [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61190257-the-destroyer-of-worlds](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61190257-the-destroyer-of-worlds))

I've been a huge fan of Ruff since “Sewer, Gas, and Electric" ( [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71846.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.


![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)](./110175473492067408.jpeg)