literature reviews Archives - The Lost Signals

Literature: Lawn Dad by Lincoln Michel

July 10, 2019 Scott Thurlow 26:35 Comments Off

A quite short story with nevertheless more than a bit to say on dissolving relationships, TLS reviews Lawn Dad by Lincoln Michel.
[Aggregate score: 8]

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Literature: You, Disappearing by Alexandra Kleeman

February 6, 2019 Scott Thurlow 41:17 Comments Off

We attempt to hold onto what we’ve got while it lasts during a review of this dreamily evocative short story.
[Aggregate score: 8.25]

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Literature: The Junky’s Christmas by William S. Burroughs

December 12, 2018 Chris Morgan 00:38:32 Comments Off

TLS taps the vein of “The Junky’s Christmas.” William S. Burroughs’ bittersweet tale of a down-on-his-luck addict during the holidays, and to determine whether he/they are filled with the Christmas spirit, or the Grim Reaper. [Aggregate score: 9.25]

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Literature: The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens

September 19, 2018 Steve Ormosi 27:15 Comments Off

Less Dickensian and more Poe-esque, The Signal-Man is a story of ghastly foreshadowing and we’re just the Signals to review it. [Aggregate Score: 7.33]

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Literature: Tierra y Libertad by Madeline Ashby

August 8, 2018 Jonathan Manczur 39:11 Comments Off

They were built to serve man, but all they did was serve.. as a nuanced look at the development of AI and as a metaphor for the exploitation of workers. What lazy, good-for-nothing robots.

Tierra y Libertad

Aggregate Score: 8

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Literature: Thank You by Alejandro Zambra

February 7, 2018 Steve Ormosi 2016 Comments Off

The Lost Signals discuss relationships, perspective and a traumatic taxi cab ride featured in the story “Thank You” by Alejandro Zambra.

[Aggregate score: 7]

“Benny Hill Style Theme” by Orion Williams

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Literature: They by Robert Heinlein and Eight O’Clock in the Morning by Ray Nelson

January 24, 2018 Steve Ormosi 1999 Comments Off

In a Lost Signals first, the crew simultaneously reviews two works that share many narrative and thematic similarities. We are less Roger Ebert and more Henry Ford.