Adam Levin’s apocalypse novel “The Instructions” is a Jewish version of Watchmen
After reading Joshua Cohen’s massive apocalyptic novel Witz, I decided that any future Jewish epics were going to have to start from zero. Well, Adam Levin’s equally massive apocalyptic novel The Instructions is an attempt to do exactly that. https://gizmodo.com/in-witz-a-plague-makes-the-last-jew-on-earth-a-mega-5658714 Gurion Maccabee, age ten, is determined to be the antithesis of the classic Jewish boy…
Superhero Fiction: The Next Big Thing?
What’s next in book publishing, after angels, steampunk, zombies and vampires? Adam Christopher at Escape Pod suggests you should break out your cape: Superhero fiction could be making a big splash in the book world. There is an old writing adage worth paying attention to: don’t write for the market. What’s hot now may not…
