Literature

Literature: Killing/Stalking by Koogi

TLS discusses (without reviewing) the first 10 chapters of this Korean comic that depicts a quite unnerving yet deeply fascinating relationship portrayal as well as its unique use of the digital graphic format.

Literature: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

TLS awakes to find themselves in an uncanny review of the quintessential Kafkaesque experience. [Aggregate score: 9]

Literature: The Daughters of the Moon by Italo Calvino

TLS discovers who among us are moon children and who are the ravenous consumers while discussing this dreamy, fairytale-like story.
[Aggregate score: 5.5]

Literature: The Knowers by Helen Phillips

TLS wishes themselves a happy death day while reviewing this solid slice of a short story.
[Aggregate score: 7]

Literature: The Plague by Albert Camus

Taking a quick detour from traditional reviews, two TLS members discuss a few of the key elements and ideas from Camus’ classic tale of the human spirit in the face of a titular plague.

Film & Literature: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson starring Will Smith (2007)

TLS combines the original story and the latter film version of vampire-virus related tale, I am Legend, for a double feature compare/contrast session in lieu of separate MOTS reviews for each.
[Aggregate scores– Novella: 8.5 Film: 5.25]

Literature: Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut

TLS reviews Vonnegut’s debut novel that reflects and explores the literal and metaphorical machinations of mankind. [Aggregate score: 8.75]

Player Piano” on audio that Ian mentioned.

Literature: Maus by Art Spiegelman

TLS reviews one of the most stunning works both within and beyond the graphic novel format, testifying to its lasting resonance and brilliance.
[Aggregate score: 10]

Literature: Day of the Builders by Kristine Ong Muslim

TLS faces off with colonists of some sort or another in this short story.
[Aggregate score: 7.5]

Literature: The Christmas Tree and the Wedding by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

TLS finds a shiny leftover present at the bottom of the stocking– a review of a Dostoyevsky story set in an odd Christmas party. [Aggregate score: 10]