Gun, with Occasional Music (Harvest Book)65 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Harvest Books, 2003

Lots of Bang for the bucks!

+ Chandler meets Philip K. Dick in the age of self-medication
+ curious what Neal Stephenson sounds like covering Raymond Chandler?
+ Brave new Utopia
+ First Time's The Charm
  
  











  



  
Motherless Brooklyn201 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Vintage, 2000

So Much Fun to Read!

+ Wonderful and original
+ The star of small time
+ A gift from a friend on Court Street in Brooklyn
+ Memorable, Also Wearying
  
  











  



  
As She Climbed Across the Table: A Novel50 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Vintage, 1998

A Change of Heart

+ Hilarious and Fun
+ Scholarly wisdom

I read As She Climbed Across the Table four or five years ago and thought it was cute but I didn't really connect with it. It felt stuffy in a way, and I couldn't understand some of the character motivations. At first I thought it was a flaw on the author's part, but since then I've come back ...
  
  











  



  
Girl in Landscape: A Novel26 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Vintage, 1999

A Master of Empathetic Character Development

+ As He Climbed Across the Genres...
+ Well that was different, part 2
+ Not your classical science fiction
  
  











  



  
Amnesia Moon41 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Harvest Books, 2005

A Must-Read for Philip K. Dick Fans

Sometimes I find myself reading the old Philip K. Dick books and thinking: Where did Dick get these ideas? Were they transmitted to him from an alien satellite brain (or Vast Active Living Intelligent System)? Who's picking up those transmissions now? Here's the answer. Except for the 1990s ...
  
  











  



  
The Fortress of Solitude105 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Vintage, 2004

Play that funky music, white boy

+ Magic in the familiar
+ Great read
+ Play that funky music, white boy
  
  











  



  
You Don't Love Me Yet: A Novel29 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Doubleday, 2007

Pick A Card. Any Card.

Lethem is known for his inventiveness, if for anything, and although his previous work flaunted more his intense, literary authenticity, it still had hints of his flair for the magical. YOU DON'T LOVE ME YET has little in the way of flair, and even less in the way of magic. Workably interesting ...
  
  











  



  
The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye8 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Harvest Books, 2007

Lethem's Outstanding Range

It is the sign of a true master that none of these short stories bears any resemblance to another, yet each is in its own way outstandingly audacious. Some worked better than others, and from reading the other reviews here it seems the selection varies from reader to reader. Yet the range and ...
  
  











  



  
Motherless Brooklyn201 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Vintage, 2000

So Much Fun to Read!

+ Wonderful and original
+ The star of small time
+ A gift from a friend on Court Street in Brooklyn
+ Memorable, Also Wearying
  
  











  



  
Girl in Landscape: A Novel26 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Vintage, 1999

A Master of Empathetic Character Development

+ As He Climbed Across the Genres...
+ Well that was different, part 2
+ Not your classical science fiction
  
  











  



  
The Fortress of Solitude105 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Vintage, 2004

Play that funky music, white boy

+ Magic in the familiar
+ Great read
+ Play that funky music, white boy
  
  











  



  
You Don't Love Me Yet: A Novel29 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Doubleday, 2007

Pick A Card. Any Card.

Lethem is known for his inventiveness, if for anything, and although his previous work flaunted more his intense, literary authenticity, it still had hints of his flair for the magical. YOU DON'T LOVE ME YET has little in the way of flair, and even less in the way of magic. Workably interesting ...
  
  











  



  
As She Climbed Across the Table: A Novel50 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Vintage, 1998

A Change of Heart

+ Hilarious and Fun
+ Scholarly wisdom

I read As She Climbed Across the Table four or five years ago and thought it was cute but I didn't really connect with it. It felt stuffy in a way, and I couldn't understand some of the character motivations. At first I thought it was a flaw on the author's part, but since then I've come back ...
  
  











  



  
Gun, with Occasional Music (Harvest Book)65 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Harvest Books, 2003

Lots of Bang for the bucks!

+ Chandler meets Philip K. Dick in the age of self-medication
+ curious what Neal Stephenson sounds like covering Raymond Chandler?
+ Brave new Utopia
+ First Time's The Charm
  
  











  



  
The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye8 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Harvest Books, 2007

Lethem's Outstanding Range

It is the sign of a true master that none of these short stories bears any resemblance to another, yet each is in its own way outstandingly audacious. Some worked better than others, and from reading the other reviews here it seems the selection varies from reader to reader. Yet the range and ...
  
  











  



  
Amnesia Moon41 reviews
Jonathan Lethem

Harvest Books, 2005

A Must-Read for Philip K. Dick Fans

Sometimes I find myself reading the old Philip K. Dick books and thinking: Where did Dick get these ideas? Were they transmitted to him from an alien satellite brain (or Vast Active Living Intelligent System)? Who's picking up those transmissions now? Here's the answer. Except for the 1990s ...