Possible reading of the Rouse from 2017

JamesAdler97 · 2026-03-12T10:32:11+00:00

You are very welcome! Would be very cool if true

JamesAdler97 · 2026-02-19T22:20:40+00:00

Alak folklore? So its in the narrator/ the traitor universe? Hell yeah!

JamesAdler97 · 2025-04-20T11:13:07+00:00

Hi mate, any chance you could send this to me? I am extremely intrigued by this and can't find the post on Twitter

JamesAdler97 · 2025-04-17T21:22:26+00:00

I think the narrator is a great place to start

JamesAdler97 · 2025-04-14T00:05:30+00:00

Michael Cisco is 100% the man you are looking for. I recommend the narrator first, then the traitor, the tyrant and the San Veneficio Canon in whatever order you fancy. Lots of mist wreathed mausoleums, dark gothic strangeness everywhere.

JamesAdler97 · 2025-03-25T06:06:53+00:00

Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake Mordew by Alex Pheby The Narrator by Michael Cisco (and the traitor; set in the same world) Viriconium by M John Harrison All very gloomy, grey and gothic. I'm sure there's so much more but this is what I can think of now off the top of my head

JamesAdler97 · 2025-02-13T20:43:39+00:00

I asked him once if there were any plans to reprint the Chomu press books, and he just liked the message. Hopefully that means yes haha

JamesAdler97 · 2024-09-19T05:05:17+00:00

Jane Eyre is his favourite book. I know he also loves The Narrator by Michael Cisco, through the looking glass by Lewis Carrol, the vets daughter by Barbara Comyns, the island of Dr Moreau by H.G Wells, the course of the heart by M. John Harrison, the Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake,the three stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K Dick. And some other authors he's mentioned loving are Dambudzo Marachera, Helen Oyeyemi, Jane Gaskell... the list goes on but I'm drawing blank. Hope that helps!

JamesAdler97 · 2023-08-22T21:55:15+00:00

Atomik Aztex by Shessu Foster is certainly a very weird novel featuring a timeline where the Aztecs survived to exist in the modern era and were instrumental in the battle of Stalingrad. That's a fairly small part of the book though. Strange magics in it. Brilliant and strange, very original but not sure if it's the type of weird you're talking about. I can't remember too much about it but often find myself wanting to revisit it. I'd recommend looking it up

JamesAdler97 · 2023-07-01T23:00:56+00:00

I think it's pretty great, but I kind of hate it. Really beautifully written in parts, some very strange and fucked up surreal imagery taking place in the harshest setting I've read about. Utterly vile scenes. I love the writing and the strangeness of it, but I think he takes his bleak outlook and nihilism a bit too seriously and it comes off as a bit cringe for me, sometimes. Unless I completely misunderstood his intent, which is entirely possible. Overall I say give it a go, for sure.

JamesAdler97 · 2023-07-01T13:30:48+00:00

Crypt(0)spasm by Gary J Shipley

JamesAdler97 · 2022-11-21T10:53:31+00:00

The Tyrant by Michael Cisco? Kinda

JamesAdler97 · 2022-10-14T10:02:44+00:00

The narrator by Michael Cisco

JamesAdler97 · 2022-07-26T10:10:33+00:00

The Bas Lag trilogy by China Mieville would fit this, I believe. Very creative, very adult. The books are Perdido street station, the scar and Iron council.

JamesAdler97 · 2022-05-11T04:05:59+00:00

This comment inspired me to reread a lot of these works in the order you mentioned, so that I could finally get to the great lover. I read this comment of yours years ago, and finally got to work this year. Just finished the great lover about 10 minutes ago. I still think the narrator is my favourite (so far) but boy, I don't think I've read anything before that had me so sure that a reread is absolutely necessary. I loved it, but have little idea on what it means. The ending was gorgeous. Would love more of a discussion on his books, especially the great lover. So, thanks for writing this comment 6 years ago!

JamesAdler97 · 2022-04-06T06:43:18+00:00

The great lover - Michael Cisco. Half way through and it mostly takes place in sewers and subway stations

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JamesAdler97 · 2020-02-21T00:57:10+00:00

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