Author: scottmanleyhadley
I like to read but little else. I have bad mental health and a dog. And a baby. And no hair. And a blog.
A Ripple From The Storm AND Landlocked by Doris Lessing (Children of violence #3 AND #4)
double-teaming more excellent doris lessing
The Experimentalists by Joe Darlington
the limits + importance of language (cw: suicide ideation)
Middle Passage by Charles Johnson
middling swashbuckling adventure
On Anarchism by Noam Chomsky
more anarchism on the blog thank you for reading
Why I Hate Saturn by Kyle Baker
why i didn’t like why i hate saturn
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
August 1st, 2022, Tottenham Ok so I’ve let myself get behind on this by several weeks again & I’ve alsoContinue Reading
I Is Another by Jon Fosse (Septology III – V)
an excellent novel (& a guest cat in the pic!!!)
a proper marriage by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #2)
lessing’s children of violence continues to be excellent unlike my mood
micropost – Plastic Emotions by Shiromi Pinto
brief comments on a perfect novel
micropost – Planet of Exile by Ursula K Le Guin
an excellent novella from le guin
Andrea Víctrix by Llorenç Villalonga
a “lost masterpiece” that deserved to be forgotten
My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi
a failure of intent
The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin
pacy thriller; terrible bookstore; hot summer heat
Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
an excellent early 80s hybrid text with a distressing – and violent – context
The Con Artists by Luke Healy
short post on a recent [ graphic novel / comic book ] (delete to your preference)
found text – ‘sutcliffe rumours’ – Oct 1, 2013
found text from 2013 about serial killer rumours
found text: note from 17-04-2010
a somewhat prescient note i found from 2010 (picture from then, obvs)
some old fiction of mine, recently published
Originally posted on Horror Sleaze Trash:
Rasputin in the Disco Rasputin feels the madeira flow through his veins and the sweetness and…
The Other Name by Jon Fosse (Septology I-II)
slow fiction with relentless structure
Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #1)
“the classic coming of age novel… for women”
The End: Surviving the World Through Imagined Disasters by Katie Goh
great essay on the end of the world in film & lit
Tales from Earthsea by Ursula le Guin
reading more earthsea, hating everything else
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and Other Writings by Nellie Bly
scott reads a collection of writing from a trailblazing lady gonzo journalist!
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Reading Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities while in Venice is like
Cat Step by Alison Irvine
digression-free review of a moving, hopeful, realist novel
Thriftwood: A Personal History of Scouting by Alice Wickenden
great memoir about youth and scouting
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
posh ominous australian fiction
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
astounded by the brilliance of this mid-20th century arthurian novel
Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined by JJ Bola
an interesting introduction to progressive gender studies that every teenage lad should read!
Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes by Tariq Ali
read a great book about a very bad person and a very bad place
Zone One by Colson Whitehead
a literary zombie novel. does it work? oh yes it works!
Bloodchild by Octavia E Butler
exceptionally good short story collection
Another Country by James Baldwin
another hagiography on Baldwin as scott packs up his north american life
MICROPOST: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
tiny review of a space opera that’s perfect for a holiday read
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
vampires don’t count as supernatural horror because they’re too sexy aha
Jarett Kobek & the Zodiac Killer (Motor Spirit & The Hunt for Zodiac)
two new books from Jarett Kobek about CRIME CRIME CRIME
Ambergris by Jeff VanderMeer
a big book about mushrooms that are magic (not magic mushrooms)
The Blood of Others by Simone de Beauvoir
some things are worth dying for – what is worth killing for?
Internet Crusader by George Wylesol
a very millennial internet-set graphic novel – i enjoyed a lot
Black Blizzard by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
a manga from the 1950s
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
fiction about child soldiers that felt a little underdone
On The Beach by Nevil Shute
repression at the end of the world
Canopus by Dave Chisholm
quick read, a fun sci-fi psychological thriller!
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda by Ishmael Reed
during a brief solo trip to Montreal, scott reads a blistering take-down of the musical Hamilton and makes a personal announcement
Sula by Toni Morrison
a beautiful novel about the emptiness at the heart of life
Passing by Nella Larsen (Norton Critical Edition)
a stunning harlem renaissance novel; scott muses on the hangover of growing up in a cultural desert
Guyana by Élise Turcotte
a powerful quebecois novel about grief
Wind Pinball (that’s what it says on the spine) by Haruki Murakami
not a great book, not a great time (post from the winter)
Toilets at the Venice Biennale
water, water, everywhere and not a spot to piss
