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JUL 6, 2012


G. Willow Wilson BOOKS
G. Willow Wilson

Local author G. Willow Wilson won two small armies of fans with her conspiracy-minded comic books (Air, Cairo, Superman) and a memoir documenting her conversion to Islam. Tonight she celebrates the release of her debut novel, Alif the Unseen, about an Arab Indian hacker battling a Middle Eastern surveillance state. Wilson will read and then The Stranger’s resident feckless book snob, Paul Constant, will talk with her about Alif, which is part techno-thriller and part weird fiction, inspiring enthusiastic reviewers to drop comparisons with Neal Stephenson and Neil Gaiman and maybe some non-Neal authors, too. (Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave, www.elliottbaybook.com, 7 pm, free) by Paul Constant

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I read Cairo. Overrated. I read several issues of Air. Also overrated. As for her "conversion", it was more of a "I need a religion, oh this seems good." Of course this kind of vapid fits right in with a Stranger recommendation.
Posted by Stranger'sWorstNightmare on July 6, 2012 at 7:32 PM · Report
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To Stranger'sWorstNightmare: Given that these are books you're commenting on, you might want to brush up on your grammar: I'd be more inclined to take your criticism seriously if the comment above wasn't quite so embarrassingly sloppy.

I read Wilson's memoir a few years ago. I was initially skeptical, as the thought of a memoir by a twenty-something seemed, at best, like a self-indulgent joke. I came away humbled: her writing was powerful, her story fascinating, and her self-awareness and intelligence danced subtly through the whole. I've not read her comic books, but her memoir has made me terrifically excited about her novel. This is a woman with talent and heart, and I won't be surprised if her next talk is at SAL.
Posted by Ophidia on July 24, 2012 at 5:03 PM · Report

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