Books Aug 12, 2015 at 4:00 am

For a Writer Who Talks a Big Game, These Stories Show Only Modest Talent—but the Book Looks Great!

Why can’t the stories be as diverse in style, structure, and approach as the illustrations that accompany them?

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2
So he's not a real deal writer?
3
So the teacher who pretentiously and publicly shit all over his inexperienced MFA students writes shitty predictable sci-if. YOU DON'T SAY?!?

My god the cliché is so recursive I can only conclude we all live in a meta-verse matrix simulation running on the AI of a bitter writer-bot from the future.
4
This is off-brand. Where is the counterpiece from Frizelle?
5
Hahaha.
6
@4 give it a day or so
7
Some other ideas for the author:

What if Superman's rocket had landed in Germany in the 1920s?
What if Hitler had done well in art school?
What if Daredevil were deaf instead of blind?
What if Anakin Skywalker had not turned to the Dark Side?
What if Spider-Man had joined the Fantastic Four?
What if Bobby Kennedy and MLK had not been assassinated?
What if Reagan had not ignored the AIDS crisis?
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Boudinot's long-form has always been better than his short fiction, unless you hear him read them himself (the only funnier reader i've heard is David Sedaris). Boudinot's short fiction is solidly in the tradition of other irreverent satirists, like Barthelme or Saunders, whose syntax has also been similarly criticized by the more "literary" tradition. most of these are older stories anyway. Smith's review is like reverse clickbait. Boudinot seems like an easy target, so he's picking for a fight.
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^ Ryan Boudinot isn't fit to muffle George Saunders' farts.

Also, I like the game @7.
What if Marilyn Monroe had a severe speech impediment?
What if Canada and Mexico traded places overnight?
What if The Beatles' music only sounded amazing to people with green eyes?
What if haircuts were excruciatingly painful?

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Hahahahahahahahahaha.
11
Shouldve woodsheded more :p
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^ Ryan Boudinot isn't fit to muffle David Lipsky's farts :p

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