Carluccis Edge

Another really great cyberpunk noir mystery. Guess there was a reason these were nominated for the PKD Award. Glad I have a copy of the next one. Although I have to say these latter two have the worst titles.......more

To be fair, I meant to start October‘s reading with something more horrific, but this is pretty bleak, so maybe it’ll sort of kind of count. And either way, I just really like Russo’s writing. The opposite of prolific and the books he did put out seem to be not widely known or available, but they ar......more

Carlucci’s Edge is a gritty, dystopian mystery novel set in San Francisco in an indefinite future. The story features a number of distinctive characters including Frank Carlucci, middle-aged detective, Paula, an early-forties rock musician, Mixer, a police informant, and Tremaine, a reporter. We kno......more

More great noir on a cyberpunk setting. I'm not sure how these books remain so unknown and unreviewed.......more

Pretty good but again not nearly enough fantasy or sci-fi elements. Mostly tired people being sad through out.......more