The Future Was Color
A Novel

Wow! This book was HOT. A steamy and dazzling meditation on art, destruction, and survival in the McCarthy era and beyond, The Future is Color is prime example of queer historical fiction done right: beautifully rendered with an eye bent toward the present. Embedded in this history is a moving story......more

For a 210 page book that took me a month to read, you'd think that I wouldn't love this book. I don't know how to fully explain why it took me so long to read this magnificent book (maybe it was the nine day road trip I took, water in my apartment causing stress, or just not in the mood to read a ph......more

Aroused and unsettled me all at once. I think Nathan has a gift in combining the sacred and morbid in such exciting ways. Took my time with this one because I reread passages immediately after finishing them. I'm going to be thinking about the Las Vegas section for a long time.......more

"There is, I think, in every life that streak of happiness, like a star scratched across the night. It isn’t planned, and it cannot last, but it does arrive, and you either notice it or you don’t."......more

What a frustrating read! There were brilliant passages and quotes sandwiched between pages of just nothing. I don't mind a fragmented story or one that lacks a central narrative. But to pull that off, there needs to be compelling character work. I spent 200 pages in our main character's head and I d......more