David Louis Edelman is a writer and web programmer. His first book, Infoquake, was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best Novel and named Barnes & Noble's Top SF Novel of 2006. His latest novel, MultiReal, was released in July 2008.

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Archive for August, 1994

1. Bret Easton Ellis’ “The Informers”  •  August 28, 1994
   A collage of drug deals, infidelities, and occasional slayings, Bret Easton Ellis' new novel "The Informers" harks back to his highly overrated debut, "Less Than Zero," both in style and theme. But it merely drifts unimpressively from one scene to the next, resounding themes of moral decay that just don't seem all that urgent or true to life.