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 October, 1995

1. T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “The Tortilla Curtain”  •  October 18, 1995
   This book review was originally published on Critics’ Choice on October 18, 1995. Through the course of five novels and four short story collections, T. Coraghessan Boyle has proven himself an extraordinary (if erratic) satirist. His disdain for the politically correct and his peculiar sense of humor have propelled some spectacular successes (The Road to Wellville [...]