Critchley makes that joke earlier in the book! "God might be ineffable, but the mystics are constantly effing the ineffable, for as long as it effing takes."

I can't wait to see this.

Haha, yes, and by then other people's hands HAVE be in the process, and even when everyone's helping you make it exactly what you want it to be, some of what comes out isn't anything you could've done on your own, so it does feel a bit alien!

"Most of the weight that was gained was in his eyes!" Ah, this is so good. And I've never heard it before. Thank you!

I've taught a three-hour online workshop from it a few times, but it's been a while!

So much worldbuilding! They love it. I don't think the syllabus is really that illuminating but I'm glad to share. Here's this year's: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6dkn7...

Pattinson's weird little phase is the best!

It's less "Serial killer in space" and more "a sociopathic doctor experiments on a bunch of convicted criminals chosen as crew to be hurtled into a black hole," but you know, the vibes are there!

This is at Arizona State University, and in the five or six years I've taught it, the course almost always evenly divides between creative writing majors and non-majors.

Yes! It's pretty great, IMO. (And also full of dread and kind of off-putting, in a way that really works for me?)

It's not quite what High Life by Claire Denis is, but it's on the path!

And it looks like the phrase tracks with the rise of the home security industry, also no surprise.

Looks like a creature of the 1980s, which tracks with your theory!

Haha, my buddy and I roared!

Congratulations, Sarah!

Yes! I love this book so much.