The Dark Knight III: The Master Race

DKIII is a great comic.  Although it's not as good as the first Dark Knight, it's better than DKII and features phenomenal artwork.  I liked the epic scope of the battles, the surprisingly positive characterization of Superman, and how Superman interacted with Batman.  Batman is very well depicted, grizzled as usual, but also smart, a fighter, a warrior and a detective.  The story is kind of all over the map, but it's still a great ride, with some very memorable moments.  Recommended!

Next up: Dream On Monkey Mountain by Derek Walcott

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

Finished The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon this morning.  Although considered a modern work, it has many aspects of it (chiefly its fractured narrative) which make it seem postmodern.  The story begins with the reading of a will and leads to a conspiracy, but honestly it's all very hard to follow.  At the same time, I did really enjoy the wordplay and the rhythm of the words.  Even if you don't feel like untangling its deep meaning, I would still recommend it.

I'm still reading DKIII.  After that, it's Dream On Monkey Mountain by Derek Walcott.

The Chomsky Reader by Noam Chomsky

It's interesting that I was assigned both some Zizek readings and The Chomsky Reader by Noam Chomsky while I was a graduate student at the University of Tennessee, considering the feud that exists between the two writers.  Chomsky basically accuses Zizek of being an incoherent and illegitimate scholar, and vice versa.  After reading both authors, I'm prepared to say that neither one is particularly coherent.  I understood the occasional sentence of The Chomsky Reader, but ultimately could not make it through the book.  Aside from a general hatred of American foreign policy, not much is conveyed, so I can't really recommend the book.

Next up: The Dark Knight III: The Master Race by Frank Miller