Piece Comment

Review of The Book


My first thought of this is a kind of shaggy-dog story, but this is straight from Mr. Poe. Well-written and compelling. Anderson has a good crisp voice for this kind of thing. And for 11:38, there is nothing but that voice: no efx, no music.

The issue in our timeblock world is the length. Anderson, in some dark-humor corner of his mind, suggests this as a possible fundraiser. He might be right. Knowing the waywardness of the pledge clock, the piece could, without too much damage, be broken into three or four segments.

But do pledge arteests have the courage to say "help me" in a hingey sort of way? It would be great if they tried.