Chris Turner and the Simpsons

I got (and very early, I might add) a book sent to me today from Chapters: "Planet Simpson", by Chris Turner. Thank you Jeebus.

In September 2002, Turner wrote an article for Shift Magazine (I miss you Shift...) called "The Simpson's Generation" which was, if nothing else, bloody brilliant. There really aren't enough words to describe it. Turner won a ton of awards for it (among other articles, the guy's fabulous), and you can understand why. There's an excerpt of it here.

Anyway, the book. Apparently, the Shift article spawned the book, so I fully expect it to be marvellous. I ordered it on Wednesday night, and it came in two days. Two. Chapters and Chris Turner have turned this into a very good October 15th.

So now, I have a collection of Chuck Palahniuk short stories, Le Morte d'Arthur, and now Planet Simpson on the go. That should take me a couple of years.