It's horrible news. I only discovered Baker's work two years ago, and there ought to be much more of it.
So here's my recommendation: The Graveyard Game (http://www.amazon.com/Graveyard-Game-Company-Kage-Baker/dp/0765311844) pulls off the fabulous trick of being the novel equivalent of a traditional buddy movie... but in which the action takes place over two hundred years and switches easily from California to England and back again by way of north Africa and a strangely Japanese Mexico. Joseph, Machiavellian manipulator and (almost) loyal Company cyborg, and Lewis, gentle preserver of literature, make a classic double act as they hunt for a missing friend and get repeatedly stoned on good chocolate.
Also, Kage Baker is responsible for me being really disturbed every time I walk down Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. You see, there's a fast food place on Telegraph known for its vegetarian burgers and low-fat fries. It's at 2355 Telegraph... and its name is Smart Alec's.
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So here's my recommendation: The Graveyard Game (http://www.amazon.com/Graveyard-Game-Company-Kage-Baker/dp/0765311844) pulls off the fabulous trick of being the novel equivalent of a traditional buddy movie... but in which the action takes place over two hundred years and switches easily from California to England and back again by way of north Africa and a strangely Japanese Mexico. Joseph, Machiavellian manipulator and (almost) loyal Company cyborg, and Lewis, gentle preserver of literature, make a classic double act as they hunt for a missing friend and get repeatedly stoned on good chocolate.
Also, Kage Baker is responsible for me being really disturbed every time I walk down Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. You see, there's a fast food place on Telegraph known for its vegetarian burgers and low-fat fries. It's at 2355 Telegraph... and its name is Smart Alec's.