Wondrous

Lots of folks are linking to Junot Diaz's examination of Grand Theft Auto IV at The Wall Street Journal. The one thing I'm noticing in among all the bloggers is the distinct lack of praise for Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Read this book, people. Diaz is one of us. He's an unrepentant geek. His book is full of references to science fiction, fantasy and role-playing.

This excerpt from The New Yorker is quite different from the finished work in the novel, but it's good enough to help you get the idea.