Books

_The Devil in the Kitchen_, Marco Pierre White

It astonishes me whenever I come across an example of someone who behaves very, very badly and then writes of it unrepentantly. Mr. White herein admits to many instances of assault, harrassment, and verbal and physical abuse of employees and customers. He sees nothing wrong with any of it.

Also, he cooks.

Books

_The Devil in the Kitchen_, Marco Pierre White

It astonishes me whenever I come across an example of someone who behaves very, very badly and then writes of it unrepentantly. Mr. White herein admits to many instances of assault, harrassment, and verbal and physical abuse of employees and customers. He sees nothing wrong with any of it.

Also, he cooks.

Books

_Soft and others_, F. Paul Wilson

As james_nicoll has noted, initial middlename lastname is a marker for Libertarian SF writers. In this anthology, there's only one tract -- "Lipidleggin'", in which butter and eggs have been outlawed by Federal health code -- and there's another which appears to be downright pro-strong-central-government ("Ratman").

The intro to "Lipidleggin'" contains this gem:


It was the mid-seventies and Senator Ted Kennedy was agitating for national health insurance, the kind that brought Britain to the brink of ruin. Luckily, wiser heads prevailed and another fascist Kennedy scheme was aborted.


Erm. Quite.

Nothing in here approaches the readability of his Repairman Jack novels, although "Ratman" and "To Fill the Sea and Air" are both solid alien planet / human problem stories.

Books

_Soft and others_, F. Paul Wilson

As james_nicoll has noted, initial middlename lastname is a marker for Libertarian SF writers. In this anthology, there's only one tract -- "Lipidleggin'", in which butter and eggs have been outlawed by Federal health code -- and there's another which appears to be downright pro-strong-central-government ("Ratman").

The intro to "Lipidleggin'" contains this gem:


It was the mid-seventies and Senator Ted Kennedy was agitating for national health insurance, the kind that brought Britain to the brink of ruin. Luckily, wiser heads prevailed and another fascist Kennedy scheme was aborted.


Erm. Quite.

Nothing in here approaches the readability of his Repairman Jack novels, although "Ratman" and "To Fill the Sea and Air" are both solid alien planet / human problem stories.