19 Apr 2009
Air Volume 1: Letters from lost countries by G. Willow Wilson is amazing, truly masterful storytelling. Blythe is a flight attendant who suffers from vertigo who meets a man who could be anyone but isn't, and who is travelling to a land that doesn't exist. The story starts off as semi fantastical, then progresses to steampunk seamlessly. The cover blurb - by Neil Gaiman, no less - has it as a transition from Rushdie to Pynchon, and I think that's pretty accurate. Recommended.