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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thank you! I'll be posting the recording of our talk soon on the blog

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Yeah he was pretty resolute on the climate point.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Hey, thanks for giving it a read and spreading the word!

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Y'know Arcade is being pretty liberal with who gets an ARC. If you dont mind reading the whole thing off a PDF it's probably worth emailing their publicist.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Thanks for giving it a read so quickly! It was a huge and kinda spontaneous undertaking, and I'm delighted with how it turned out.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Last week I flew to Sacramento to interview William T. Vollmann about his terminal illness, his new 3,096-page novel, and what he plans to do with the time he has left. bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/we-always-...

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"We Always Leave Things Unfinished"

William T. Vollmann is dying. In his Sacramento studio, he talks America, unfinished work, and the 3,096-page opus he finished just in time.

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spooky biblioklept @biblioklept.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This bit in @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social's new interview with William Vollmann is like horrifying and sad and made me laugh out loud.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Thanks for the kind words! I worked on this for a long time, it's great to see people are still finding and enjoying it!

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I spent 4 months reporting this profile of Bret Easton Ellis, culminating in an interview with the man himself. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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The Very Good Soldier

On the American Journey of Bret Easton Ellis

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(Screams From The) Burning Ambulance @burningambulance.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A very long essay about Bret Easton Ellis. I admit my interest waned after the section dealing with GLAMORAMA (which is not only Ellis's best book, but one of the best books of the 1990s) but I read the whole thing. You should too. www.metropolitanreview.org/p/the-very-g...

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The Very Good Soldier

On the American Journey of Bret Easton Ellis

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

For the 35th anniversary of #AmericanPsycho, by Bret Easton Ellis, here's a long investigative piece charting how the book was sold, then written, the canceled open.substack.com/pub/bigreade...

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How "American Psycho" Was Sold, Written, Cancelled and Saved

An excerpt from a Bret Easton Ellis profile.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Thank you so much for the kind words! I loved your review, by the way, you tell your experience of reading it like a narrative on its own -- which Im sure is part of MZD's hope. (Also, double delight in seeing the shoutout: Reactor rejected the pitch for a short version of that FAMILIAR piece)

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Ah, OK, I misread the post about and "Alan Moore Patreon Q&A"

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

@rangedtouch.bsky.social I'm really excited for your Alan Moore interview at the end of Promethea! Have you set a date for when it woll be posted?

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

After one week, my 11,500-word profile of Alan Moore and his ambitious new project with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social, THE LONG LONDON, is getting picked up by other venues! open.substack.com/pub/metropol...

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Giant of the Attic

On the Majesty of Alan Moore

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This was around the time he claims to've been tripping twice a week for a couple years.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

rewatching stranger things and realizing “oh that’s the same music they used during the ‘birth’ of Doctor manhattan in the watchmen” and wondering why I can remember this but not my sister’s birthday

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I spent the past few months reporting a profile of Alan Moore: his shift to full-time novelist, his fallout with DC, and his new, risky, huge project at @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Indiscreet here, but I think @pattonoswalt.bsky.social would like it open.substack.com/pub/metropol...

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Giant of the Attic

On the Majesty of Alan Moore

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I just finished a lengthy profile of Moore and, interestingly enough, almost all the friends and colleagues of his that I interviewed made a comment about how much he smokes, but none said anything about asking for a hit...

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I just finished writing a long profile about Moore's new career turns and projects -- spent months on it and never really got a clear picture of his relationship with Rob Liefeld. Their accounts of the collaboration diverge a lot. Is there a prevailing idea of what that partnership was like?

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Hey, thanks for giving my essay some love! Mind if I ask what you're most interested in about Moore?

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John Foo @j0nf00.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Alan Moore awakened by news of a forthcoming V for Vendetta prestige tv series

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

So happy you found my Alan Moore piece, thanks for sharing it! Took a long time but it was the trippiest, most delightful reporting I've ever done.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Grateful to @kottke.org for sharing the deep-dive Alan Moore profile I wrote for The Metropolitan Review!

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Thank you so much for spreading the word! I spent a few months in the weeds researching/reporting this article and it was one of the most exciting/bizarre projects I've ever worked on.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

In all my research for a long Alan Moore profile, I was never able to confirm the story that Moore came home one day and found Johnny Depp sitting on his porch, and then they went to a pub and got drunk together and that's partly why Moore doesn't rag on this movie.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it! And I'll take advantage of the kind word as a reason for reposting it -- www.metropolitanreview.org/p/giant-of-t...

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Giant of the Attic

On the Majesty of Alan Moore

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Liefeld allegedly has a tape recording of a 3-hour phone conversation with Alan Moore from when he (Moore) had just seen Pulp Fiction for the first time. "I can't get Tarantino off my MIND..." Moore insists he's never spoken with Liefeld on the phone. Liefeld says he'll release the tape someday.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Ultimate stamp of approval: spending 3 months researching a 40pg profile about an eccentric, challenging author--and getting a thumbs up from that author's fans when it's done. Read about Alan Moore's latest career moves at The Metropolitan Review! www.metropolitanreview.org/p/giant-of-t...

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Giant of the Attic

On the Majesty of Alan Moore

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Thank you so much for sharing it! I'm delighted to hear you had a good time with it!

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I read this more than twelve hours ago and just as Christmas carols are tinkling through every storefront I've got "Monster Mash" stuck in my head on loop

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

This is beautiful! I've seen a few of these really charming anecdotes, people meeting Moore when they were young and him saying something perfect; I hope they get raked up into a collection someday.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Dang, I've never seen a copy of Birth Caul out in the wild, nor Small Killing. This is a great collection.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Good lord that's a perfect descriptor...

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Even before the Watchmen fiasco, Moore was consistently observant of and vocal about IP protection in comics. The only thing as consistent as the quality of his work has been his championing of artists' rights.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

How'd "V" hold up on reread? I've been reporting on Alan Moore for a while lately and it's kind of astonishing to be reminded of how young he was when he wrote that, and people still seem to keep it shelved on par with his best work.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Agreed! I've been researching a profile of Moore for The Metropolitan Review and reading a few long passages from that script: definitely felt like reading a private memo. "Different horses, different courses," as he said about choosing collaborators, finding the right one for a given project.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Sliiightly agree. There's a new long profile about Alan Moore at The Metropolitan Review -- he's way calmer these days, working on novels, but there's some deep-diving into his early days practicing magic, summoning demons, that kinda thing... www.metropolitanreview.org/p/giant-of-t...

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Giant of the Attic

On the Majesty of Alan Moore

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I was just writing about this! I reported a long profile of Alan Moore's forthcoming projects and, in my research and interviews, I found people describing his smoking as "saturating," "constant," "frightening" and "staggering"

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I just reported a long profile of Alan Moore and did the same thing -- but only with select scenes. The one that was most jarring, after 15 years, was that Dr. Manhattan sequence. The effects are just...distractingly bad. But yeah, a weird study in loyalty-gone-wrong.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I haven't seen much about them, but I remember they were described as "backup strips" in his biography. Early-career stuff. Curiously I don't think he's said much about Star Wars in ensuing years...

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Ah, that makes sense. I've been researching Alan Moore for a long profile and, as I've been haunting the subreddit, I've been surprised at how often people post photos of these obscure collectors' editions, particularly of From Hell and Providence.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Very! Ive never seen that edition before, I dont think.

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Alexander Sorondo @bigreaderbadgrades.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Is that one of the limited collectors' editions?

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