"The book I want is a vortex. When I lower my eyes to it, I’m sucked deep into a place more plausible than the one that surrounds me. When I look up, I want the actual life around me to look strange and original, like a brand new page in a pop-up world."

--Normally he puts me to sleep, but Verlyn Klinkenborg hits it out of the park with his Times op-ed today. What's your last big read going to be?