"Insightful view of fatherhood. And very funny." Lost in Space. Goodreads.

Wonderbar. Appreciations. And excerpt? Word.

"Insightful view of fatherhood. And very funny. Easy read, worth the time."

"He is our punk-rock, surfer-dude dad and we should be glad for that." Lost in Space. Goodreads. Lovely this.

And much appreciated. More. Excerpt? Word.

"With Lost in Space, Ben Tanzer continues his eloquent, humorous, poetic and deeply thoughtful project wherein he tries to come to terms with what it means to be a father, a son, a husband, and a man in our present world."

"It's like sitting calmly on a high voltage power line." My Father's House. The Goodreads. Word.

Most kind this is. And big thanks to the David S. Atkinson for that. Excerpt? Word. 

"Tanzer knocked the wind out of me on this one. He just quietly puts it out there, but the impact still left me breathless. Intimate, insightful, and honest."

"Skipping across genres into the future." Orphans. Goodreads love.

And much appreciated love at that. So big thanks to the Jason Fisk, and drinks, many brother, on us, all post haste and such. Excerpt? Word.

"I have been a fan of Tanzer’s writing for awhile now; what I have most appreciated about his work is the human element that never fails to be at the core of all of his fiction. I was very pleased to find that human element in Orphans."

"A beautiful and emotional tale." Orphans gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

A lot a lot. And it is much appreciated. All of it. So big thanks to the Nate Tower for that, and drinks brother, on us, for sure, many, soon. Excerpt? Cool.

"Ben Tanzer's Orphans is the finest piece of science fiction I've read in a long time. Tanzer creates a vivid, fast-paced, and eye-opening glimpse into the future that still manages to explore the problems of the present. Unlike many science fiction books, Orphans keeps you in the scene and makes you believe that this is really happening (and could happen)."

"Holy Fuck real." You Can Make Him Like You gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

Quite likes it and very much appreciates it. All of it really. So big thanks to Debbie from Brooklyn for the kind words, and drinks, many, on us, cool? Cool. And excerpt? Word.

"Honest. Cathartic. He says all the things you thought but were afraid to admit."

"Orphans is a marvel." Orphans gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

It does. We do. And big thanks to the Sarah Lippmann for all of it. That, and drinks, many, on us. Excerpt? Word.

"Forget genre. I do not know anything about sci-fi, but I do know this is a book of taut, muscular prose, impeccably paced, so you can't you won't want to put it down, propelled as it is by a story that is all human heart."

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"Machines, space travel, drugs, loneliness, and madness." Orphans gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

It truly does. So big thanks to the Brandon Nagel, drinks on us, and excerpt, cool, yes.

"I will be picking up EVERYTHING that Tanzer has written, or will write in the future. This was my introduction to Tanzer and it was a great one. Read it."

"Reminiscent of Kipling." So Different Now gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

A lot a lot. And big thanks to the Joseph G. Peterson for that. Drinks brother, or possibly sandwiches, whichever, soon, many, on us. Excerpt? Word.

"Ben Tanzer is one of the most efficient writers working. This is an excellent collection filled with Tanzer's wham/bam (I hope)/thank you ma'm (anyway) themed stories."

"Orphans is Tanzer at his best." Orphans gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

Like totally. And big thanks to the Matt Micheli for that. Drinks too, many, yes, on us, cool? Cool. Excerpt? Word.

"His minimalism shines through his characters' subtle yet deep everyday problems most of us have faced or will face at some point... Real thoughts, real insecurities. And oh yeah, it's Sci-Fi, so take your family, neighbors, co-workers, and friends, travel to the future and interchange some of them with robots and send the others off to Mars... and then you might almost have it."

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"Vibrant and propulsive." You Can Make Him Like You gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

It really does. And from the author Giano Cromley no less. Quite appreciated that, and drinks on us brother, many, somewhere, somehow, on us, for sure. Excerpt? Cool.

"Author Ben Tanzer pulls no punches when it comes to depicting his character's feelings, giving this book a welcome dose of honesty. Sure, it would be easy to impugn Keith for not wising up and being a better husband, employee, friend, and son, but that's not always how life works. Therein lies the true beauty of what Tanzer has pulled off, and it's what also makes this book so unique: It's a story about growing up that actually feels like real life."

"Do yourself a favor and put it on your 'must read' list." Orphans gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

And big thanks to the Jason Donnelly for that. More here yo. Excerpt? Word.

"The best part of this book is that without a doubt, the book is about love. The love a man has for his wife, his child and the way he goes through his life tortured by the decisions he's made and what he must do to take care of his family and his future." 

"Outrageous!" Daddy Cool gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

Really, really likes it. Many thanks to the Tim Frederick of Baby Got Books, and beers, brother, many, and on us, somewhere soon. Excerpt? Cool.

"Cool, daddy. Top shelf collection of dad/kid stories. My only reservation is that Myles and Ben Tanzer named their geek "Frederick."

"The voices are perfect and the choices of celebrities are apt and varied." I AM gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

So big thanks to the awesomely supportive David Atkinson for that. Drinks brother, on us, for sure, somewhere, soon. Excerpt? Cool.

"Celebrity (whether celebrities who make a career out of a persona, ordinary people who fate turns into a celebrity persona, or even a fictional creation that becomes just like a human celebrity) is an interesting phenomenon. They start out as (except for the fictional ones, of course) as individuals, but something of the persona put forth for public consumption takes on a life of it's own in the mass consciousness and breathes independent, though it is not a truly three-dimensional being. Tanzer does something truly interesting in this collection of persona/identity stories in that he takes that echo as a starting point to bring forth the cry of what is again a real being."

"This book could've been written in my voice." You Can Make Him Like You gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

Truly. So many thanks to Adam, and drinks brother, many, on us, somewhere, some time, for sure. Excerpt? Word.

"The book's one of those books that makes for compulsive reading and that rarely if ever seems like great, or even very good, literary art, but that ends up smacking you in the face with the fact that it's pretty goddamn good. It seems so simple, so low-key, so far from a literary challenge, that I never realized entirely how much I liked it, or how sophisticated it was until I was done reading it."

"It's beautifully written." My Father's House gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

Much appreciated that. Thanks, many, to the Jason Donnelly. And drinks, also many, on us, somewhere, somehow, soon. Excerpt? Cool.

"If I can offer any recommendation, it's read this book while you're on the treadmill at the gym. Not only will it keep your mind off the burn, but it'll inspire you to go further, the only thing I can apologize for is the looks you'll get when it's not sweat falling down your cheeks, it's tears." 

"#f**kyeahbentanzer!!" This American Life gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

So true. And big thanks to the Joseph Michael Owens for that. Also true, that along with our desire to have everyone, everywhere, read everyone one of our books, we would like them to react just like this. Well that, and drinks on us brother when next we meet.

"I'm happy to report that the stories in Hair Lit Vol.1, deliver the goods." Hair Lit Vol. One gets some Goodreads love. And likes it. A lot.

And big thanks to the inestimable Joey Poole for that. Excerpt? Word.

"I'm happy to report that the stories in Hair Lit Vol.1, deliver the goods. Some of them, like Chip Cheek's deceptively light-hearted "Twisted Sister Makes a Comeback" and Ben Tanzer's Bon Jovi-hating "Dead or Alive" examine the ethos of the era. Others, like Nick Ostdick's "True Hair" and Ryan W. Bradley's "The Truth About Fingering" find inspiration in loosely fictionalizing song lyrics. Still others, like Megan Stielstra's devastating "Heart's Not Metal" and Susannah Felts' "Training" tell stories from the era with the music thumping away in the background as a soundtrack."