Western canon to be rewritten as three-volume graphic novel
Western canon to be rewritten as three-volume graphic novel Alison Flood, The Guardian: From The Epic of Gilgamesh to Infinite Jest via Dante, Dangerous Liaisons and Dubliners, the western canon is set...
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In honor of Presidents Day here in the United States of somethingorother, here’s a photo by Jacquelyn Martin for the AP. Here’s the caption from MSNBC’s PhotoBlog: A three-story sculpture “tower of...
View ArticleScary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Gammell vs. Helquist
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Gammell vs. Helquist Did you ever read Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? Collection of American folk scary stories written by Alvin Schwartz and frighteningly,...
View ArticleKickstarter: Wollstonecraft
Kickstarter: Wollstonecraft Jordan Stratford is writing a children’s book about the fictional adventures of young Ada Lovelace and young Mary Shelley. This is the made up story about two very real...
View Article“Cloud Atlas”
“Cloud Atlas” When I heard they were adapting Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell’s 2004 incredible, six-stories-in-one novel, I was really sad. The book seems almost impossible to adapt to the screen. But the...
View Article“There is nothing sadder than a 40 or 50-year-old man struggling with a mask...
“There is nothing sadder than a 40 or 50-year-old man struggling with a mask that they have to be tough and constantly aggressive” Speaking of Junot Díaz, here’s another interview this time with...
View ArticleQ&A: Author Michael Chabon on the Vinyl Soul of ‘Telegraph Avenue’
Q&A: Author Michael Chabon on the Vinyl Soul of ‘Telegraph Avenue’ Michael Chabon’s new book, Telegraph Avenue, came out last week. He’s a pretty cool guy and I can’t wait to get my hands on a...
View ArticleOutlawed by Amazon DRM
Outlawed by Amazon DRM Wow. Horrifying, nightmarish treatment of a Norwegian woman by Amazon. They wiped her Kindle and closed her account and won’t tell her why. Martin Bekkelund: As a long-term...
View ArticlePenguin and Random House talk of merger
Penguin and Random House talk of merger Important news, however that’s not why I’m linking it. Philip Jones deserves a slap on the wrist and a wag of the finger for penning some truly unfunny, painful...
View ArticleMiddle-Earth in Statistics
Middle-Earth in Statistics The Lord of the Rings Family Tree Project is a somewhat absurd undertaking by Emil Johannsen to catalog the characters of Tolkien’s Middle-earth and their relationships. One...
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