24 Feb
Book News – Are Teens More Literate Because of the Internet?
While sites like Failbooking.com make me worry about the human race in general, this article from the Huffington Post sheds a new light on the phenomena of the Internet.
01 Feb
Neil Gaiman is coming to town
February 4th, Neil Gaiman is coming to UCLA to do a lecture. I’m so there.
* February 7th: It was really fun to hear Neil Gaiman talk. He read bits from his books The Graveyard Book, Fragile Things (he read his poem “Instructions”) and Odd and the Frost Giants. If you want to find out about [...]
28 Jan
Book News: J.D. Salinger Passed Away Today
In case you didn’t hear the news, the author of the classic novel – Catcher in the Rye- passed away at 91 today. The full article from Business Week is here.
06 Apr
Interview with Neil Gaiman
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20 Feb
Terry Pratchett is Knighted
How cool is this? Our old friend Terry Pratchett is now Sir Terry Pratchett! He’s been knighted! Check out what he had to say about being knighted here.
I, for one, think the creator of Discworld deserves it. I just hope Sir Pratchett has many more happy, memorable years ahead of him to enjoy [...]
13 Oct
Horror Classics – Ray Bradbury
Is Ray Bradbury truly a “horror” author? I think he’s one of those authors you cannot pin down to any particular genre, except to say that what he writes is classic “genre” fiction (meaning anywhere from Sci Fi/Fantasy to Supernatural to Horror). Bradbury’s works from Fahrenheit 451 to the classic short story compilation The Illustrated Man all the way [...]
08 Oct
The Graveyard Book Contest
Harper Collins is having a contest to win a copy of Neil Gaiman’s latest masterpiece – The Graveyard Book. It’s a YA book about a boy who is raised in a graveyard by ghosts. I’ve decided to review it for Horror Month as well, since Mr. Gaiman is one of my favorite authors – it’s [...]
14 Aug
Worst Writing Award
The winner of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for worst writing said she was thrilled to have won the award in the Romance category. She won it by creating the worst opening line, which runs as follows:
“Bill swore the affair had ended, but Louise knew he was lying, after discovering Tupperware containers under the seat of [...]