Tag: books
member name: Racheline Maltese
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February 01, 2007 10:44 AM EST --
A brief news item I would be remiss in not reporting. The seventh and final installment of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series will be released . . .
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August 29, 2007 05:45 PM EDT --
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/08/21/reading.ap/index.html
Interesting piece on CNN that notes the typical American only reads four books a year. It's more if you're female, older or . . .
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September 11, 2007 09:49 PM EDT --
I have been dying to announce this for a while now, but since it is now available for pre-order on most major bookseller sites (Amazon/Borders, B&N, Powell's etc)
My first book
The Book . . .
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January 30, 2007 08:58 PM EST --
As a child, and I was an only and lonely one, books of every imaginable type were often my closest companions. I . . .
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February 01, 2007 04:58 PM EST --
I have celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder characterized by a range of symptoms effecting most of my bodily systems to vaying degrees depending . . .
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February 01, 2007 09:49 PM EST --
Melusine, the fantasy novel from Sarah Monette, is, despite many positive qualities, in some ways a blueprint on how not to write a fantasy novel. . . .
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February 03, 2007 10:51 PM EST --
Like many of those who have commented on my other Harry Potter related articles, I resisted the Harry Potter books for a long time. In fact, . . .
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April 14, 2007 09:25 PM EDT --
Despite being extremely into politics and news, I’m not a big reader of political books, generally preferring my non-fiction to be historical in nature. That said, I’ve been reading former . . .
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August 13, 2007 12:10 PM EDT --
Novel:
Lisey's Story, Stephen King
The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner
The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch
The Orphan's Tales: . . .
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February 15, 2007 09:36 PM EST --
Discussing religion and spirituality in SF/F literature is complicated by three main facts. The first being that there’s just so much interesting . . .
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February 22, 2007 09:21 PM EST --
One of my many creative fixations is that of dying worlds. And whether that’s a meteor striking the earth, war, pestilence or just . . .
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February 28, 2007 01:47 PM EST --
This year's nominees for The Nebula Awards, given out by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and considered one of the most . . .
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August 25, 2007 12:09 AM EDT --
Despite my doubts back in April when I asked if cyberpunk is still relevant, I was curious to see where James R. Strickland’s Looking Glass would leave me. . . .
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December 30, 2006 11:27 PM EST --
If there is one thing that practically every native New Yorker knows from birth, it’s that it is actually impossible to eat at every restaurant in the city. Even if you were to eat out for . . .
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January 07, 2007 11:20 AM EST --
The Cloisters, while technically part of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is actually located several miles away in Fort Tryon Park at the northern tip of Manhattan. Dedicated to medieval European . . .
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August 27, 2007 12:18 AM EDT --
What does speculative fiction look like in a fantastical world?
It’s a problematic question, one that raises issues both of perspective (after all, . . .
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August 27, 2007 04:46 PM EDT --
Please join us today, August 28th at 7pm to discuss Quantico live with best-selling author Greg Bear. If you can't make it this evening, post a question below in advance and check back in for . . .
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March 03, 2007 12:33 PM EST --
Nominations for the Hugo and Campbell awards are open to those who attended or were supporting members of the 2006 Worldcon in Anaheim or registered . . .
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November 24, 2007 02:35 PM EST --
Hey folks. Since my book, The Book of Harry Potter Trifles, Trivias and Particularities, vol. 1 , comes out next week, I’d thought I’d have a little contest here to win a copy. . . .
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October 19, 2007 11:30 PM EDT --
The news coming out of J.K. Rowling’s US book tour finally got interesting with tonight’s Carnegie Hall revelation that Dumbledore was, in fact, gay and in love with Gellert Grindelwald. . . .
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