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Death Ray – Book Review

Death Ray – Book Review

Anyone wanting to get boys reading should try this book. For pure adventure, excitement and ....more

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Book Review: Fade Out

Nov 1, 2009, 1:49 GMT

Book Review: Fade Out
The human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas are busy coming to terms with a more equal relationship then was possible under Bishop’s rule. Bishop, the former ruling vampire was evil personified and thought of humans as little more then playthings to be subjugated with...

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Book Review: Archenemy

Nov 1, 2009, 1:43 GMT

Book Review: Archenemy
The third and final book of The Looking Glass Wars finds Queen Alyss on the throne after an intense confrontation with Redd, the former queen who relied on dark imagination to maintain control of the kingdom. As Alyss begins her reign, reestablishing Wonderland to its former glory, King Arch from a neighboring...

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Book Review: Boilerplate

Nov 1, 2009, 1:11 GMT

Book Review: Boilerplate
After the death of his brother-in-law Hugh in the 1871 Korean War, Professor Archibald Campion resolved to create a mechanical substitute for human solders so the senseless killing of war wouldn’t tear families apart. With the invention of a revolutionary new fuel cell, much experimentation and...

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Book Review: 9 Dragons

Nov 1, 2009, 1:58 GMT

Book Review: 9 Dragons
LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is back on the job in one Connelly’s best mysteries in a long time. Bosch and his partner were asked to investigate the murder of a convenience store owner located in tough neighborhood, the same storeowner who years earlier treated him with kindness. After assuring the owner’s son that he will...

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Book Review: What the Dog Saw

Nov 1, 2009, 1:53 GMT

Book Review: What the Dog Saw
This delightful body of work represents thirteen years of Gladwell’s favorite articles published by the New Yorker. Divided into three categories including obsessive or minor geniuses, theories and the predictions each of us make about other people, these thought provoking, often fun pieces poke into areas...

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Book Review: Morbid Curiosity

Nov 1, 2009, 1:07 GMT

Book Review: Morbid Curiosity
People have long been fascinated by the rich and famous, even more so by their demises untimely and otherwise. Petrucelli’s lifelong obsession with dead celebrities dates back to childhood visits to his grandparent’s grave which, as fate would have it, was close to...

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Book Review: The Test

Nov 1, 2009, 1:02 GMT

Book Review: The Test
Paul Parnell, patriarch of an extensive family including six grown children from three women plus a number of grandchildren, in-laws and assorted coattail relations spent most of his adult life amassing a fortune. When Paul died, his heirs lined up for the reading of the will on an estate worth billions...

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Book Review: Locked In

Oct 23, 2009, 2:39 GMT

Book Review: Locked In
Going into her private investigating office one foggy evening, owner/director Sharon McCone fell victim to a gunman’s bullet that left her critically injured. When Shar regained consciousness, she was perfectly lucid but suffering what is call the locked-in syndrome, totally incapable of...

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Book Review: Locked In
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News

In-depth interview with philosopher Mark Rowlands

In-depth interview with philosopher Mark Rowlands

Mark Rowlands, who is the author of titles such as Sci-Phi: Philosophy from Socrates ....more

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Grapple with the big issues with a professional philosopher

Sep 24, 2009, 14:55 GMT

Leipzig, Germany - Guillaume Paoli, house philosopher at the central theatre in the German city of Leipzig, will be opening a philosophical practice in the coming weeks. ... more

Mary Forsberg Weiland's poignant Fall To Pieces, due November 10

Sep 15, 2009, 15:25 GMT

Mary Forsberg Weilands poignant Fall To Pieces, due November 10
Mary Forsberg Weiland is a mother, model, bipolar disorder survivor and recovering drug addict. ... more

Usurper of The Sun and Zoo published by VIZ Haikasoru

Sep 15, 2009, 15:07 GMT

Usurper of The Sun and Zoo published by VIZ Haikasoru
VIZ Media publishing, animation and licensing company has announced the forthcoming release on September 15th of Zoo and Usurper of The Sun, the latest two books to be published by its Haikasoru imprint. ... more

Heidi Klum's naked book coming soon

Sep 2, 2009, 5:00 GMT

Heidi Klums naked book coming soon
Heidi Klum is releasing a coffee table book full of nude pictures of herself. ... more

Isabel Allende promises to write erotic novel when her mother dies

Aug 21, 2009, 8:00 GMT

   Santiago - Chilean writer Isabel Allende vowed Thursday to write an erotic novel once her mother, Francisca Llona, dies and she rids herself of the sense of embarrassment that is typical of daughters. ... more

'Controlling Chaos' book to detail handling problematic Paris Hilton

Aug 3, 2009, 9:36 GMT

Controlling Chaos book to detail handling problematic Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton's former manager is writing a tell-all book about her. ... more

Joel Madden to write Good book

Jul 28, 2009, 12:01 GMT

Joel Madden to write Good book
Joel Madden is writing a memoir. ... more

Race is on for first book on Bernie Madoff

Jul 28, 2009, 11:24 GMT

Race is on for first book on Bernie Madoff
New York - The race to publish the first book on convicted mega-swindler Bernard Madoff intensified Tuesday, as three publishers moved up their dates for new releases, the Wall Street Journal reported. ... more

Kendra Wilkinson: The book
Fourteen Vonnegut stories to be published posthumously
Bad Kids Go To Hell 'Bad' Swag Comic Con giveaway
Radical Publishing authors book signing schedule for Comic Con, Thursday
US author McCourt dead at 78: Angela's Ashes
Ponyo Film Comic, Ponyo Picture Book, The Art of Ponyo hit the shelves
Frank McCourt has died
Animation director Hayao Miyazaki's 'Starting Point: 1979-1996' at Comic Con

Comics/Graphic Novels

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Death Note: L, change the WorLd continues the tale

Oct 28, 2009, 3:59 GMT

Death Note: L, change the WorLd continues the tale
VIZ Media expands the thrilling psychological suspense of Death Note with the release of Death Note: L, change the WorLd, a new novel featuring the master detective from the hit animated and manga series. ... more

VIZ Media announces four new manga titles to debut on SigIkki.com

Jul 31, 2009, 1:14 GMT

VIZ Media announces four new manga titles to debut on SigIkki.com
VIZ Media will be debuting the opening chapters of 4 new manga titles – for free at www.sigIkki.com. ... more

Radical stars Gene Simmons, Darren Bousman signing this weekend at Comic-Con

Jul 25, 2009, 2:29 GMT

Radical stars Gene Simmons, Darren Bousman signing this weekend at Comic-Con
Saturday and Sunday Comic-Con booth signing information for Radical Publishing. ... more

Features

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Pride and Prejudice amidst the Zombie Publishing Industry

Jul 15, 2009, 2:45 GMT

Pride and Prejudice amidst the Zombie Publishing Industry
What does Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the Grahame-Smith/Austen mash-up that pits the sisters Bennet against hordes of the undead while they try to navigate the propriety-minefield of Regency era England and get married in the process, tell us about the publishing industry?  What could it possibly indicate about the current literary climate? ... more

S.P.’s Book Pick for July: The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt

Jul 8, 2009, 13:29 GMT

S.P.’s Book Pick for July: The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
The state of contemporary fiction seems to be, to me, a buckshot scatter across genre and style: we live in an age where there is no “proper” way to write or even read a text, and no singularly dominant school or method. ... more

Burn This Book

Jun 24, 2009, 10:33 GMT

Burn This Book
New book takes a look at censorship. “Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word” is a recent collection edited by Toni Morrison.
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