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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: Incarceron

Nov 16, 2009, 1:59 GMT

Book Review: Incarceron
With only indistinct memories to go by, seventeen year old inmate Finn feels he is different from the multitude of other Incarceron prisoners in that he came from Outside. Some argue there is no Outside world, nothing beyond Incarceron’s ever-changing interior with the cycles of...

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Book Review: Quatrain

Nov 16, 2009, 1:51 GMT

Book Review: Quatrain
Set in four different worlds, this collection of novellas bridge between fantasy, romance and sci-fi while exploring how diverse societies practice segregation in one form or another. “Flight” is a sweet tale about Salome, a disillusioned Samarian woman who will stop at nothing to save her niece from making the same mistake with...

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Book Review: Garden Wisdom

Nov 16, 2009, 1:44 GMT

Book Review: Garden Wisdom
This charming volume is packed with all manner of gardening tips and gems gleaned from writers beginning with John Gerard’s 1599 “Of Lettuce” to “Prince Charles’s Kitchen Garden” penned by the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury in 2007. The brief observations cover topics ranging from the ingredients in... ... more

Book Review: Rosemary and Rue

Nov 16, 2009, 1:39 GMT

Book Review: Rosemary and Rue
Being half-human and half-fae means San Francisco based private investigator October Toby Daye is a changeling, fitting in neither world. Her magic abilities are weak and most fae look down on changelings yet despite this, the King trusts Toby. After her last assignment resulted in fourteen years spent...

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Book Review: The Silver Mage

Nov 16, 2009, 1:34 GMT

Book Review: The Silver Mage
Kerr wraps up her epic fifteen book series begun in 1986 with the Northlands once again facing the threat of Horsekin invasion. With the disappearance of Haen Marn, an island held by the dwarves, inhabitants of Deverry team up with elven Wise Ones in an attempt to save the Northlands and all who...

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Book Review: You Don't Have to be Buddhist to Know Nothing

Nov 16, 2009, 1:29 GMT

Book Review: You Dont Have to be Buddhist to Know Nothing
Conceived for the sound -byte generation, this anthology of quips and quotes exalts the virtues of Nothing. Based on the concept that Everything comes out of a state of Nothing, it follows then, that Nothing is a vital part of the universe and our consciousness. Attaining a state of...

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Book Review: Covet

Nov 16, 2009, 1:24 GMT

Book Review: Covet
The ongoing battle between Heaven and Hell is about to be resolved once and for all time in a fight waged by seven ordinary people. The outcome will decide the fate of their souls and that of earth. Naturally, the champions of Hell do not intend to play by the rules...

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Book Review: Elegy Beach

Nov 9, 2009, 2:06 GMT

Book Review: Elegy Beach
Ariel fans waited twenty-six years for this sequel to a Changed world when technologies suddenly failed and magic took over, hardly an original theme now, but groundbreaking in 1983. In the decades since the Change, Pete Garey the teenaged hero of Ariel has become a father, settled in Del Mar. His son Fred is...

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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

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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

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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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