I haven’t reviewed books about sex in close to a month, so it must be time again, right? (As always, I’m reviewing what I have on hand, so, if you publish manga and want me to cover it, contact me at the e-mail address far below.If you don’t publish manga, but want me to review…
Director Guillermo del Toro has signed with HarperCollins imprint William Morrow for a trilogy of vampire novels which he will cowrite with Chuck Hogan. The Stain, kicking off the event, will be released next summer. According to Variety, the story will “revolve around an invasion of New York City by a vampiric virus. Series will…
The Sunburst Awards for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic were won by Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet by Joanne Proulx and The New Moon’s Arms by Nalo Hopkinson. Hopkinson’s previously won in 2003. Proulx’s Sunburst is the first winner in the new separate category for young adult speculative fiction. The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature…
Eoin Colfer, best known for the Artemis Fowl series, has been tapped to write new novels set in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Adams’ widow, Jane Belson, personally selected the author. According to a profile at the BBC, Colfer said the opportunity was akin to "being offered the superpower of your choice". Penguin…
Holy Sh*t! The World’s Weirdest Comic Books By Paul Gravette and Peter Stanbury St. Martin’s Press, October 2008, $12.95 This is the kind of book I’m actually surprised to still see – I thought “look at this weird stuff” books had been entirely superseded by the greater speed and flexibility of the Internet. (I can…
DelRey Books made a splash in 1977 when it published the novelization to s mall little film called Star Wars. Ever since, they have been mining the Lucasfilm Universe with great success, regularly landing on the best seller lists and making stars out of their authors. It’s no surprise then that DelRey and LucasBooks announced…
It’s another one of those weeks when I have to shoo the kids away; this time, Manga Friday looks at three books about sex. (This is all fairly mainstream stuff, not hentai and without any tentacles to be seen. But there are still naked body parts doing their thing, however tastefully.) What we have this…
This time around I have a volume two, a volume three, and a volume four – all in series that I’ve read at least some of the earlier books. Let’s see if I can still remember what went before – since manga often don’t have “who the heck are these people and what are they…
Quarry, the world’s first hit man to star in his own series of novels, is returning to the racks in October courtesy of Ms. Tree / Road To Perdition / Batman / Dick Tracy writer Max Allan Collins. The "final" Quarry novel, The Last Quarry, was published two years ago by Hard Case Crime to much success…
There’s far too much to see, do, find and run like hell away from during San Diego Comic-Con, so I always enjoy finding notable, specific lists of panels, projects and events that focus on the subject matter that most piques my interest. Over at The Comics Reporter, Tom Spurgeon has highlighted eight small-press projects to…
Slate posted a slideshow/essay this morning about "early reader books," the works aimed at young kids with the idea of encouraging them to start reading (think Dr. Seuss). That literary tradition has been taken up by adaptations of superhero movies, like Iron Man and Incredible Hulk, the essay notes, before questioning whether such works are…
To make up for Manga Friday being so “adult” and off-limits to kids lately, how about some reviews of books that are made for kids? Here are three very different ones – two of ‘em are even “educational!” Robot Dreams By Sara Varon First Second, September 2007, $16.95 But let’s start off with a book…
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