Day in Review
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Liquidating Borders The money in romance Amazon Japan GoodReads weighs in on Amazon Bookshelf Kobo International Naomi Wolf arrested at Occupy Wall Street “Lost” Eugene O’Neill script Tolkien’s desk C.S.… Read more »
A “bum-squeakingly close” literary contest
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Yesterday, The Not-the-Booker Prize, the rowdy, populist rival to the Man Booker Prize, came down to what prize moderator Sam Jordison described as a “bum-squeakingly close” (translation for American readers:… Read more »
Day in review
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Happy birthday John LeCarre Lauren Myracle says she felt “gutted” Appalachian Prison Book Project seeks donations Cary Grant and … LSD? Indian lit focuses on native languages Actress sues Amazon DC… Read more »
Ten great crime writers talk about another
Paul Oliver
To celebrate our launch of The Factory Series — four seminal crime novels from the “godfather of British noir,” Robin Cook, aka Derek Raymond — we present ten of the… Read more »
Eureka! Secret book by Archimedes discovered
Valerie Merians
In what can only be called an incredible feat of conservation technology, a 1,000 year old text by Archimedes is now on view at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.… Read more »
The fascist octopus has sung its swan song
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What frequently used metaphors make you shudder, dear readers? As George Orwell writes in his oft-quoted essay, “Politics and the English Language”: “The sole aim of a metaphor is to… Read more »
MISSED CONNECTIONS: Will our Bartle-bag lead to love?
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Earlier this month, our wildly popular bag led to this “Missed Connection” on Craigslist:
