September 04, 2014 » MobyLives! Archives

On Monday, Knopf announced the forthcoming publication of The Strange Library, a new book by Haruki Murakami. The 96-page novel will be released in December, only three and a half… Read more »

Authors

Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix — Liam O'Brien
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover — Kait Howard
Amazon picks up The Last Tycoon adaptation, casts Kelsey Grammer in lead — Liam O'Brien
Castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga denies eating his companion — Taylor Sperry

Amazon is having problems in India because it doesn’t want to pay taxes

Alex Shephard

Earlier this summer, Amazon announced that it would be investing $2 billion to expand its operations in India—that announcement unsurprisingly came hours after FlipKart, widely considered to be the “Indian… Read more »

Maryland teacher suspended for writing sci-fi, or maybe not

Liam O'Brien

In this unfolding story, involving school shootings and possible first amendment infringement (two things which are certain to provoke no controversy or crosstalk whatsoever), a few things are certain: Patrick… Read more »

Homer Simpson is Thomas Pynchon’s role model

Alex Shephard

Though not known for making public appearances, Thomas Pynchon is not necessarily reclusive—he lives in New York City, not New Hampshire, after all. In 2004, the author made not one… Read more »

Melville House Books

September 4, 2014

Publishers scramble for their own “Murakami One-Two”

Mark Krotov

Amazon is having problems in India because it doesn’t want to pay taxes

Alex Shephard

Maryland teacher suspended for writing sci-fi, or maybe not

Liam O'Brien

Homer Simpson is Thomas Pynchon’s role model

Alex Shephard