When trying to decide how to describe John Rain, the main character in Barry Eisler’s first novel, Rain Fall, I mused that if you merely looked at things superficially, you might detect a formula that’s become a bit of a cliche: a character trapped by a tough, even tragic past, who kills people frequently and [...]
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Try to see if you can count how many times Zeus’s name appears, for the father of these mythical characters. You will laugh. [...] For anyone who has enjoyed Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy books and who is also a Doctor Who fan, you’ll love this Guide entry on the Daleks. [...] [More info about this book at powells.com (new window)] If you’re a fan of police procedural mysteries, Macmillan, through its Minotaur Books imprint, is offering a contest where you can win one of five copies of Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo. [...] Sony ereader I feel like just pointing at this blog post (Why We Need Books) from Heidi Turner, over at The Happy Freelancer blog, and saying, “What she said!” She makes some great arguments for why the real paper book should always stay in existence, no matter how electronic everything goes. They can exist [...] I’ve just discovered a new site I may hang out on: Fixabook. And Chronicle Books (**) also has an interesting blurb about a specific book: The Art of McSweeney’s. [...] It’s a stark, kind of jolting title – Blasphemy – but it’s a perfect description of almost everything that goes on in this novel by Douglas Preston. In the context of this story it applies, as you would expect, to religion. But it also describes the political machinations that take place, from the level of [...] If you are an illustrator, or someone who loves art cards, there’s something wonderful going on at the Ripple blog. It’s a place where illustrators are posting art cards they will sell to people, and donate every penny of the sale toward rescuing animals hurt by the Gulf oil spill. The initial post on this [...] |
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