Try Reading a Book
(image) Apparently the head of Warner Brothers has declared that WB won't be making any more movies with women in the lead. And you all thought this...
A Brief History of Time, for Those Who Have Been Around Very Briefly
(image) What is the coolest thing you could possibly imagine ever in the history of the cosmos? If, like me, you imagine Stephen Hawking writing science...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: Five Books Every Geek Should Read (Yes, it's a Rerun)
It's the Fourth of July and most American readers are out shedding a tear for our once great country while getting drunk, blowing shit up, and listening...
Suicide Bookshelf: Three Great Novels
(image) [b]People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...
Suicide Bookshelf: The Mightily Fallen
(image) People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...
Kerouac Biographer Cries "Blacklisted!"
(image) Jack Kerouac died in 1969, the first of the major Beat writers to go by a long shot. Not that it's stopped people from trying to make a name...
Suicide Bookshelf: Summer Reading Was Always Our Song
(image) People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...
Suicide Bookshelf: Summer Reading (Had me a Blast)
(image) People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Science Fiction
Star Trek: The Next Generation turns 20 this year, and I'm working on a special documentary for the obligatory DVD box set. It's been really fun...
Suicide Bookshelf: King Dork (And Why I Want to Be Its Queen)
(image) People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...
Suicide Bookshelf: Punk Rock Saved My Literary Life
(image) People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...
Mingering Mike: The Imaginary Superstar
(image) Have you ever heard of Mingering Mike, the Funk and Soul Superstar of the '70s? No? Well, thats not shocking, since technically he never...
Suicide Bookshelf: Two from the Sister Spit Roadshow
(image) People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...
Pulitzer Prizes Announced
(image) What a great few months its been for The Road. Cormac McCarthys book has been feted by everyone from Oprah to yours truly. Yesterday, it took...
Suicide BookShelf: Three From 2006
People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...
Cat Inks 1.25 Million Dollar Book Deal
(image) I had to check this story out a few times. Surely, its too late for April Fools Day jokes, right? Besides, The New York Times is a reputable...
Publishers Trying to Catch Your Attention
The New York Times takes a look at the story of first-time author Steven Hall and the lengths that publishers are going to in order to find the new hot...
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
(image) Amnesty International currently estimates that there may be as many as 300,000 child soldiers fighting in different wars across the world. When...
Woman Loses Manuscript; Finds Half-Century Later in Her Own House
(image) So here's a nice little story for the morning: I am writing this article from scenic Laptop-upon-Bed (because it's still early and cold),...
G-Unit in the Publishing House!
(image) Last night, as I set down a particularly satisfying Danielle Steel novel to mix a little more juice in with my gin, I thought to myself: "While...
Needled News by Marisa DiMattia
Im writing todays column at New Yorks JFK airport, taking advantage of the flight delay to gather together some tattoo goodness for your enjoyment.
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: John Scalzi
I don't remember the first SF book I read, but I can clearly recall the first SF book I read that made a serious impression on me: Ringworld. As I've...
Geared Up for Gonzo: The Latest from Hunter S. Thompson
(image) In the years before and since Hunter S. Thompsons untimely suicide in 2005, there have been more than a handful of Thompson tributes, films and...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: Five Books Every Geek Should Read
Long before we wrote our blogs, long before we argued about the finer points of the Prime Directive on UseNet, even before we nervously waited for ASCII...
Good Omens Option Will Cost a Groat
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens is required reading for geeks who know where their towel is, and according to Gaiman, it's closer...
Starbooks
For better or for worse, Starbucks coffeehouses have become America's cultural outposts. Once you're out of America's urban centers, at least...
Buenaventura Press
Buenaventura Press offers lush, stunning, limited edition letterpress and etched art by some of North America's most sought after contemporary illustrators.
