What Romance Has Done
There’s an interesting discussion about what romance novels have taught readers at Smart Bitches,Trashy Books.
Anti-Kindle
“Jeff Bezos Eats Kittens“? C’mon, Stross, tell us what you really think of the Kindle!
“If Not For Brent Spiner, I’d Be Illiterate
LeVar Burton isn’ t the only bridge between Star Trek and the reading rainbow. Dan at Faust’s Fantastically Fantasmagoric Forum explains how a media tie-in novel, Star Trek: The Next Generation: Metamorphosis transformed him into a reader.
An Absurdly Low Number of Books
I keep a tally of how many books I read every year, and I was shocked to find that at the end of June, i.e. halfway through the year, that my numbers were running at about one-third of the usual total. What the heck happened?
Interview with Joe Lansdale
Champion Mojo storyteller Joe Lansdale talks about what makes him a champion: a crazy number of upcoming stories, a Jonah Hex animated short and his mighty understanding of the publishing industry.(Thanks, Chuck!)
Is reading this making you stupid?
“Never has a communications system played so many roles in our lives—or exerted such broad influence over our thoughts—as the Internet does today. Yet, for all that’s been written about the Net, there’s been little consideration of how, exactly, it’s reprogramming us. The Net’s intellectual ethic remains obscure.” […]
The Cultural Gutter 