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Q&A: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Writer on Literary Mashups and the Movie that Shouldn’t Exist
“It’s a high-octane summer action movie, and that didn’t come easily to me”
The Department of Justice vs. the Publishers: Nobody Wins
If Apple and publishers are found guilty of collusion, it could mean lower e-book prices — for now — but the future is much scarier
Happy Birthday Paul McCartney: TIME Remembers the Day He Met John Lennon
An exclusive excerpt from TIME’s new book, Paul McCartney: The legend rocks on
The Trailblazer: Q&A with Wild author and advice columnist Cheryl Strayed
The first Dear Sugar letter I read was from a woman who called herself Stuck. She had had a miscarriage when she was six months pregnant. Her doctor told her the pregnancy might have failed in part because she was overweight. She …
Sex Sells: Get Ready for Fifty Shades of Grey Merch
We all know sex sells, but will it sell stationery? How about home furnishings?
Those questions and more may soon be answered. The team behind E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey, the racy novel that has spent 14 weeks on the New …
Lord of the Ringworld: In Praise of Larry Niven
The quintessential—yet underappreciated—”hard” science fiction writer deserves another look
Kirk Douglas Revisits Spartacus and the Communist Blacklist in New Ebook
Kirk Douglas, 95, embraced all kinds of technology with his multi-media launch today of his “E-riginal” book I Am Spartacus! Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist.
Available as either an ebook or a paperback, you can aslo …
War and Peace E-book Readers Find a Surprise in Their Nooks
A “search and replace” by Barnes & Noble switched every mention of “kindled” to “nookd” in Tolstoy’s classic
Get Back: Prometheus, Before Watchmen and the Complicated Art of the Prequel
Why do we love revisiting pasts we’ve never known? And why do so many of them disappoint?
R.I.P. Ray Bradbury: He Jumped Off Cliffs and Never Hit the Ground
More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn’t afraid of looking uncool—he wasn’t scared to openly love …
Jill Biden on Joe As President, Her Military Family and Her New Children’s Book
They may live in the elegant Vice President’s residence at Number One Observatory Circle, but Joe and Jill Biden consider themselves a “regular” military family. Their son, Beau, the Attorney General of Delaware, was deployed …
A Book Lover’s Guide to Reading and Walking at the Same Time
(Lev Grossman writes about books here on Wednesdays. Subscribe to his RSS feed.)
I wanted to start this post by saying that everybody’s done it, at least once or twice, but probably that’s not true. I know it’s a weakness. …