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Doctor Who thing of the day: wanna read that Melody Malone novel the Doctor loved?

Fri, Oct 12, 2012
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Now you can. Sort of. If you were hoping to read about Rory going for coffee and the Doctor having to break River’s wrist because Amy read it in a book, you will be disappointed….

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question of the day: What unfilmmable book would you nevertheless love to see on film, if it could be done justice?

Mon, Sep 17, 2012
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This was inspired by my still ongoing catchup of Jasper Fforde’s brilliant novels about Thursday Next, Literary Detective. It’s impossible to see how they could work in a visual medium, but still…

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question of the day: Is Harry Potter the Antichrist?

Tue, Jun 19, 2012
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Does the Harry Potter-ization of pop culture — stories becoming money-generating franchises from the get-go — represent a modern culture rotting at its core, as Alan Moore suggests in his new graphic novel Century 2009?

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question of the day: What science fiction or fantasy food would you like to eat?

Mon, Mar 26, 2012
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Inspired by the about-to-be-published Game of Thrones cookbook A Feast of Ice and Fire…

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question of the weekend: Should writers be encouraged to write multivolume novels?

Sat, Feb 11, 2012
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Just as how it’s easier to market movies that are part of a franchise or are sourced from material that audiences are already familiar with, so it is with books…

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question of the weekend: What’s the funniest book you’ve ever read?

Sat, Dec 24, 2011
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I would choose The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. It remains hilarious every time I read it…

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‘The Totally Geeky Guide to The Princess Bride’ now on iTunes

Wed, Dec 14, 2011
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That is all.

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question of the day: After ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Twilight,’ will we see more movies broken up into multiple installments?

Tue, Nov 22, 2011
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Could Hollywood only get away with such a split when there is an existing and enthusiastic fanbase? Are these splits anything other than moneygrabbing on the studios’ part, a means to get twice the ticket sales out of fans?

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Saturday cute: zombie cupcakes

Sat, Oct 29, 2011
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Undead baked treats.

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television about books… and people actually watch it

Tue, Oct 18, 2011
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So there’s this show on BBC Two in which the gimmick is that all the people in a small Scottish town are roped in to read the shortlisted titles for a prestigious literary award…

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