Ursula LeGuin has started putting MP3s onto her site. Currently she has an extract of the Wizard of Earthsea and some poems from Wild Angels (Introduction, Ars Lunga, The Young, Tao Song).
There are planned extracts from Buffalo Gals and other Animal Presences and Incredible Good Fortune which look like they’ll appear on this page of [...]
Janet Maslin reviews Stephen King’s latest novel, Duma Key (Amazon), for the New York Times. She muses on the changing nature of horror in his work. I like the fact that he’s developed his horror and mutated it into the quiet, controlled way disturbances. No, he’s not the cutting edge or perhaps the force that [...]
Roger Sutton has a little article on the Horn Book blog about allowing children to see films or read books which push their boundaries. He develops it from A.O. Scott’s article in the New York Times about taking his children to see films outside their normal boundaries. In essence I applaud this as I think [...]
Oni Press are releasing a preview comic of Jumper, a soon to be released cool film of Steven Gould’s novel. Titled Jumpscars, it promises to reveal an ancient war that has been happening around us. Jumpers are individuals who can “jump” or teleport anywhere around the world whilst the Paladins have protected humanity from them. [...]