From Matthew Pearl's Twitter account (bold my own):

"Working on one [next novel?] now! Set in 19th century Boston... After that, possible Dante Club sequel[.]"

WHAAAAAT IS THIS RIDICULOUS AWESOMENESS??

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)LowLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)ModerateLevel 2 (Lustful)LowLevel 3 (Gluttonous)ModerateLevel 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)LowLevel 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)HighLevel 6 - The City of ( Read more... )

I was searching for the cast list for the movie of The Arcanum and I came across this really interesting interview with Thomas Wheeler. It's really more of a monologue type thing than an interview, but it's just so neat to hear him talk about his process with the story and the characters.

I really love that book. I'd sort of forgotten about ( something somewhat spoilery. )

Happy birthday, James Russell Lowell! Let's see, how old are you today? My mad search engine skills tell me you're 189! Good job!

So I was thinking that Lowell and Holmes' relationship in The Dante Club is sort of comparable to Houdini's and Lovecraft's in The Arcanum. They were pairs that worked together that were just total opposites. ( Read more... )

I'm thanking all the various thank-able things right now. I saw mention of The Dante Club getting made into a movie online and I had a major panic attack. See little Aelita in my icon? That is what I looked like ( Read more... )

And the lucky birthday today is...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow! Happy 200th birthday, Longfellow!

And if you still haven't read The Dante Club... well, this is your second chance. But you only get two more chances after this, and I don't know when Holmes' and Field's birthdays are, so... yeah.

Happy birthday, James Russell Lowell!!!

If you haven't already read The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl, what are you waiting for? Go, go! And if you've already read it, well... haven't you ever heard of rereading supremely excellent books?