I've just finished reading the novelization of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster and wanted to post a little review, and also a bit of meta about a character arc I think is likely in future films.

( Review and Blithering Meta-Speculation )

Terry Pratchett (author of the Discworld series, among other things) has died.

“No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away - until the clock he wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life, they say, is only the core of ( Read more... )

And now for something completely different...

A 40th Anniversary/Lifetime Achievement commemoration Worldwide Readathon of Susan Cooper's classic fantasy novel series "The Dark is Rising Sequence" is set to begin on December 7th, 2013 with the first book "Over Sea, Under Stone ( Read more... )

Ray Bradbury, science fiction author, died last night at the age of 91.

He was one of my favourite authors. I might have more words on this later, but I just found out and needed to pass the word.

ETA: This isn't the quote I was looking for, but it's a good one.
Stuff your eyes with wonder . . . live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the ( Read more... )

From the people who took Pride and Prejudice and added Zombies, here's a trailer for their next new book:

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Yeeeaaah.

(Thanks very much to lurkingwombat for passing that one along.)

I know too many lurking book people not to leave this meme unlocked.

Meme nabbed from weestaThe Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed ( Read more... )