Musician, music industry insider, and sometimes chick-lit author Alan Goldsher has had one hodge-podge of a career. He’s played with Janet Jackson, ghostwritten for NBA stars, and now he’s mashing music and zombies. His new book, Paul Is Undead ($10, Amazon), is Beatles history text, meets Scary Movie, meets Ren & Stimpy. The fab …
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Kindle App Hits Android Market
And with that, Amazon’s Kindle platform slowly oozes its way into another crop of smartphone handsets. Android owners (version 1.6 and higher) can now download the Kindle app from the Android Market and synchronize books across all the other Kindle-infused gadgets strewn about the home.
Still no support for magazines or newspapers …
Q&A: Android Karenina Mash-Up Author Ditches Horror For Sci-Fi
Barely more than a year later, and the literary mash-up craze started by Quirk Books has boomed into a monster of its own undoing – or so it seemed. Sifting through piles of Vampires & FILL-IN-THE-BLANK titles rushed onto shelves to entice teenage girls and Twilight-loving moms is something of a daunting task. Thankfully, in a literary …
Your First Look: Android Karenina
Another classic mash-up from Quirk Books lands in bookstores today. Its latest Frankenbook is Leo Tolstoys’ Anna Karenina, or Android Karenina ($8, Amazon), as written by Ben Winters (Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters.) With Android, Winters has given Tolstoy’s beautiful Russian epic a steampunk edge, filling the book with robots, space …
Deathly Hallows Epilogue Photos Leaked, Part Deux
Just a week ago, we got our first look at the anticipated epilogue scene from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when photos of Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny) leaked online.
(More on Techland: Harry Potter’s Reding Hair Line: Photos of Deathly Hallows Epilogue Scene Leaked)
Did they look good? Some of you …
Hey Guys, Lev’s Touring!
Now that The Magicians is officially on sale in paperback ($11, Amazon), Techland’s very own Lev Grossman has hit the road. He kicked things off in California early this week and will make stops around the country before wrapping up in Minnesota in a few weeks.
(More on Techland: What We’re Looking Forward To In June: The
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Giveaway: Firefly: Still Flying, The Ultimate Fan Book
Titan Books released this new anthology of all-things Firefly ($14, Amazon) yesterday, and I’ve got a fresh copy to give away.
The book itself is full of new Firefly fiction by the show’s writing team, glossy photos, memories from the cast and crew and previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photos and storyboards. (There are even a …
Pandigital Novel: Color Screen, Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Hold the phone. Pandigital’s 7-inch “Novel” eBook reader has a color screen, full web browser, and access to Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore. I like it. It’s different. Novel, if you will.
You won’t enjoy the easy-on-the-eyes, week-long battery life that a reader with an electronic ink display gives you but the Novel …
The Daily Dose
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Clark <3’s Lex: During an interview with MTV, Smallville‘s Tom Welling said that he’d love to have Clark Kent’s arch nemesis Lex Luthor back for the tenth and final season of the series.
“I want to see Lex [Luthor],” said Welling. “I want to see him …
Tyra Banks to Write String of Fantasy Novels?
Wait, what?
Today, Delacorte Press announced that its newest fantasy author is … Tyra Banks? Apparently, the America’s Next Top Model creator has signed on for a series of modeling-themed books set in a magical alt-reality. The first title, Modelland, is already finished and will hit bookstores next summer.
On her web site, Banks …
Bronte Sisters, Power Up! The Badass Bronte Power Dolls
Hello, greatest thing I’ve laid eyes on this week.
This fake commercial shot in 1998 features the figurine likenesses of literary pioneering sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte as feminist vigilantes fighting against the evils of a man’s publishing world – complete with fake mustaches.
My favorite part of its YouTube …
Want Cory Doctorow’s New Book For Free?
Blogger and sci-fi author Cory Doctorow’s For The Win hit bookstores today and to celebrate, he’s giving away free copies via download on the book’s web site, like he’s done in the past. (Seriously, if you like For The Win, download Makers from 2009. Yeah, it’s free.) Or, if you’re a print person but aren’t into that whole “driving to …