Universal has picked up the rights to the Oni Press graphic novel series “The Last Call” and has chosen Evan Spiliotopoulos to write the screen adaptation.
Written and illustrated by Vasilis Lolos and first published in 2007, the horror-adventure series is about two teens on a joyride who get hit by a “ghost train,” which is [...]
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Jun
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Jun
Not only are the movies based on comics but the movies have spawned media-tie-in novels. Halo and Indiana Jones have done this as well - not to mention the ever present World of War Craft (War Crack, to some). But are they worth checking out? Do these novels have the same merits the comics and [...]
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Jun
I love the whole premise behind Hawaiian Dick, the ongoing 1950s private eye comics set in Hawaii. The noir feel of the storytelling and characters is dead-on. The ex-pat main character, Byrd, is well-drawn and has a lot of emotional baggage he’s carrying that only gets opened up in this first graphic novel.
Byrd of Paradise [...]
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Jun
the South African writer Tony Eprile published his debut novel The Persistence of Memory, a fine piece of writing concerning one man’s recollections of the “slippery and disputed history” of his country.
The Impostor, Damon Galgut’s sixth novel, suggests that a person’s own history can be similarly disputed and slippery. It tells the story of Adam, [...]
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Jun
The progressive movement has prided itself on its ability to get its messages out by harnessing the Internet, through organizations like MoveOn.org and blogs like Daily Kos or The Huffington Post.
But now a liberal-minded group is returning to an old-fashioned model: a book club.
As with a classic book club, members of the new club will [...]
16
Jun
First Jenna, Could You Please Tell Us A Little Bit About Yourself
Posted by admin Published in Novel PrizeHi everyone! I’m a domestic engineer, romance novelist, cookbook author, freelance writer, recipe developer, and freebie fanatic. I hide out in the Pacific Northwest with my high school sweetheart and our two blueberry eyed baby boys, who all have me wrapped around their little fingers.
A song. I’d been writing romance novels forever, but never got [...]
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Jun
This slight and lyrical novel is based on the life of pioneer Sarah Royce, pioneer, memoirist, and mother. Strong-willed, fiercely intelligent and conventionally religious – but with a deep mystical streak – Sarah Royce took to the California trail in the Gold Rush year of 1849. She did not wish to be separated from her [...]
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Jun
Novel About An Awakening Sense Of Social Responsibility Receives Editors Choice
Posted by admin Published in Online NovelFor a book that Midwest Book Review has highly recommended as “an involving novel about an awakening sense of social responsibility,†Joe Redden Tigan has received both the Editor’s Choice and Reader’s Choice designations from publisher iUniverse for his first novel, “Waggle†(ISBN: 978-0-595-41619-6). iUniverse chooses only those titles that have the essential qualities to [...]
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Jun
Some label him the savior of pro basketball in Seattle. Others blame him for the Seattle SuperSonics’ impending departure and believe he is an opportunist looking for some good publicity to help pull his coffee company out of financial doldrums.
Whatever you think of Starbucks CEO and former Sonics owner Howard Schultz, his lawsuit against the [...]
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Jun
After Haroun and the Sea of Stories, the composer’s adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel for children which premiered at New York City Opera in 2004, Wuorinen was eager to create another stage work. “He was very impressed with the movie adaptation of the short story,†said Stokar, “and he thought it would be quite marvelous [...]
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