Daily Archives: August 17, 2010
Bloodthirsty femmes: The Women of Scandinavian Crime Fiction | Nordic Bookblog
And who are these bloodthirsty Nordic ladies of the pen? As this post is for an English-speaking readership, we limit ourselves to authors translated into English. The Swedish members of this set are, for the moment, Karin Alvtegen, Kerstin Ekman, … Continue reading
Filed under Books To Check, Quoted, Reference, Writers
Pub Rants: Publishers Behaving Badly–Again
Several agent friends have confirmed that Macmillan sent a letter over the weekend asking authors to sign amendments that gave them electronic rights to backlist titles. Oh Shades of Random House hegemony! By the way, these letters went out to … Continue reading
Weekend Essay by Jonah Lehrer: How Power Affects Us – WSJ.com
This suggests that even fleeting feelings of power can dramatically change the way people respond to information. Instead of analyzing the strength of the argument, those with authority focus on whether or not the argument confirms what they already believe. … Continue reading
Stieg Larsson And Company
Stieg Larsson In search of Stieg Larsson Stieg Larsson: The Man Who Died Too Soon Crime in a cold climate
New Big Brother: Market-Moving Satellite Images – Yahoo! Finance
As an example of how Wall Street getting in on this techhology, the UBS Investment Research issued its earnings preview for Wal-Mart’s second quarter, which publicly revealed that UBS had been using used satellite services of private-sector satellite companies to … Continue reading
Guest Post: The Purpose Behind Engineered Economic Collapse | zero hedge
Hired thugs, useful idiots, corrupt officials, even hyperinflation, all tiny obstacles when considering the world we could have if the Elites were finally made to face the reckoning they deserve. Americans once took on the greatest empire on Earth. We … Continue reading
Who Do You Write For?
I don’t know if the name of writer Og Mandino is widely known today. But in the late 1970s, early 1980s, you couldn’t help tripping over his little mass-market paperbacks at stores. They all shared the same design motif, evident … Continue reading
The Bookstore Massacre
What once housed a bookstore, now becoming an extension to a chain pharmacy in NYC. Click = big Get ready for the bookstore massacre When these things happen, they happen quickly. When I was growing up, record stores were a … Continue reading
Filed under Bookstores, Quoted
I’d Change “Me” To “You”
Given his ridiculous statements over the past year (see the latest), my sentiment is opposite the one in the adult-titled music video after the break.
BBC – Archive – In Their Own Words: British Novelists – Interviews with remarkable modern writers
BBC – Archive – In Their Own Words: British Novelists – Interviews with remarkable modern writers. Only the BBC would do something like this. Kingsley Amis! W. Somerset Maugham! John Wyndham! Aldous Huxley! Daphne du Maurier! And more. Long live … Continue reading
