Amazon bought a copy of Rowling’s Tales of Beedle the Bard, her follow on to the fabulous Harry Potter series. Only 7 copies exist and they look hand written. Check out the page for more details. They bought this copy … Continued
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Jonah Goldberg’s Bizarro History | The American Prospect
This was the article I meant to link to in the previous post… This is Niewerts actual critique of the book.
Machinist – Salon: J.K. Rowling’s Crucio curse on fan’s Harry Potter book
Ugh. Not admirable at all, especially since this type of fan scholarship seems to be perfectly reasonable to me.
Dumbledore is gay — Rowling – Boing Boing
Wow, didn’t see that. I guess fundie Christians can hate the book for two reasons now…
Machinist – The Potter leak: Winners and losers (no spoilers)
It’s an interesting discussion of how technology, the Internet, and art are colliding in the Harry Potter release. It does seem like the publisher and Rowling have some control issues… does the book do something special at midnight on July … Continued
Comics for grownups — Y: The Last Man
I’ve been reading too much non-fiction lately, so in an effort to add some fiction to my list, I picked up a couple of new books this week. One twist, all of them are graphic novels. First up is the … Continued
Looks like a good read
The March of Folly looks like an interesting book. From Richard Clarke’s article in TNR’s “Iraq: What Next?” issue: Still, President Bush insists on staying in Iraq, and it is easy to understand why. In The March of Folly, Barbara … Continued
The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
Last week, I heard an interview on NPR’s Talk of the Nation talking about a new graphic adaptation of the 9/11 Commission Report. At first, I thought that this was an odd idea. Why would anyone want the 9/11 Report … Continued
The Wages of Wins: Moneyball for Basketball
I was googling something else and ran across this New Yorker review of The Wages of Wins: Taking Measure of the Many Myths in Modern Sport. The book looks interesting. From the review: In “The Wages of Wins” (Stanford; $29.95), … Continued
O’Reilly Radar > Programming Language Trends
Be careful not to read too much into this…
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