09 January 2010

“If Balding, Paunchy Women Drove Ratings…”

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On 2 January, the Boston Globe TV columnist Joanna Weiss wrote a column that began: “To gauge how Hollywood wants us to think about men a...
08 January 2010

Fantasy and the Bounds of Historical Fiction

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The announcement that Matt Phelan ’s The Storm in the Barn won the Scott O’Dell Award for historical fiction for young readers apparently ...
07 January 2010

More on Urban Fantasy

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Yesterday I tried tracing the evolution of the term “urban fantasy.” Here are three recent attempts to pin down that butterfly from an auth...
06 January 2010

Urban Fantasy Redevelopment

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One of today’s hot publishing genres is “urban fantasy,” but I’m not sure what that means. I looked into the question and discovered that…a ...
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04 January 2010

Enough to Make One Drink in the Evening

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The Economist just ran a story about complex languages . English is notorious for its irregular spellings and many exceptions to rules of a...
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03 January 2010

Tim Drake Gives a Book Talk

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Following on Dick Grayson Gives a Book Talk and The Bones Give a Book Talk , Oz and Ends presents a conversation about children’s books be...
02 January 2010

There, I Fixed It: Blue Beetle, #1

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This is a panel from the first issue of the latest Blue Beetle comic book, published from 2006 to 2009. It’s introducing Jaime, the teenage...
01 January 2010

The Cybils Nonfiction Picture Book Short List

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Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story Of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way To Fame, Fortune & Swimsuit History! by Shana Corey Sch...
31 December 2009

What the New World of Publishing Still Needs

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From Locus in March, author Cory Doctorow considers the one part of publishing that is hardest for big firms to outsource, and hardest for ...
30 December 2009

Rocketeer Relaunched with “Rendering”

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The publication of The Rocketeer: The Complete Collection , by Dave Stevens, has provided a new example for the debate over recoloring old c...