You could head for the hills to wait out the effects of rising seas as the world warms, or you could opt for a floating home from Italian yacht-maker, Jet…Continue readingSurvive the Apocalypse
A series of videos featuring some of the most bad-ass women in history is on the horizon, Lily Myers writes at Bust. The episodes will feature a Chinese pirate, Japanese…Continue readingWomen defying history
“In late 2006, I wrote the first book review on Goodreads,” Otis Chandler writes on the website’s blog. “It was a simple, two-paragraph review of ‘A Short History of Nearly…Continue readingHow many reviews?!!
I guess this could explain a lot about me. My readers will have to decide. Victorian Doctors Thought Reading Novels Made Women ‘Incurably Insane’ At History Buff, Caroline Wazer,…Continue readingNovels make you crazy?
In The Guardian, celebrated correspondent Janine di Giovanni has selected The top 10 books of war reportage One of his choices (whole list and link below) includes ‘Hiroshima’, John Hersey’s…Continue readingThe horror that never ends
At Jstor Daily, Chi Luu examines how nouns suddenly become verbs, and talks about popular internet memes like “Let me librarian that for you” and “Do you even science, bro?”…Continue reading‘Do you even science, bro?’
100 jokers who shaped modern comedy Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri 4,000 years of humor At Vulture, Jesse David Fox talks about 100 sketches and one-liners that changed humor forever —…Continue readingFirst joke ever told?
The woman who rewrote the rules of romantic fictionNora Roberts photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Polaris There are more than 400 million Nora Roberts novels in print, Carole Cadwalladr writes in The…Continue readingDoes romance pay?
Science Fiction in the 2nd and 21st Centuries Lucian of Samosata’s ‘True Stories‘, written in the 2nd Century, might be the first science fiction novel, Tibi Puiu writes at ZME…Continue readingSF then and now
Five reasons I write fantasy ALL fiction is fantasy. By definition. But I am using “fantasy” in its more commonly applied genre sense here, the literature of true wonder –…Continue readingLie that tells the truth