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Caitlin! Her comment on Tolkien & Beyond: The Pitfalls of Movie Adaptations was a great response! “I’ve resigned myself to the fact that movie renditions of books will never be good. They’re shorter and it’s a price that must be paid. However, I am a big fan of the feeling or tone of a book, [...] Want to help support the fight for breast cancer? Well you can, and you can do it by bidding on your favorite books! Fantasy, sci-fi, romance authors, and more will sign their books, and you can bid on them! The proceeds will go to Books for Boobs. Some of the participating authors are Jim Butcher, [...] Orbit, a Science Fiction and Fantasy imprint at Hachette Book Group, was launched in 2007. They just announced that they will launch a digital short fiction publishing program for its authors. The digital short stories will be distributed for a number of devices, and authors will be given royalty for each short story [...] Ursula K. Le Guin was first published in the 1960s, and ever since then, she has been a big name in the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres, winning various awards, from the Gandalf Grand Master Award to Hugo and Nebula awards. Her novels are known for their explorations of feminist, psychological, and sociological themes – [...] “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Actress Rachel True got a dose of inspiration from Meghan McCain’s now-infamous Twitpic while reading Feminista. Photo: The Feminista Files – Whitney Teal SheReads looks at the reading lists of cool chicks. If you want to be featured, send an email to uptown.literati@gmail.com. Christina’s favorites… Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk “Give me anything in this whole fu*king world that is exactly what it looks like. Flash.” Chuck Palahniuk is [...] Julia Roitfeld, a New York socialite who happens to be the daughter of French Vogue‘s editrix, is featured on photographer Todd Selby’s site, The Selby. Among her other treasures, the photog snapped her books, which are stacked neatly on the floor, no bookshelf needed. – Whitney Teal How do you really feel?! Tell us in this Uptown Literati Survey! Answer any or all of the questions, then leave other remarks in the comments section. How long have you read Uptown Literati (UL) Since the beginning, otherwise known as 2008 pollcode.com free polls How often do [...] Dr. Cornel West will be hitting up B.Dalton bookstore in Washington, D.C this Thursday to discuss and sign his newest memoir Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. Check the details below! Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009Time: 1:00-2:00pmLocation: B. Dalton2021 14th St. NWWashington, D.C |
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