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The Making of Paprika Part One

H. P. Lovecraft: Fear Of The Unknown

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Consider the Novel

In post-modern times, is the novel too old-fashioned to survive in the cultural mainstream? The New Yorker takes a look. For example:

There are altogether so many ways to abuse plot that we tend to forget what plot is at bottom—and what is lost when it is dispensed with entirely. Plot dramatizes incident and moves characters through time. In good novels, these functions combine to approximate not only the reality of life, which is of course linear and time-bound, but also, crucially, life’s tendency to defy abstraction and deflate our pretentions—to make fools of us.

A New Amazon Ebook Every Five Minutes

Amazon is unwilling to release statistics on its business, but Claude Nougat made an estimate based on what is publicly available: there's a new ebook every five minutes. Also, it appears that ebook author fame can fade fast.

Game of Thrones: Bigger, and Bigger, and—

The Guardian reports on the future of Game of Thrones: spinoff shows, maybe a feature movie, a prequel.

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

And the rest of the film.

The Book Concierge

One of the problems of not shopping in a physical bookstore is finding books to give or get. Just in time for the gifting season, NPR debuts a "book concierge" that suggests books based on various criteria, not least that they found them worthy of review. Publishers Weekly comments and links.

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Sense and Sensibility

And rather a lot about Jane Austen fans.

Man Booker Long List

It's a list rich in book that aren't published yet. Bookstores are less than thrilled. The Bookseller explains. In another spotlight on the indrustry, one Man Booker debut novel was rejected thirty-plus times. GalleyCat has that story.