Origami Unicorn

Rod Serling on Kamikazes

The Inception of Interstellar

The Guardian takes a look at how and why Christopher Nolan made Interstellar.

Roald Dahl Day

"Roald Dahl was born on 13 September 1916, and Roald Dahl Day is celebrated every year on the anniversary of his birthday." The Guardian reports and remembers.

Steve Jobs and Ebooks

In the beginning, the Apple founder didn't want to enter the ebook market. In the end, it was about making it a success before his death. iDownloadBlog gives the history.

Steve Jobs

Three stories from his life.

Big Changes in Genre Editors

Betsy Mitchell retires; other move up: by January it may be a whole new ballgame. Publishers Weekly reports.

Letters From Writers

Publishers Weekly abstracts four letters from writers from the blog, Letters of Note. Some writers compose their letters thinking of a wider audience; others are less guarded. Vonnegut's letter is particularly interesting to a genre reader because the events he is condensing turned into Slaughterhouse 5.

Amazon Upgrades Its Publishing Effort

Amazon has made yet another move to strengthen its position in publishing by appointing Larry Kirshbaum, formerly of Time Warner Book Group, as head of its New York Office. Publishers Weekly reports. The Bookseller.com adds other sources, names, dates, places, and the goal of all this. Futurebook wonders if Amazon's move doesn't show conventional publishing is stronger than currently supposed.

State of Play: Terry Pratchett

The Guardian has an interview with Terry Prachett about life the universe, and—wait that's a different author. Also, he has a new book out.

The Mind of an Agent

Andrew Wylie is considered one of the top literary agents. He gave an interview to Harvard Magazine. Wylie claims he was always interested in quality writing but that does not mean he is not interested in making money. This is the man who's copyrighting one version of Shakespeare, a longtime best seller.