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Web-Exclusive Reviews: Week of 8/20/2007
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Not the End of the World
Blogger and freelance writer Diane Vadino captures the premillennial hopes and fears of a single New York City editor in her debut novel, Smart Girls Like Me.
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Not Just for Vegetarians
The prolific—and omnivorous—author of the New York Times’ “Minimalist” column has written How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, a follow-up to his classic book, How to Cook Everything.
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Wars of Memory….
On September 23, PBS will air the first of Ken Burns's seven-part documentary on WWII, The War. Knopf, as it has with other Burns film projects (The Civil War; Baseball) has the tie-in, written by Burns and Geoffrey Ward. Subtitled An Intimate History, The War will no doubt bring to life first-hand accounts of the war experience from a generation that is dying off at a rate of a thousand a day.
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Movies Still Woo Graphic Novels
As evidenced by the recent San Diego Comic-Con, 300 won't be the only graphic novel storming the hot gates at the box office. While famed franchises such as Spider-Man, Batman and the Fantastic Four continue to rake it in, studios are increasingly turning to quirkier comics for inspiration, and a variety of publishers are hoping to ring up their own sales.
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Gordon Lee Case Delayed Again
The trial of comics dealer Gordon Lee, set to begin yesterday, was delayed due to the illness of the presiding judge. The case will not likely be heard until November.
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A Riches-to-Riches Story
Not many picture books are 50 years in the making. But a new version of a very old tale can make that claim: Walt Disney’s Cinderella, retold by Cynthia Rylant (Disney Press, Aug.), has its origins in design work done by artist Mary Blair in the 1940s.
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Big-Shouldered Discounts at Wizard World Chicago
While there was a lack of bigpublishing news coming out of Wizard World Chicago, there were large crowds of superhero fans and DC announced several new kids comics series.
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Indie Viper Comics Aims For the Mainstream
Indie publisher Viper Comics has managed to attract both Hollywood and the American Library Association with its list of edgy action comics.
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Y.Kids: Educational Manga from Korea
Korean publisher YoungJin.com has launched Ykids, a line of original, English-language educational manga aimed at the U.S. market.
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Comics Briefly
Dabel Bros., Marvel Breakup; Comic Book Idol 3; and Bleach Download
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Talking with George R. R. Martin Part 2
Fantasy maestro George R. R. Martin talks about the future of Wild Cards and other comics projects.
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I'm Sick of You
Guest writer A. David Lewis asks if comics love affair with autiobiography is crowding out other kinds of stories.
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Books in Brief: Prayer Guides and Self-Help, August 2007
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Sew What's New
Some phenomena that begin as narrowly focused fads can morph into entire lifestyles—consider the life choices that can extend from going vegan (yoga? Prius? Green Party?). These days, the same holds true with crafting. What began with Uma Thurman's knitting obsession and the hipster battle cry that “knitting is the new yoga,” has since engendered a Knitting Olympics, a bestsel...
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Epistolary, My Dear Watson: PW Talks With Charles Foley
Literary sleuths will find many clues about the creator of Sherlock Holmes from the letters in Arthur Conan Doyle, co-edited by the writer’s great-nephew Charles Foley.
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The Gift of Lightning
I'm just a writer,” Charlaine Harris says. “I write whatever I'm interested in at the moment. And I'm definitely a genre author. But the question is: Which genre? Harris's Harper Connelly and Southern Vampire series have been described as “urban fantasy,” but Harris laughingly insists that they are actually “rural fantasy.
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Love (and War) in a Time of Tuberculosis
Andrea Barrett, whose historical fiction spans centuries and the globe, follows a group of tuberculosis patients at the onset of WWI in her latest novel, The Air We Breathe. What made you decide to write a novel about tuberculosis patients? It grew sideways out of something I had written before, a story called “The Cure” in the book Servants of the Map—about two women running ...
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Not Your Mother's Parenting Books
On July 12, a tearful Amy Polumbo appeared live on The Today Show to talk about some incriminating photos she says someone used to try to blackmail her into forfeiting her Miss New Jersey title. When she posted the pics on Facebook, the social networking site that's all the rage for the college set, Polumbo thought they could only be accessed by approved personal friends.
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