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CHRISTOPHER FARNSWORTH INTERVIEW ON BLOOD OATH NOVEL AND MOVIE

So much has been done with vampires, in all manner of media, that it’s hard to imagine they could still be used in any way that’s different. Yet that’s just what writer Chris Farnsworth has done with Blood Oath, his debut novel about a vampire secret agent named Cade assigned to the President of the United States. I recently sat down with Farnsworth and the screenwriter-turned-author told me how he conceived of Cade, what his plans are for his character, and – now that he’s sold the film rights – why he’d like to see Christian Bale cast as the undead spy.

The idea behind this book is one of those that, in hindsight, seems obvious – “Of course there should be a supernatural aide to the President.” It’s surprising it hasn’t been done already.

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Source: io9

URSULA LE GUIN’S LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS

It’s 1970, and with this Hugo winner — Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness — we finally got the ladies up in here! And the men too! And of course, the menwomen.

So this is daunting. I mean, these are always daunting, but The Left Hand of Darkness — that’s daunting. It’s the first Hugo-winning novel by a woman, and even if it were simply about what it’s most famous for being about — the meaning of gender — it would be daunting, since that theme has made it the subject of intense critical and academic scrutiny for decades already, so what can I add to the conversation?

But then Left Hand has the nerve to go and be about so much more than gender.

(In fact, maybe it’s not that much about gender at all.) And on top of that, there’s the author: Names have power, as any wizard of Earthsea will tell you, and Ursula Le Guin’s name calls to mind a sort of storytelling perhaps best described as unfuckwithable; the word “myth” gets thrown around a lot to describe it.

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Christopher Farnsworth new novel “Blood Oath is must read. Check out our review for the book here.

Are you a fan of Ursula Le Giun? What are your favorite novels?

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After vying with two other studios, Fox 2000 has acquired the film rights for British author Catherine Fisher’s young-adult novel “Incarceron.” John Palermo will produce via Seed Productions, Palermo and Hugh Jackman’s Fox-based company. Incarceron was published just three weeks ago in the U.S., and immediately inserted itself in a spot on the New York Times children’s bestsellers list.

Novel synopsis:

Incarceron is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells, but also metal forests, dilapidated cities, and vast wilderness. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, has no memory of his childhood and is sure that he came from Outside Incarceron. Very few prisoners believe that there is an Outside, however, which makes escape seems impossible.

And then Finn finds a crystal key that allows him to communicate with a girl named Claudia. She claims to live Outside- she is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, and doomed to an arranged marriage. Finn is determined to escape the prison, and Claudia believes she can help him. But they don’t realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost more than they know.

Have you read Incarceron? Are you a fan of Catherine Fisher’s work?