ARTEMIS FOWL SURE TO BE THE NEXT HARRY POTTER
Source: thesop
In two weeks, the theaters are going to be packed with people waiting to watch Rick Riordan`s masterpiece Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. I`m going to be one of those people. Young adult novels are the hot topic for movie makers, from Twilight, The Vampire`s Assistant, and Harry Potter to The Spiderwick Chronicles and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
From the main character, the juvenile mastermind Artemis Fowl, to his faithful, unquestioningly loyal bodyguard, Butler, to the fantastic fairy recon officers Holly Short and the centaur Foaly, Eion Colfer has created a complex, and enjoyable rewrite of the Faerie world and its residents.
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STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND IS THE CATCHER IN THE RYE OF SF
Source: scifi
Is Stranger in a Stranger Land by Robert Heinlein the Catcher in the Rye for the science-fiction set? Yes, I think you could say that about the 1962 Hugo winner in one important sense.
When author J.D. Salinger died this past Wednesday, it was convenient (if not for him), because it got people talking about his most famous novel. The Catcher in the Rye occupies an interesting position in the literary landscape: It’s inarguably a classic, and inarguably a popular classic at that — a book that a lot of people have not only heard of but read, and that has touched them on a real emotional level. But for all that, it’s also a book many of those same people are sort of embarrassed of.
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BOOK REVIEW: VAMPIRE FORENSICS
Source: scienceblogs
One might think that this book is extremely timely. Vampires are hotter than ever right now, almost beating out zombies in their appeal among the populace (and definitely beating out zombies in their appeal to the under-18-set). Sci is not going to go into her own interpretations of the currently popularity of vampires (though I did read Twilight and I can wax REALLY eloquent on that subject if you want to push my buttons), because that is not the subject of this book review. But this book is very timely, ass so many people are concerned with vampires in the bayou, sparkly vampires in the sunlight, and…all sorts of other stuff that Sci neither reads nor watches.
But vampires are hot.
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Link to National Geographic Vampire Forensics HERE.
I want to get my hands on that book by Nat Geo, ‘Vampire Forensics’. It would make a nice edition to my growing vampire book collection.
What are your thoughts on today’s Book News?
