Collection Reflection

Happy Halloween!  Let's see what scary stories are in the news this fine Thursday. HarperCollins will start offering e-book titles direct to readers . 9 children's books that scared the crap out of HuffPo . (I still love #9) 10 best horror movies of the last 10 years . (I've seen exactly 0 of these! yay!) The 10 scariest television eps ever produced . How much science should be in science fiction?  (an interesting question!) 18 literary pumpkins for a bookish Halloween (wow!) Intricate pumpkins carved as iconic movie characters (more wow!) Life sized dinosaurs made out of jack o lanterns?  Sure, I'll play. The LJ report on placements and salaries is out . Yay. (it isn't good news.) The oldest bookstore in the world is 281 years old . (VERY cool) San Francisco library urinator (!) damages $3,000 worth of books . (gross!)

And now the news! Jonathan Maberry talks the zombie phenomenon on the Kindle daily post. I'm very curious about WHY they're suddenly all the rage now.  George R.R. Martin's books are actually MORE dirty than the porn it inspired . (true facts.)  6 of the best psychological horror films for Halloween 15 MUST READ graphic novel series !  If you loved Ender's Game....   14 facts about Ray Bradbury's early years that will make you love him even more.  CNN gives a "brief history of young adult literature "  Stereotyping you by your favorite Halloween song .  10 books about sports that even non-fans should read .  7 great works of fiction inspired by famous architecture .  Top 10 best-worst lawyers in Fiction . (hahahaha!) Book Industry Study Group shares (some) findings from "Consumer Attitudes Towards E-reading" report.  Q&A with the women who write dinosaur erotica . (dinorotica? Eroti...

Happy Monday! Dieselpunk for beginners.  An endless 1940s timeloop . Do YOU know a book lover? (I assume you all know at least one.) 20 obscure SF/F/H books recommended by the pros .  (I have to strongly disagree with the Gormenghast novels.) The Washington Post talks copyright.   (the comments are worth reading too, although not all of them make sense.) Copyright and Sound Recordings (I talked a little bit about this last fall. The Sound Recording/copyright intersection fascinates me.) For major pubs, will print no longer be the norm? PW Pics:  Books of the week for October 28, 2013

So, what's shaking in the world today? The cast for the BBC adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell  has been announced . Clive Barker to pen "Hellraiser" remake . (yeah, I was scared to death the first time around.) Nerdist lists their Top 10 Horror novels . Few complaints about censorship at Massachusetts libraries . Does "e-book" have a hyphen?  NYT Style Guide Says......  "Yes, Ma'am, it does"  11 psychological stories that will make you worry for your sanity . "Four Librarians, Four E-readers, Two Years."  Interesting experiment with...well, the title explains it. Happy Friday!

I tweeted yesterday on twitter about my new favorite source for upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy Books: Fantasy Book Critic . Do I wish the format was a little better?  Yes, it can be difficult to read at times. But, it is the most comprehensive list I have found. If you know of others, send them my way! The ultimate guide to evil cats in SF/F .  Heh. Better off dead: 10 posthumous novels that should never have been published . The New Yorker  would like you to read a new Haruki Murakami short story online . American Mensa would like to share with you their Top 10 Banned Books list . Flavorwire ranks 20 classic YA literature heroines . Librarians and Distributors react to the Macmillan announcement. (for the record, I agree most with the last statement by ALA President, Barbara Stripling. "there is still a long way to go with publishers on ebooks.) Happy Thursday!

Felix Francis talks mysteries, and taking over his father's series . Not available in libraries (to my knowledge) but something your patrons may still want to know about: Bryan Cranston narrates The Things They Carried  by Tim O'Brien , for audible.  If you're looking for public domain audiobooks, LibriVox has recently been updated . Check out the spiffy new site here. 15 Famous Authors and their fashion label counterparts . Interesting.  Intriguing story involving republishing interviews as ebooks, and who may (or may not) own copyright in the interview . Kirkus provides "Best Books for Dogging the NSA"   Just for fun: The Walking Dead Singalong?  I'm sure someone asked for it...

I think life has returned to some sort of normal. I hope I didn't just jinx everything by saying that.... Check out this interview with David Sedaris. The beginning is in Dutch, but it switches over to English. If you're coming to Indianapolis for PLA 2014, you'll get to see him live and in person .  PEW updates the numbers on Tablet and E-Reader ownership in the US .  TED Talk:  Adventures in Twitter fiction   (this is fascinating, and well worth the time it takes to watch.)  Scott Turow is still railing against Fair Use . (damn libraries!) Mystery author Thomas H. Cook lists is 10 favorite mystery novels .  8 words that authors invented .  The A-Z of Stephen King movies and shows .  Harrison Ford talks about stuff. (you don't care what. Just read it!)  Ronald D. Moore talks the new Outlander  tv show .   25 scary stories by Stephen King and other great horror writers that you can read ...