Books& To CheckoutPosted by Tim on September 28, 2006 at 7:50 AM
- The Chicago Manual of Style is now available online. For 30 days, it’s free. I’m going to save up all of my burning usage and style questions for a 30-day marathon session. Nerd-vana.
- Find out what the name of your band would be at the King Dork band name generator. My band’s name would be “Slap-Happy Homes” - here’s my album cover:
- Cormac McCarthy’s new book, The Road, takes place in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Say, “post-apocalyptic” - isn’t that a little science fiction-y? That sound you hear is Dr J, BGB’s resident McCarthy scholar, weeping in his car. Dr J has no truck with the sci-fi. The NYT loves it though. I think.
- Charles Frazier’s new book, Thirteen Moons, comes out Tuesday. Michael Schaub at Bookslut says Frazier “made headlines by getting paid $8 million, 17 NFL teams, and the state of Delaware for his new novel.” Apparently the book is worth it.
- Mrs. Cayenne says, “Read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. It’s excellent.”
September 28th, 2006 at 10:37 am
ALL of Cormac’s novels, or nearly all of them, could be described as post-apocalyptic in one way or another. It all depends on the definition of apocalypse and who’s responsible for it. I’m sticking with Cormac until he publishes a comic book.
I’ll report on this one soon. And Charles Frazier’s.
September 28th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Dr J, glad to hear that this is not a deal breaker. I look forward to getting the scoop on these two books from you. I’m especially curious about the Frazier.