BooksPosted by Tim on March 21, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Is that even grammatically correct? No idea. More items of interest:
- Russ interviews Hillary Jordan, author of Mudbound
- Largehearted Boy’s Booknotes features Lauren Groff, author of The Monsters of Templeton. BGB’s Nitro reviewed the book here, and I finished it on an airplane last night. Excellent.
- What Slate’s reading this month.
- Geraldine Brooks (People of the Book) is interviewed on KCRW’s Bookworm.
- British author banned from entry to US on grounds of “moral turpitude”
- Science Fiction book awards are going literary. The Hugo Awards shortlist includes Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist includes Steven Hall’s The Raw Shark Texts (coming soon to the ATL)
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Is it that Sci-Fi is going literary, or that literature is going Sci-Fi?
March 23rd, 2008 at 7:51 pm
What in Thor’s name is “moral turpitude?” Is that like creating false evidence and then using said evidence to invade a Middle Eastern country?
March 23rd, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Camellia: Probably both.
GFS3: I can’t argue the sentiment, but if you read the back story on the book in question - the guy wasn’t winning any good Samaritan awards. But still…