I read a lot. An average of a book every two days (I've slowed down a bit over the years). And while I love finding new authors, new series to get lost in, sometimes there's nothing better than realizing it's been just long enough to go back and reread an old favorite. At the moment [...]
Read More"Heat Wave," best-selling mystery author Richard Castle's eagerly awaited new book (the first about his new character, Nikki Heat) hit bookstores today! If you have no idea who best-selling mystery author Richard Castle is, you haven't been watching ABC's "Castle" starring Nathan Fillion. And if you haven't, shame on you. Aside from the fact that [...]
Read MoreIt might not come as a terrible shock to discover that I'm a big Kevin Smith fan. Seen all his movies, from Clerks to Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Read all the comics. Read the books. Even read the scriptbooks of the movies. Bought his three live DVDs. Seen him in person several times, [...]
Read MoreDemented horror comedy may be one of the toughest genres to do convincingly, but Jeff Strand makes it happen, Author of How to Rescue a Dead Princess, Single White Psychopath Seeks Same, Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary) , The Sinister Mr. Corpse, (and many others), he has stepped away from his frivolous roots to produce [...]
Read MoreTitan Books has released a bit of info and the cover of their 3rd Firefly Companion book, "Firefly: Still Flying." They're keeping some stuff a secret for now, but we know it'll be the same format as the previous two. In Still Flying, we’ll be uncovering even more secrets from the series, stuffing the book [...]
Read MoreIf you've been listening to Kevin Smith's podcast with Scott Mosier (the SModcast) you know what to expect. Hell, if you've ever listened to Kevin Smith for more than 2 minutes you know what to expect. If you haven't been listening (and why not? they're hilarious) you can read the best of the worst in [...]
Read MoreIn ABC's "Castle," Nathan Fillion plays a best-selling mystery novelist. So when they need a cute tie-in to drum up interest in the show's second season what better way than to publish one of his books? Starting Aug. 10 ABC will publish chapters of Richard Castle's "Heat Wave" as they air reruns of the show, [...]
Read MoreEagle-eyed Browncoats have noticed a new listing at Amazon: a third Firefly Companion book from Titan Books, due out next March. What will this one cover? No idea. Titan hasn't released details yet, other than the official title ("Firefly: Still Flying – A Celebration of Joss Whedon’s Acclaimed TV Series") and that it will be [...]
Read MoreKids Need to Read announced that they're auctioning off some autographed items from Neil Gaiman's Coraline: Neil has generously given KNTR an autographed copy of the original motion picture soundtrack of the big screen adaptation of his popular book, Coraline! As if that weren’t enough, he also donated an autographed Coraline t-shirt (adult size extra [...]
Read MoreArtist Jonathan Baldwin has created an extremely limited edition (i.e. 1 of 1) board game based loosely on Hunter S. Thompson's immortal tome, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Packed in a suitcase, you get rows of phenethylamines, game cards, stimulants, a board, hallucinogens, game pieces, petri dishes, adventure cards, a shot glass, and much [...]
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