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A.V. Club was founded in 1995 as the arts-and-entertainment arm of the satirical newspaper and website The Onion. The two brands quickly became distinct from each other, with The Onion providing humor and America’s finest news, and the A.V. Club becoming a significant, well-received source for pop culture news and commentary. In recent years, the A.V. Club’s web presence has become huge, attracting over a million unique users per month who visit for reviews, interviews, listings, and features on film, television, music, books, and more. Inventory will enjoy contributions from the entire A.V. Club staff, but the primary staff members assigned to the book project... Read full bio

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My Year of Flops will be released on October 19, 2010 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
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Inventory will be released on October 13, 2009 in Trade Paperback
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Inventory will be released on October 13, 2009 in eBook
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USA Today, March 3, 2010
...trailer. - HBO has picked upGame of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin's novels. - The A.V. Club interviews Fred Schneider about his new band. - Nick Simmons (Gene Simmons' son) has issued a statement apologizing for his comics, which readers noticed...
The Onion AV Club, February 5, 2010
...discuss these yourself… just don’t ask us to. Hey, I was curious if any members of The A.V. Club have creative outlets beyond their jobs. Have any of you been in a band, written a screenplay, hosted an art show, done stand-up/improv, given G.G. Allin...
The Onion AV Club, January 7, 2010
...on a foundation of genocide and deadly secrets. While on a cross-country book tour, VanderMeer spoke with The A.V. Club about the genesis of Finch, his love of music, and how even the most iconoclastic fantasy writers can’t escape Tolkien’s towering...
The Onion AV Club, January 7, 2010
...B av club rating Director: Kate Davis, Franco Sacchi, David Heilbroner Cast: Documentary Rated: Not Rated Running time: 74 minutes For those who believe the Rapture is imminent, bad news is good news. Environmental catastrophe? War in the Middle East?...
Moviefone, January 4, 2010
...Canada 10 years after he fled. He’s still out there somewhere. Read the full review The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha RobinsonAdd Critic to Favorites What makes Fifty Dead Men work is the story’s sheer moral complexity, which dares viewers to sympathize...
New York Times, December 30, 2009
...Journal. Meanwhile, Freakonomics has been named one of best books of the 00's by The Onion's A.V. Club the Times (U.K.), and the Telegraph. New York magazine recently released its list of the most astonishing counterintuitive ideas of the 2000's; between...
Seven Days Vermont, December 22, 2009
...TAGS: books, state of the arts Want to see more? Monsters by Ken Dahl, Secret Acres, 200 pages. $18. Also by Cathy Resmer Articles in books Tags What do you do after you’re diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease? If you’re cartoonist Gabby...
New York Times, December 22, 2009
...Times. Freakonomics, meanwhile, has been named one of best books of the 00's by The Onion's A.V. Club the Times (U.K.), and the Telegraph. New York magazine has just released its list of the most astonishing counterintuitive ideas of the 2000's; between...
New York Times, December 21, 2009
...Times. Freakonomics, meanwhile, has been named one of best books of the 00's by The Onion's A.V. Club the Times (U.K.), and the Telegraph. New York magazine has just released its list of the most astonishing counterintuitive ideas of the 2000's; between...
New York Times, December 21, 2009
...Times. Freakonomics, meanwhile, has been named one of best books of the 00's by The Onion's A.V. Club the Times (U.K.), and the Telegraph. New York magazine has just released its list of the most astonishing counterintuitive ideas of the 2000's; between...
New York Times, December 18, 2009
...Times. Freakonomics, meanwhile, has been named one of best books of the 00's by The Onion's A.V. Club the Times (U.K.), and the Telegraph. New York magazine has just released its list of the most astonishing counterintuitive ideas of the 2000's; between...
New York Times, December 18, 2009
...Times. Freakonomics, meanwhile, has been named one of best books of the 00's by The Onion's A.V. Club the Times (U.K.), and the Telegraph. New York magazine has just released its list of the most astonishing counterintuitive ideas of the 2000's; between...
New York Times, December 18, 2009
...Times. Freakonomics, meanwhile, has been named one of best books of the 00’s by The Onion’s A.V. Club, the Times (U.K.), and the Telegraph. New York magazine has just released its list of the most astonishing counterintuitive ideas of the 2000’s;...
The Onion AV Club, December 18, 2009
...This week's Hatecast, which happens to be the last Hatecast of 2009, is so full of holiday cheer it's like sticking candy canes strung with dangling Hallmark Keepsake ornaments in both of your ears.  Amelie Gillette and The AV Club's very own Nathan...
The Onion AV Club, December 16, 2009
...in a sentence, you’re welcome to it. 18. The End Of Poverty? It wouldn’t be an A.V. Club “Worst-Of” list without at least one heavy-handed leftist documentary, the kind that preaches so stridently to the choir that it dares sympathetic viewers to...
The Onion AV Club, December 4, 2009
...In case you missed this important announcement the first time around... The A.V. Club will be descending on Union Hall in Brooklyn this Monday, December 7, at 8pm. Most of the crew will be in attendance: Keith Phipps, Kyle Ryan, Tasha Robinson...
New York Times, December 2, 2009
...Journal. Meanwhile, Freakonomics has been named one of the best books of the decade by The Onion's A.V. Club, the Times (U.K.) and the Telegraph. About Freakonomics Stephen J. Dubner is an author and journalist who lives in New York City. Bio | Contact |...
New York Times, November 30, 2009
...as . Meanwhile, Freakonomics has been named one of the best books of the decade by The Onion's A.V. Club, the Times is an who lives in New York City. is a at the University of Chicago. Their book Freakonomics has sold 4 million copies worldwide. Their...
The Onion AV Club, November 25, 2009
...his demons and searching for justice in the drug-related murder of Senegalese immigrants. Herzog recently spoke to The A.V. Club about Nicolas Cage, New Orleans, and his new Rogue Film School. The A.V. Club: Thinking about Bad Lieutenant in relation to...
USA Today, November 19, 2009
...watching or a waste of time? Please advise.) Anyway, let's hop right on these headlines: - The A.V. Club has its list of the best music of the decade. - I'm always interested to see which documentaries are make the shortlist to win an Academy Award...
EdgeBoston.com, November 16, 2009
...95. Format: Hardcover original. ISBN-13: 978-0-810-982-659 Ellen Wernecke’s work has appeared in Publishers Weekly and The Onion A.V. Club, and she comments on books regularly for WEBR’s "Talk of the Town with Parker Sunshine." A Wisconsin native,...
The Onion AV Club, November 3, 2009
...More Nashville or Bust A.V. Club head writer and hip-hop specialist Nathan Rabin recently decided to spend a year or two immersing himself in the canon of country music, a genre he knew little...
Concordia Link, October 30, 2009
...Acclaimed author of Baloney shares his insights and insecurities Blanchet’s style is based on album covers from the 1940s. If you’ve ever read The New Yorker or the National Post, you’ve probably seen the work of graphic artist Pascal Blanchet....
The Onion AV Club, October 30, 2009
...and passing it off as his own. Shortly after the Broncos première at Austin’s Fantastic Fest, The A.V. Club spoke with Clement about bringing Chevalier’s very specific quirks to life, why he isn’t looking to pal around with Ashton Kutcher anytime...
Chicago Tribune, October 27, 2009
...head table at a garish wedding. 'We have way too many people,' adds Josh Modell, managing editor of A.V. Club, the collection of arts writing that comprises the more earnest, fact-based back half of The Onion. Rather than a wedding, a coming-out party...
Chicago Tribune, October 27, 2009
...table at a garish wedding. "We have way too many people," adds Josh Modell, managing editor of A.V. Club, the collection of arts writing that comprises the more earnest, fact-based back half of The Onion. Rather than a wedding, a coming-out party might...
USA Today, October 19, 2009
...Reporter gives a very positive review to Hilary Swank's portrayal of Amelia Earhart in Amelia. - The A.V. Club talks to Yoko Ono. - The Flaming Lips are reportedly planning a cover of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album. - Horshack from Welcome Back...
The Onion AV Club, October 13, 2009
...it. With the film now out on DVD in a new special collectors? edition, Towne spoke to The A.V. Club about his discovery of Los Angeles? hidden past, the trouble with Raymond Chandler, and his original plans to make Chinatown the first part of a film...
Chicago Sun-Times, October 5, 2009
...at the Cliff Dweller?s Club, 200 S. Michigan, 22nd Floor. ? The editors of The Onion?s A.V. Club sign Inventory, 7 p.m. at Borders, 2817 N. Clark. OCT. 14 ? Rabbi Harold Kushner signs Conquering Fears, 7 p.m. at Anderson?s Bookshop, 123 W...
Poynter Institute, September 22, 2009
...Romenesko Letters Nathan Rabin says The A.V. Club website that Daniel Mallory wrote about in last Saturday's Washington Post "seems to exist only in his imagination." The review, says the site's head writer...
Washington Post, September 19, 2009
...produced video segments, aired on the Onion News Network, are disarmingly authentic. Its arts and entertainment section, the A.V. Club, is a shambles. It's also the brainchild of Nathan Rabin, whose new memoir, 'The Big Rewind,' chronicles his febrile...
The Onion AV Club, September 17, 2009
...time to actually learn from what got us here in the first place. Andersen recently visited with The A.V. Club to discuss Rush Limbaugh, Keith Olbermann, ?birthers,? health-care reform, Wile E. Coyote, Peter Pan, Donald Trump, and how to turn lemons...
The Onion AV Club, September 16, 2009
...powerlessness. But I don?t think I?m telling tales out of school when I say that The A.V. Club rules the Chicago film-critic community through fear, intimidation, and constant beatings with rusty chains. We swagger into the screening room four deep,...
The Onion AV Club, August 26, 2009
...Wrapped Up In Books isThe A.V. Club's monthly book club. We're currently discussing this month's selection, John Crowley'sLIttle, Bigin a series of posts to be followed by a livechat some time...
The Onion AV Club, August 25, 2009
...Wrapped Up In Books is The A.V. Club's monthly book club. We're currently discussing this month's selection, John Crowley's LIttle, Big in a series of posts to be followed by a livechat...
Comic Book Resources, August 21, 2009
...Welcome to a new feature we're starting here at Robot 6 titled 'Comics College.' Once a month (or more if time permits) we'll be examining the body of work of a particular cartoonist or cartoonists of note in the hopes of giving newcomers and the...
ABC News, August 13, 2009
...and politicians with some Summer-themed guests, this week we interviewed Nathan Rabin, head writer of The Onion?s A.V. Club and author of You can listen to the podcast on iTunes or by clicking HERE Critic Roger Ebert blurbs ?The Big Rewind? thusly:...
Crikey Media, July 28, 2009
...To the varied signs of the economic collapse we can now add a small but notable subspecies of urbanite: You'll recognize him (or her) by the ear buds burrowing into his head, the freebie SXSW tote bag slung over his shoulder, and the unintelligible...
The Onion AV Club, July 26, 2009
...Well, hello there! Welcome to The A.V. Club's annual coverage of the San Diego Comic Con International. It's a big year for the Con, this being its 40th anniversary and all, so it should...
Time Out New York, July 23, 2009
...to Rabin?s adulthood as an obsessive consumer of pop culture and a writer for The Onion?s A.V. Club. In this journey from troubled youth to successful critic, the author?s guides and life lessons come in the form of movies, books and songs. He...
Examiner.com, July 17, 2009
...interviews, comics, animations, and poems. Notable contributors include novelist/High Times writer/CNN & NPR contributor Jason Flores-Williams, The Onion A.V. Club contributor Jason Heller, DIY poet/founder of the Fast Geek book empire Charles ?the...
The Onion AV Club, July 16, 2009
...Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn. Recently, the former Foreign Affairs Desk Chief for Rolling Stone visited with The A.V. Club to discuss Ann Coulter, Clint Eastwood, the idiocy of Prius owners, and why we?ll soon be begging the Bolivians for lithium....
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 12, 2009
...the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He rose to become the head writer of the publication's entertainment section, the A.V. Club...
The Onion AV Club, July 11, 2009
...For the last decade or so, if you wanted to praise a TV show, you praised its novelistic construction or pointed out how it was ?Dickensian? or something, just to indicate that the broad sweep of a good TV series is a very different thing from the...
USA Today, July 6, 2009
...back. Rabin, now 33 and living in Chicago, is head writer of The Onion's entertainment section, The A.V. Club. He is perhaps best known for his online column, My Year of Flops, which has attracted a cult following. Now Rabin's The Big Rewind: A Memoir...
The Onion AV Club, June 19, 2009
...Allowed To Make Inappropriate, Perverse Jokes About Her Daughter, Okay? I Watched This On Purpose 12 Rounds The A.V. Club Blog The Colbert Disconnect Inventory ?I?ll allow it!?: 18 crazy (and legally unlikely) courtroom scenes Tolerability Index...
The Onion AV Club, June 4, 2009
...for Away We Go, a new film by American Beauty and Revolutionary Road director Sam Mendes. Recently, The A.V. Club sat down at an Oak Park, Illinois restaurant with Eggers and Vida to talk about how the film came about, how their schedules became boring,...
The Onion AV Club, June 2, 2009
...For over 50 years, the Marlboro Man has served as one of the most instantly recognizable advertising icons in the world. Created in 1954, he helped shift Marlboro?s image as a sweet little cigarette for moms: To the preferred smoke of cowboys, the most...
EdgeBoston.com, May 22, 2009
...pop culture blog as seen in TIME Magazine. Her work has appeared in Publishers Weekly and The Onion A.V. Club, and she comments on books regularly for WEBR?s 'Talk of the Town with Parker Sunshine.' A Wisconsin native, she now lives in New York City...
The Onion AV Club, May 13, 2009
...Somewhere along the line, I became The A.V. Club?s default Chuck Palahniuk reviewer. I haven?t fully enjoyed any of his books since Survivor, but I kept being drawn to his new releases by a sense...
The Onion AV Club, May 10, 2009
...More Box Of Paperbacks Book Clubs (Not long ago?okay, it?s going on two years now, but whatever?A.V. Club editor Keith Phipps purchased a large box containing more than 75 vintage science-fiction, crime, and adventure paperbacks. He is reading all...
Indiewire, April 24, 2009
...to as âan outstanding movie floating out there somewhereâ in his recent interview with Scott Tobias over at A.V. Club, but the version that will make its way to theaters today is a hopelessly boring effort, one which only escapes its slapdash...
The Onion AV Club, April 22, 2009
...a direct hand in the production, adapting the script with co-writer Nicholas Jarecki. Ellis recently spoke to The A.V. Club about adaptations of his work, his blunt feelings toward people who don?t like his characters, and the American Psycho stage...
The Onion AV Club, April 16, 2009
...More Wrapped Up In Bookss In case you haven?t caught on, The A.V. Club is home to a fervently pro-reading, up-with-books crowd. To serve this crowd a little better, we plan to make some additions to the site over the next couple...
Huffington Post, March 20, 2009
...In January, film critic David Denby published an essay called 'Snark: It's Mean, It's Personal and It's Ruining Our Conversation.' It's not a perfect book, but he's right. His book is a bit like Harry Frankfurt's popular essay 'On Bullshit,' which opened...
The Onion AV Club, March 16, 2009
...years, as narrated by Dickens? friend and literary rival, laudanum addict Wilkie Collins. Simmons recently spoke to The A.V. Club about research, genre-hopping, and what?s holding up Guillermo Del Toro from adapting Drood. The A.V. Club: Drood, like...
The Onion AV Club, March 16, 2009
...The end of 2008 also brought the release of a tabletop role-playing game designed with Luke Crane. The A.V. Club recently spoke with Petersen about his influences, why he chose to tell a story about mice instead of bears, the latest news on the film...
SF Signal, January 8, 2010
...Interviews/Profiles Alethea Kontis interviews Peter S. Beagle . The A.V. Club interviews Jeff VanderMeer . (via Matt Staggs ) Elitist Book Reviews interviews Kristine Kathryn Rusch . John Scalzi profiles Sarah A. Hoyt . Fantasy Book Critic interviews Tim...
Lists Galore!, January 3, 2010
...(image credit: Shaheer Shahid ) Top 10 best debut novels of the decade The 10 best short-story collections of the '00s Top ten book covers of the '00s Top 10 superhero deaths of the decade The 12 best music books of the decade The 15 worst comics of the...
Random Meanderings at Middle Age, January 2, 2010
...Darklight was an enjoyable first read of the new year.  I truly enjoyed the first book in the series, Wondrous Strange and was pleased to be completely enchanted with the sequel.  I read a lot of YA and a lot of fantasy and a lot of that YA Fantasy...
SteveMandich.com Blog, December 31, 2009
...Paul Shaffer 4. The Art of Tony Millionaire by Tony Millionaire 5. Inventory by the Writers of the A.V. Club 6. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition by Alan J. Stein, Paula Becker & the Historylink Staff Notes: I need to read more books...
.: chromewaves.net v7.5, December 30, 2009
...Marshall Angus Christmas may be a distant memory now – it was a whole WEEK ago – but the giving continues thanks to Can-indie supergroup Novels . The outfit, comprised of Tokyo Police Club keyboardist Graham Wright, Born Ruffians guitarist/singer...
Realmscapes, December 29, 2009
...green for the latter. (The colours have no bearing on whether I personally enjoyed the film or not.) A.V. Club posted their 13 ,but here are ours since we either don't agree or haven't seen certainmovies on their list; a film is on this list for...
The Culturatti, December 23, 2009
...Beal earlier brought us the A.V. Club’s list of top TV shows from 2000 – 2009 , so I thought I would take a look at the equivalent one for books , and bring them to...
know by heart, December 22, 2009
...glad they were willing to poke fun at themselves for making a list of Toronto’s villains. The A.V. Club. I’m a sucker for an end-of-year album list that goes up to 25, contains some things I hadn’t heard before but sound promising, and is just...
Freakonomics, December 18, 2009
...Times . Freakonomics , meanwhile, has been named one of best books of the 00’s by The Onion ’s A.V. Club , the Times (U.K.), and the Telegraph . New York magazine has just released its list of the most astonishing counterintuitive ideas of the...
Bibliobibuli, December 15, 2009
...Bookfox has an excellent list of best collections of short stories of the decade , and links to another list on the AV Club blog . The two titles both lists have in common are Pastoralia by George Saunders and Runaway by Alice Munroe. Perhaps there are...
Introducing WRITERS! with Kim Smith | Blog Talk Ra, December 14, 2009
...Author of AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAMChosen As A Summer Must-Read by:-NBC’s Today Show-The Detroit Free-Press-The St. Louis Post-Dispatch-Chicago Magazine-St. Louis Magazine-Out Magazine-Frontiers Magazine-Bestselling author Jen...
BookFox, December 14, 2009
...my picks for best short story collections of the decade. If you want another take, check out the A.V. Club's choices -- we got a few in common, but a whole lot of differences. If you think I missed one, you're wrong. Probably. But if you...
Waxy.org Links, December 11, 2009
...Collins-Sussman's Rover's Day Out , voted the top game of the bunch, was hailed by The Onion A.V. Club as "an engrossing science-fiction experience to rival the genre’s best short stories". Here's a short description for the title: "Three hundred years...
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Bo, November 25, 2009
...[ Oregon Business , via Jeff Parker ] Manga | In response to the exclusion of manga from The A.V. Club's best comics of the decade, blogger David Welsh puts out the call for five Japanese comics that merit inclusion on the list. [ Precocious Curmudgeon...
Blog@Newsarama, November 24, 2009
...decade. (There will be other sticklers who post about it next year. No complaining, people.) But the Onion A.V. Club has a list of some of the best of the best — 25 to be exact, with five other archival collections — from publishers all over the place...
IndieBlips - Top Indie Music News, Videos, and Blo, November 19, 2009
...2 days ago found this Blog Reactions Prefix :   Jay-Z, Kanye West, OutKast, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Wilco: A.V. Club Names White Stripes' 'White Blood Cells' Album of the Decade A.V....
Fork in the Road, November 17, 2009
...The book, many agree, is less about shunning meat and more about shunning industrially farmed meat. In an A.V. Club interview with the author, Jonathan Safran Foer appeals to more carnivorous readers: "If you were to say to me, 'Hey, I read your book. It...
cream.fm, November 10, 2009
...let alone put any genuine feeling into it. It's not a remake; it's a pose. The A.V. Club interviews Glan Hansard of the Swell Season and the Frames . Glide interviews Portugal. The Man's John Gourley. The Retriever Weekly lists "must-have,...
cream.fm, November 9, 2009
...frontman Dan Nigro. At BBC News , John Taylor examines the effects of the internet on new music. The A.V. Club lists 16 ways to survive a Stephen King story. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the Spider-Man musical, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark ,...
BuzzSugar, November 2, 2009
...Joseph Gordon-Levitt and January Jones have been tapped to host SNL this month — The AV Club Julia Roberts's production company has acquired the movie rights to unpublished book In the Neighborhood — Moviefone Morgan Freeman will star in comedy Dirty...
Largehearted Boy, October 31, 2009
...Swell Season . Jayne Anne Phillips talks to the Chicago Tribune about her latest novel, Lark and Termite . The A.V. Club interviews Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords . The Guardian lists 10 of the best rats in literature. In the New York Times ,...
Coudal Partners Blended Feed, September 30, 2009
...A trailer for The Onion A.V. Club's new Inventory book, which features lots of great writing by friends of the agency and one wife of the agency...
First Order Historians, September 30, 2009
...through “The Onion” website, release date October 13.  Click here for more info. Posted in Books Tagged: A.V. Club, Lists, Pop Culture, The Onion...
Romenesko, September 22, 2009
...Romenesko Letters Nathan Rabin says The A.V. Club website that Daniel Mallory wrote about in last Saturday's Washington Post "seems to exist only in his imagination." The review, says the site's head writer...
io9, August 13, 2009
...By Charlie Jane Anders , 9:00 AM on Thu Aug 13 2009, 988 views ( Edit , to draft , Slurp ) Copy this whole post to another site Slurp cancel...
First Offenders, July 31, 2009
...I'm knee deep in novel work today, so I won't go on and on about bookstores or publishing or whatnot (except to say that I still don't like this idea I hear that full-price hardcover books are some sort of "bargain" when you know they'll end up...
Will Eisner: A Spirited Life, May 4, 2009
... The Spirit Movie (The Onion, A.V. Club) by Tasha Robinson April 28, 2009 Crimes: • Turning Will Eisner’s iconic series about a heroic Boy Scout type into an overwrought, sexed-up noir version of Frank...
feeling listless, April 22, 2009
...Twitter versus the Telegraph: you can’t stop the lulz One of those Twitter memes you wish you'd been in for. momentum from the party pit What live football coverage can't capture, the joy of a pitch invasion from the pitch. It's A New Day What live...
SpoutBlog, April 22, 2009
...to say about The Informers . Scott Tobias has a very interesting interview with Bret Easton Ellis at the A.V. Club , in which the author/screenwriter of this week’s The Informers admits to not liking the cut of that film that’s being released, and...
The Stranger: Slog, April 15, 2009
...The Onion 's A.V. Club is starting a book club. Their first book is going to be Katherine Dunn's great novel Geek Love , which is a fine choice to kick off any...
Books Worth Reading, April 14, 2009
...These blogs prove that not all good reading comes in book form. A.V. Club - I love the TV recaps. They also have book reviews, the great book vs. film column and lots pop culture snarkiness. Boing Boing - One of my...
A Progressive on the Prairie, April 12, 2009
...tie between Adam-Troy Castro’s Emissaries from the Dead and David Walton’s Terminal Mind . Nonbookish Linkage The A.V. Club picks up my rant about how certain albums are made to be listened to in order . While not all of the 25 on its list would...
videolamer.com, April 9, 2009
...Freedom, sweet freedom. Hours disappear, days melt away, weeks pass in a blur. Having returned to a society that is busy imploding into an apocalyptic mess that any supervillain would be proud to have caused, I find myself spending my few sober hours...
The Groovy Age of Horror, April 7, 2009
...my sense of disappointment, though their diagnoses of how Manual goes wrong may vary: Bookgasm Speculative Fiction Junkie A.V. Club Time Out NY Fantasy Book Critic And here are some reviews that conclude on a more positive note: Strange Horizons Nick...
Largehearted Boy, April 3, 2009
...unsettling book yet, a dark work of crime fiction Kafka would have been proud to have written. The A.V. Club wrote of the book: "At its best, Days is a grim, darkly hilarious riff on blind obedience and pointless self-sacrifice, often reading like the...
Survival of the Book, April 2, 2009
...longterm for these sites, and yet editors are throwing money at the creators to do a book. Handily, A.V. Club's Ellen Wernecke provides a list of sites that became books , offering critiques on what was lost in translation. For example, regarding Hot...
Books Worth Reading, April 1, 2009
...the web, here are some other reviews of a few of my favorites: Book vs. Film: Watchmen (The A.V. Club) The Remains of the Day (A Guy’s Moleskine Notebook) Ender’s Game (A Striped Armchair) Posted in Monthly Reading, Reviews Tagged: Barbara...
gmtPlus9 (-15), March 22, 2009
...A.V. Club... Book vs. Film - Let The Right One In . "...Let The Right One In takes its name from a Morrissey song quoted on the title page for...
Dear J-, March 18, 2009
...Dear J- I was reading a couple of blogs at work (the key here is that down time is not granted, it’s earned:  mental breaks keep me sane, and if I had to talk to one more vendor who disagreed with their web catalog, so help me) and wondering about how...
ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed, March 16, 2009
...Book Vs. Film: Watchmen | Books | A.V. Club Moore and Gibbons vs. Zach Snyder (tags: comics movies literature books avclub ) First Lensman (1950), by E.E. “Doc” Smith | Books | A.V. Club "First Lensman...
Uncertain Principles, March 16, 2009
...Book Vs. Film: Watchmen | Books | A.V. Club Moore and Gibbons vs. Zach Snyder (tags: comics movies literature books avclub ) First Lensman (1950), by E.E. “Doc” Smith | Books | A.V. Club "First Lensman...