Yes, we're still here. Thank you for standing by while we took vacation. Although apparently, one side effect of being off for two weeks is that we now speak in the third person. Anyhow, to get the blog warmed up...
My dear friend Peter Sagal* has a good discussion going on his blog about what qualities constitute the perfect novel. He's not asking about best novels -- but rather books that are marvels of structure and technique that you find...
Roughly a century before Trek fans started writing their own adventures with the crew of the Enterprise, Sherlock Holmesians were doing the same for their favorite detective. Wired takes a look at the phenomenon this month. Judging from the regularity...
With Up Till Now, William Shatner has written a genuinely entertaining book -- a rarity, I think, in the celebrity autobiography genre. But I thought my interview (appearing now in GuideLive) with him was going to end before it began...
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