Cosmogenesis: The Chronicles of Quongo
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Desc: Mini movie trailer of the 550 page sci-fi epic graphc novel. |
Top Romance Books for 2008
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Desc: Romance Novel TV asked their reviewers and viewers what their top picks for romance books were in 2008. The votes are in! Everything from J.R Ward to Lisa Kelypas and Larissa Ione to Joanna Bourne. Distributed by Tubemogul. |
Afshin Rattansi on Fox News about Al Jazeera English
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Desc: Martha MacCallum interviews Afshin Rattansi, author of "The Dream of the Decade - The London Novels" on the day Al Jazeera English launches a TV Service. |
Jayne Ann Krentz and the Arcane Society
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Desc: Author Jayne Ann Krentz writes under 3 different names. Her Arcane Society series crosses over all three worlds, Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle and Amanda Quick. Distributed by Tubemogul. |
Stella Duffy - Mouths of Babes
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Desc: Could this be the last of the Saz Martin crime novels... better ask the author. |
The Kept Man Tour Diary #3
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Desc: I am touring the south in support of the paperback version of my novel, THE KEPT MAN. Six weeks, Tucson to Richmond, with a little NYC thrown in. I will try not to blog drunk. |
J.R Ward talks about "Father Mine" Zsadist and Bella
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Desc: J.R. Ward talks to Romance Novel TV about her favorite brother Zsadist and the novella "Father Mine" featured in her book An Insider's Guide to the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Distributed by Tubemogul. |
Lazarus - Teaser
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Desc: Teaser trailer for forthcoming graphic novel. Available with with closed captions. |
Friction 10
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Desc: A neat reading of a really neat new novel by Joe Stretch - lead singer of Mancunian heroin addicts, (We Are) Performance. |
Audio Book Classic- William Makepeace Thackeray 1847
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Desc: Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England.
The term "vanity fair" originates from the allegorical story The Pilgrim's Progress, published in 1678 by John Bunyan where there is a town fair held in a village called Vanity.
The novel has inspired several film adaptations.
Like many novels of the time, Vanity Fair was published as a serial before being sold in book form; it was printed in 20 monthly parts between January 1847 and July 1848. (As was standard practice, the last part was a "double number" containing parts 19 and 20.) The parts resembled pamphlets, and contained the text of several chapters between outer pages of steel-plate engravings and advertising. Woodcut engravings, which could be set along with normal moveable type, appeared within the text. The same engraved illustration appeared on the canary-yellow cover of each monthly part; this colour became Thackeray's signature (as a light blue-green was Dickens'), allowing passers-by to notice a new Thackeray number in a bookstall from a distance. Vanity Fair was the first work that Thackeray published under his own name, and was extremely well-received at the time. The original monthly numbers and later bound version featured Thackeray's own illustrations, which at times provided plot hints or symbolically freighted images (a major character shown as a man-eating mermaid, for instance) to which the text does not explicitly refer. Most modern editions either do not reproduce all the illustrations, or reproduce them so badly that much detail is lost.
Thackeray meant the book to be not only entertaining but also instructive, an intention demonstrated through the book's narration and through Thackeray's private correspondence. The novel is considered a classic of English literature, though some critics claim that it has structural problems; Thackeray sometimes lost track of the huge scope of his work, mixing up characters' names and minor plot details. The number of allusions and references it contains can make it difficult for modern readers to follow. |
Friction 7
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Desc: A brilliant reading from a really neat new novel by Joe Stretch, lead singer of multi-platinum, award winning, peace-brokering, chart-bothering Mancunian band, (We Are) Performance. |
Friction 6
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Desc: A marvellously profound reading of a really neat new novel by Joe Stretch, lead singer of multi millionaire Mancunian band, (We Are) Performance. |
Author Patrick McGrath talks about his new novel Trauma
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Desc: Patrick McGrath tells The Interview Online how the aftermath of events of September 11th 2001 inspired him to create the character of a psychiatrist who needed to look into his own family life as he attempted to help a returning Vietnam Veteran at the end of the 1970s. |
Dalemovie
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Desc: This is a brief overview of all the four novels in the series that i have written. it contains pictures taken from our camera to add a profile to the explanation. |
Christopher Fowler - White Corridor (the new Bryant & May)
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Desc: Author Christopher Fowler talks about WHITE CORRIDOR - the latest in his series of crime novels featuring Octogenarian detectives Arthuir Bryant and John May. |
The Nye Incidents pt. 1
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Desc: Authors Whitley Strieber and Craig Spector discussed their new graphic novel The Nye Incidents which concerns mysterious cases of human mutilation, which may be connected to alien abductions. The incidents in the book were inspired by a number of real life events. "Whitley had a story he was too scared to write," Spector said, explaining how he was brought in on the collaborative project.
A 2002 case in Pennsylvania that Linda Moulton Howe investigated involved a man whose unusually decomposed body was found in a separate location from his abandoned car, and was associated with a witness seeing a body floated up in a beam of light. Other cases involved homeless men dropped on rooftops in Northern New Jersey, said Strieber.
In their book, Spector said he focused on forensic aspects, setting up the question whether a serial killer was imitating aliens or vice versa. UFO researcher Dr. Roger Leir joined the program for a segment and noted that in the New Jersey cases, a medical professional told him the men were cut in a style similar to the cattle mutilations, with large amounts of hemoglobin found on the edges of the wounds. He also discussed the 'Chupa chupa' UFO attacks in Brazil, which took place in 1977.
Craig Spector is a bestselling author, editor, screenwriter, and musician, with eleven books published, millions of copies sold, and reprints in nine languages. His fiction has been published by Bantam Books, Harper Collins, Pocket Books, Arbor House, Tor/St. Martins, and others; film and television work includes A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD and projects for ABC, NBC, Fox Television, Hearst Entertainment, Davis Entertainment Television, New Line Cinema, Beacon Pictures, and Wonderful World of Disney. Spector is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston MA, and was the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Stealth Press, an Internet-enabled publishing company that specialized in quality hardcover reprints of titles by such authors as Peter Straub, Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Peter Atkins, William Nolan, Dennis Etchison, John Shirley, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
Spector's novel UNDERGROUND won Le Prix Masterton for best foreign novel of horror for 2008. His feature film adaptation of ANIMALS is slated for a Summer 2008 release from TNC Pictures and Anonymous Content, and stars Marc Blucas, Naveen Andrews, Nicki Aycox and Eva Amurri.
Whitley Strieber is the author of over twenty bestselling books, including Communion and Superstorm written with Art Bell. His novels the Grays and 2012: the War for Souls are both being made into films, and the Grays is expected to go into production this year. His nonfiction TV series Alien Intent will begin appearing on A&E later this year, also. His new novel, Midnight, a thriller about nuclear terrorism, will be out in January, and the Nye Incidents will be out in May.
Dr. Roger Leir, author of "Aliens and the Scalpel," has been said to be one of the worlds most important leaders in physical evidence research involving the field of Ufology. He and his surgical team have performed nine surgeries on alleged alien abductees. This resulted in the removal of ten separate and distinct objects suspected of being alien implants. These objects have been scientifically investigated by some of the most prestigious laboratories in the world. Their findings have been baffling and some comparisons have been made to meteorite samples. Dr. Leir anticipates performing more surgeries in the future and will investigate the physiological and biological aspects of the abduction phenomenon. He has also formed a non-profit organization for this purpose called "A & S Research Inc."
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/
http://www.craigspector.com/
http://www.unknowncountry.com/
http://www.alienscalpel.com/
April 17, 2008 |
Robert Anton Wilson Explains Quantum Physics
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Desc: Philosopher and Futurist Robert Anton Wilson was the coauthor, with Robert Shea, of "The Illuminatus! Trilogy," which won the 1986 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. Among his other 35 books are "Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy," called "the most scientific of all science fiction novels" by New Scientist, and several non-fiction works such as "Prometheus Rising" and "The New Inquisition." He and his wife Arlen Riley Wilson founded the Institute for the Study of the Human Future in 1975. |
Fantastic Realm #17 - Punisher 1: Dark Reign, Dead Of Night: Werewolf By Night 1, The Walking Dead 57, Sandman 3
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Desc: This week Iyare gives you the heads up on what's hot this week at Fantastic Realm.
Featured this week - Punisher 1: Dark Reign, Dead Of Night: Werewolf By Night, The Walking Dead, Sandman: The Dream Catchers, plus more.
To buy these or any other books go to our online store - http://www.fantasticrealm.co.uk
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