delanceyplace.com 5/22/12 – the origins of sex
In today's excerpt - in Britain and America, in the not-too-distant past, sex and childbirth outside of marriage led to imprisonment, punishment, banishment, or in some cases death:
"We could start anywhere in the British Isles, on any date almost from...
Waterstones deal with Amazon puts Kindle and ebooks instore
Waterstones will sell Kindle e-readers for the first time and offer free Wi-Fi, so customers can buy a book or download it instoreWaterstones has announced a surprise tie-up with Amazon that will enable shoppers to pluck ebooks as well as physical book...
Heist of the century: university corruption and the financial crisis
Why was the response from US academic experts to the global financial crisis so muted? In the second extract from his book Inside Job, Charles Ferguson argues that corruption in universities is deeply entrenchedMany people who saw my documentary Inside...
Catch Charlie Jane Anders and Brian Francis Slattery at NYRSF Tomorrow!
The New York Review of Science Fiction is hosting a special reading next week on May 22nd featuring Charlie Jane Anders and Bryan Francis Slattery. We’re also pleased to announce this event is being guest curated by Tor.com/Tor Books’ very own edit...
A Re-telling Full of Musical Script: Jack Vance’s “The Moon Moth”, Adapted By Humayoun Ibrahim
Back in 2009, I learned about Jack Vance by way of Carlo Rotella’s wonderful New York Times Magazine tribute “The Genre Artist”; intrigued and also somewhat guilty about arriving very late to this particular party, I immediately located and consu...
The Cat and the Spider: Comic Book Movie Heroine Evolution
Comic books and their movie counterparts have been full of scantily clad, proportionally-challenged characterizations of women since the golden age of comics. While some writers broke out of the mold to develop their female characters as independent wo...
Fierce Reads Sweepstakes!
You’ve enjoyed the excerpts from the Fierce Reads authors, and can’t wait to get your hands on more! The good news is we’ve got three prize packs containing all four books featured. That’s right, win this and you get a copy of S...
