Books

Fox Wins Film Rights to Wheeler’s Incarceron

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Fox has won the bidding war for the film rights to Catherine Wheeler’s Incarceron, the first book in a YA series about a “futuristic prison” and the warden’s daughter. The first book has been out for a few weeks now; the sequel releases in January.

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Guild Wars 2 Prequel Novel to Release this Summer

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Ghosts of Ascalon, Jeff Grubb and Matt Forbeck’s novel set in the world of Guild Wars, will be released in North America and Europe this summer. The story involves a “mismatched band of adventures” traversing the land of Tyria in search of a sacred relic that could potentially bring peace to humans and their enemies, the “savage charr.” Finally, a completely unique entry into the fantasy genre!

Grubb and Forbeck have each penned novels in the realms of Starcraft, Warcraft, and Magic: The Gathering. Whether or not their resume is a good thing is up to you, the reader, to decide.

Cameron to Pen Avatar Novel

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Today, director James Cameron announced plans to write a tome that delves further into Pandora, the vibrant world first visited in Avatar. He says it’ll “dig deeper” into the world and give insight into the character’s “interior monologues.” We’re guessing he’ll put more effort into believable dialog for this since 3D and special effects cannot be used here. That is, unless he develops a new Kindle plugin that turns the text blue and has it projected above the device’s screen.

Do you actually care enough about Avatar’s characters to bother reading a 200-300 page novel?

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Jonathan Lethem Contributes Essay to Do Androids Dream …

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn and the comic series Omega The Unknown, will have an essay on the writings of Phillip K. Dick published in issues #9-12 of BOOM!’s adaptation of Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Lethem’s essay, entitled “Crazy Friend,” chronicles the way in which Dick influenced him in becoming an author.

Androids is quite a unique comic adaptation as it contains the full-text of the original novel. If you’ve had a chance to take in a few issues, drop us a comment and let us know your thoughts.

Verne’s 20,000 Leages Gets the Video Game Treatment

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is FINALLY making its way to the video game world! Wait a second. This won’t be handled by Visceral Games? Okay, we’ll deliver the rest of the announcement in a less-excited fashion.

“Scientist Pierre Arronax is taken prisoner together with his loyal servant Conseil and harpooner Ned Land onboard the Nautilus,” reads the plot description, “the submarine commanded by legendary Captain Nemo. As new members of his crew, they take part in a fabulous, yet perilous, voyage across the oceans round the globe.”

The gameplay involves scouring games recreated from the novel for hidden artifacts and key objects. The press release we received mentioned “casual gaming” right away, so complexity will definitely not be an issue. This Daedalic-developed title will be available on Mac and PC soon.

Author J.D. Salinger Passes Away

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Author J.D. Salinger, 91, passed away due to natural causes at his home in New Hampshire. While the author isolated himself from the world for the most part, we did hear from him recently. He stepped into the spotlight long enough to prevent the release of 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, an unauthorized sequel to his beloved Catcher in the Rye.

NPR has a lengthy write up on the author’s life and career, which we recommend taking a look at. It’s available via the source link.

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Doug Jones Inks Book Deal

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Flexible thespian Doug Jones (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) has inked a deal with Medallion Press to model for Mime Very Own Book. The tome will be comprised of a collection of images from the day-to-day life of a “silent emoter” played by Jones. Eric Curtis will take the photographs; Scott Allen Perry and Adam Mock will handle the writing. With a sense of humor that combines Seinfeld and The Far Side, we’re quite sure Mime Very Own Book will appeal to the average ‘Funk reader. It’ll be available in December for $24.95 in the US.

Twilight Manga on the Way

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Twilight: The Graphic Novel, which we first heard about last July, will be released by Yen Press on March 16. They’re apparently anticipating big sales as the first print run will be 350,000.

The book was written and illustrated by Korean artist Young Kim. Ten pages from it along with an interview with Stephanie Meyer, author of the original book, will appear in the forthcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly. Yes!

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Titan Books to Release Firefly Short Story Collection

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Titan Books has announced plans to release a collection of short stories that take place within the ‘verse of Joss Whedon’s Firefly. So far, Jane Epsenson, Ben Edlund (yes THAT Ben Edlund), and Jose Molina have mentioned contributing to the project. Given that they were all three involved with the series, odds are the books will be quite faithful.

Excited about the possibility of more adventures with Cap’n Mal & Company? If so, you may gush as much as you wish in the comments.

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James MacAvoy Attached to Ian Fleming Biopic

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Palmstar Entertainment and Animus Films are currently developing a film based on Andrew Lycett’s Ian Flemming biography, Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond. No director or writer has attached themselves to the project, however, Empire Online revealed yesterday that actor James MacAvoy will likely portray Fleming.

We’re wondering if this film will hinder the Flemming biopic that Leonardo DiCaprio has been attempting to make for a while now. Our last update on it was back in January, when it was announced that A Mighty Heart’s John Orloff was brought on to pen the screenplay.

So, who would you rather have as Flemming, Bond fans? Mr Tumnus or the punk kid from Growing Pains?

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