OK ... Some will probably not agree with me but ... Am I alone in thinking that J.J. Abrams is completely overrated as a writer? Sure, his p...

NEWSFLASH: 'J.K. Rowling Considering Harry Potter e-Books' Oh she's considering it?? Gee, what with e-books taking over the mark...

How did this one escape me? While I've seen the film on the cable grid before, I actually never bothered to watch the 1987 drama "I...

'Call me Jay Morris, dammit!' I don't get this and think it’s just plain gimmicky. Persnickety tough guy scribe Richard Price d...

Well this is certainly a grey area... The Wylie Agency, whose clients include such scribe estates of Saul Bellow and John Updike and living ...

The Southern Gothic classic " To Kill a Mockingbird " silently turned the big 5-0 this past weekend and continues to be a beloved ...

With the dropping prices of the Amazon Kindle and the Nook at Barnes & Noble, the e-reader wars are getting more competitive. Borders is...

PENGUIN CLASSICS has compiled a list of the top ten essential Penguin Classics every person should read. Each of these ten great works—rangi...

Let's face it. Ed Hardy T-shirts are for frikkin' tools. There. I said it. They took distinctive vintage tattoos and slapped them on...

The American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom (OiF) has published its annual list of the most frequently challenged boo...

Gee, who woulda thunk I'd have two back-to-back Oliver Stone posts, but... Word hits the interwebs today that the famed writer-director ...

I remember in high school that I was assigned to read a fair share of Dystopian novels. Looking back, it was completely understandable since...

I suspect we'll be seeing more and more of these kinds of stories. Ten years ago, few imagined that by decade's end, people would be...

Blockbuster Video is selling books now... I know times are rough for the video retailer but selling books?? And they're not even movie t...

Last week, The Basement gave you the top books of the decade, courtesy of The Times Online . This week, comes a more mainstream Stateside ve...

I'm usually not one for lists -- they're usually either populated with fan favorites or slanted towards critical darlings. Seriousl...

Via Cracked.com : So what does it feel like to write something that will inspire audiences for generations? Apparently it feels like another...

...You missed it back in early December. A definitive collection of Chuck Buk's poems are a must for any Bukowski enthusiast. ``THE PLEA...

Just saw this on DIGG and had to share... Via Joshua Glenn: Some of the most gorgeous, evocative, and strange science fiction art you'v...

NEW YORK - With e-book sales exploding in an otherwise sleepy market, Random House Inc. announced Monday that it was making thousands of add...