The C.I.A. is demanding cuts in the memoir of a former FBI agent who wrote about the September 11 attacks.
The Decemberists released their new video which recreates the famous Eschaton scene from DFW’s Infinite Jest. So now we know what to ask lead singer Colin Meloy when here’s here on 9/21 – do you really relate more to Pemulis than, say, Hal, or did you just prefer the way you looked in the captain’s hat? And dude, where was the NASA glass?
The 2011 Harvey Awards, honoring the best comics in 2010, were announced by Scott Kurz and Stan Lee at the Baltimore Comic Con.
NASA, in an effort to keep itself busy, has teamed up with Tor-Forge books to develop and publish a series of sci-fi books.
Ray Bradbury (who turned 91 this week) will have his novel Dandelion Wine turned into a movie.
Stephen King announced he will host his own political radio show called “The Pulse Morning Show” beginning Sept 12.
Keith Richards’ memoir Life has sold 1 million copies. Yowza!
Jorge Luis Borges was honored with a Google Doodle.
Apparently, Rod Stewart has a pretty rockin’ library. (My personal favorite is Diane Keaton’s.)
If anything else happened this week, we were too busy riding in a DeLorean, folding Origami Yodas, and cooking casseroles to notice. What hasn’t escaped (at least my) attention is the serious hurricane headed for the East Coast. Friends, family, all those people and bookstores I love in New York and Long Island, stay safe!
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