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Book Review: Living Blue in the Red States edited by David Starkey
A collection of 21 works of "creative nonfiction" explores what it's like to be blue in a red state and whether those colors even matter.
Read More »Book Review: Ruby Pocket Reference by Michael Fitzgerald
While this isn't the book to learn Ruby, it is the book to keep with you when you are working with it.
Read More »Book Review: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise Of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
This is a book about "economics, stupid," and not about whether you are on the left or the right.
Read More »An Interview With George Shuman, Author of Last Breath, Part Two
"Truth lends a lot of authority to a story, just as ... truth lends a lot of authority to a lie."
Read More »Manga Review: Translucent – Volume One by Okamoto Kazuhiro
Dark Horse Manga issues a quirky series about a young girl stricken by bouts of invisibility.
Read More »An Interview With Tom Straw, Author of The Trigger Episode Part One
"The Trigger Episode [is] in the first person [to] help a reader empathize with a guy doing basically despicable work as a paparazzo."
Read More »Viz’s Naruto Nation Manga Marketing Blitz Begins
The popular "Shonen Jump" manga series begins an intense schedule of book releases over the next four months.
Read More »Book Review: The Photoshop Channels Book by Scott Kelby
Your imaging will never look the same.
Read More »DVD Review: Super Friends – The Legendary Super Powers Show: The Complete Series
This version of the Super Friends isn't so super.
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