Books

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  Newswire Finally, fans can make money from their Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and Vampire Diaries fan fiction

  Write fan fic, earn money.

  May 22, 2013 | 2:15pm -

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  Great Job, Internet! Bid on newly hand-annotated first editions of books by J.K. Rowling, Yann Martel, and Nick Hornby

  Now with 100% more scribbles.

  May 21, 2013 | 1:30pm -

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  Comics Panel New releases include an alternative detective story and a new collection examining the collective urban subconscious

  Also reviewed: a long-in-development adaptation, dog ownership as suspenseful drama, and Peter Bagge’s “other stuff.”

  May 21, 2013 | 11:00am -

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  Great Job, Internet! Hear an excerpt from David Rakoff's posthumous novel read by Ira Glass and many others

  Longtime This American Life contributor David Rakoff died of cancer last August, inspiring a deeply moving tribute episode from Ira Glass and company.

  May 20, 2013 | 3:32pm -

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  Nerd Curious Why the essential collection Bradbury Stories explains how to live forever

  Todd VanDerWerff reads a collection of Ray Bradbury’s fiction and remembers his own Bradbury-esque childhood.

  May 20, 2013 | 11:00am -

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  Book Review Drew Magary: Someone Could Get Hurt

  With his first parenting book, a sports writer joins a crowded genre.

  May 20, 2013 | 12:01am -

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  Book Review Brandon Sanderson: The Rithmatist

  Established genre tropes weaken an interesting premise in Sanderson’s first foray into YA.

  May 20, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Great Job, Internet! Get involved, Internet: Help bring a 9-foot Hulk statue (and some computers) to a Chicago-area public library

   If Detroit can have a Robocop, this library should have a Hulk.

  May 17, 2013 | 11:10am -

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  Big Issues Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #23 jumps forward a year for an exciting new status quo

  Miles Morales quits his Spider-Man gig to live a life of normalcy. It won’t last.  

  May 17, 2013 | 10:00am -

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  Preview Here's an exclusive first look at Brandon Sanderson's Steelheart

  "I’ve seen Steelheart bleed."

  May 16, 2013 | 10:00am -

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  For Our Consideration Are oral histories a good way to write about music?

  Louder Than Hell is an unconventional oral history, but how much should an author shape a true story?

  May 14, 2013 | 11:00am -

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  Great Job, Internet! Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown wrote a song about phone sex, and here it is

   "976-LOVE" shows that, even in the '90s, he was fascinated by numerology.

  May 13, 2013 | 3:29pm -

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  Book Review Julie Sarkissian: Dear Lucy

  A lack of plotting and character authenticity make for a slow, wandering read.

  May 13, 2013 | 12:01am -

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  Inventory The adventures of Tookie De La Crème: 13 surprising celebrity novelists

  The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

  May 13, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Book Review John Le Carré: A Delicate Truth

  A master at spycraft finally channels his anger into a concise narrative.

  May 13, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Book Review Christopher Hacker: The Morels

  An arresting debut novel picks apart the details and consequences of sexual taboos.

  May 13, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Big Issues Ales Kot builds a better Suicide Squad by breaking its members

  Ales Kot and Patrick Zircher give new life to DC’s supervillain team with an outstanding debut issue.

  May 10, 2013 | 10:00am -

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  Newswire Here's an exclusive look at the first issue of Ghostface Killah's comic Twelve Reasons To Die

  Featuring a handful of notable artists throughout the series run.

  May 7, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Comics Panel New comics releases include several superhero debut issues and an impressive graphic novel exploring family and history

  Also reviewed: a horror/crime hybrid, a visual cine-essay, and a collection of blues legends.

  May 7, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Newswire Harper Lee sues her agent for allegedly cheating her out of To Kill A Mockingbird copyright

   You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view and realize he's a scumbag.

  May 6, 2013 | 12:45pm -

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  Newswire Here's an exclusive peek at the book about The Room

  This book is tearing me apart, Lisa!

  May 6, 2013 | 8:00am -

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  Book Review Marc Maron: Attempting Normal

  A gifted comedian doesn’t quite hit the mark with his second book.

  May 6, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Book Review David Sedaris: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls

  The humorist’s newest effort stretches for incisive observation via contrived wackiness.

  May 6, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Book Review DC Pierson: Crap Kingdom

  Coming-of-age fantasy explores the ethics of artificial self-improvement.

  May 6, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  NOT OPTIONAL A book by a Wonder Showzen guy, a mind-bending video game, and more essential entertainments

  Some entertainment is optional. These aren’t.

  May 3, 2013 | 10:00am -

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  Big Issues Just in time, Kieron Gillen’s Iron Man soars with a new arc and artist

  Incoming artist Dale Eaglesham elevates Kieron Gillen’s Iron Man space adventure.

  May 3, 2013 | 10:00am -

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  AVQ&A The books you’ve loved longest

  This week, our staff and reader question addresses the books we discovered earliest in life and still have on the shelves.

  May 3, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  AVQ&A What are you reading this month? (May 2013)

  We look at some of the month’s releases and ask our staff and readers what books they’re currently exploring.

  May 1, 2013 | 11:00am -

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  Newswire The return of Elfquest and a tiny Hellboy mark a big weekend for smaller things at this year's C2E2

   It was a big weekend for small things.

  April 29, 2013 | 3:35pm -

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  Book Review Joe Hill: NOS4A2

  The author of Horns and Locke & Key returns with his biggest, most expansive, funniest horror-fantasy to date.

  April 29, 2013 | 12:02am -