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Despite what Jonny Lee Miller claimed, “Sherlock” star Benedict Cumberbatch says he would have preferred if Jonny passed on the role of Sherlock Holmes in the upcoming CBS show “Elementary.” Jonny and Benedict have worked together recently in Danny Boyle’s production of “Frankenstein.”

Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files, has announced that he will be starting a new steampunk series tentatively titled The Cinder Spires. The first book in the series is (also tentatively) titled The Aeronaut’s Windlass, which Jim should be finished by the end of the year.

Warner Bros. has decided to take a pass on Ron Howard’s proposal to adapt Stephen King‘s The Dark Tower series.

With the Jack Reacher movie set to come out this Christmas, director Christopher McQuarrie has already set his sights on another major author’s work. McQuarrie is in talks to adapt the novel Without Remorse by Tom Clancy. While the 1993 novel is apart of the same series as Clancy’s Jack Ryan books, the novel is […]

For the first time ever, a diary by Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle is set to be published by the British library. The diary is the account of Conan Doyle’s experiences as a surgeon on an Arctic whaler. The diary has been unavailable to the public since it was written in 1880. The book […]

Lee Child and Gregg Hurwitz have always had mutual admiration for eachothers’ work. That’s why the Jack Reacher author has recorded the first chapter of Hurwitz’ upcoming novel, The Survivor, which will be coming out on August 21st from St. Martin’s Press.

Zerofractal Studios and Random House Publishing have announced the release of their latest Augmented Reality app. The app features Dean Koontz‘ latest novel Odd Apocalypse (the newest in the Odd Thomas series), presenting an innovative new way to see book cover art. You can point your device (iPhone, iPad, Android or Desktop) at the book’s […]

Thirteen books and a hit HBO TV series (True Blood) after creating the Sookie Stackhouse character, author Charlaine Harris has explained to the show “Good Morning” why she is putting the character to bed. “I’d been writing Sookie for so many years, I wrote the first one maybe fifteen years ago, and I just felt […]

Yet another celeb has given their “oh-so-valuable” opinion about the Fifty Shades series. According to Celebrity Cafe, Khloe Kardashian was not very impressed with Fifty Shades of Grey. Not that she’s read it, of course, but she scoffed at the idea of reading erotica rather than simply watching porn. “What everyone tells me is that […]

What books are you most ashamed to be seen reading? A recent poll done by 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair has Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James at a shockingly low 5%, whereas Barack Obama’s memoir Dreams from My Father at 16%. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney’s non-existent memoir is at 8%.