Order of Dick Couch Books
Dick Couch is an American author of military fiction novels including Seal Team One, Pressure Point, Silent Descent and others including several non-fiction books. Before becoming an author, Couch was in the Navy. As a Whiskey Platoon Commander in SEAL Team One, Couch led a rare successful POW rescue operation in Vietnam. He currently works as a Professor of Ethics at the U.S. Naval Academy. (more…)
Order of Madison Avery Books
Madison Avery is a young adult trilogy series written by American author Kim Harrison (the nom de plume of Dawn Cook). As you can expect from the author of The Hollows series, this series is supernatural/paranormal in nature. The main character is dead, but is doing everything she can to act “alive.” (more…)
Order of The Hollows/Rachel Morgan Books
The Hollows is a series of urban fantasy/mystery novels featuring the protagonist Rachel Morgan by American author Kim Harrison (Dawn Cook). The series is set in Cincinnati, where the existence of supernatural beings including witches, vampires and werewolves has recently been revealed. Rachel is a detective who works both run-of-the-mill and supernatural cases and deals with beings of all sorts. (more…)
Order of Kim Harrison Books
Kim Harrison is the pen name of American author Dawn Cook. She is best known for her urban fantasy series featuring Rachel Morgan. She also writes the Madison Avery series under the Kim Harrison pseudonym. Under her real name, she has written the Truth series along with the Decoy Princes series. (more…)
“It” To Be Adapted To Two-Part Film Series
Written by Jenny Brady on Friday, June 8th, 2012The Stephen King movie adaptations just keep coming!
Stephen King’s novel It is going to be receiving a new adaptation, this time on the big screen and in two parts. The films will be directed by Cary Fukunaga, who directed Jane Eyre. The screenplay will be written by Fukunaga and Chase Palmer. (more…)
Order of Ken Follett Books
Ken Follett is a Welsh novelist who writes historical and thriller novels. His books have sold over 100 million copies. Follett started out working for a publisher in London called Everest Books, meanwhile writing on the side as a hobby. When he needed money for some car repairs, he started writing books as Simon Myles to pay them off. Since then, he’s used several other pen names, but has written the majority of his books under his real name. (more…)
Order of Kurt Wallander Books
Inspector Kurt Wallander is a character featured in a series of mystery novels by Swedish novelist Henning Mankell. Wallander has a limited number of friends, drinks too much and eats too much junk food. He gets very involved with the cases he works on and will disobey orders in order to solve a case. Mankell’s book series has spawned a Swedish film series, a Swedish television series and a British television series. (more…)
Next “Wimpy Kid” Book Titled
Written by Julie Vegas on Thursday, June 7th, 2012Jeff Kinney‘s seventh Diary of a Wimpy Kid book now has a title – The Third Wheel. The cover has been revealed as well, which is brown in colour.
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has nearly reached four million copies in UK sales. (more…)
Friends and Fans Comment on the Passing of Ray Bradbury
Written by Julie Vegas on Thursday, June 7th, 2012Names such as Steven Spielberg, Stephen King and even President Barack Obama were among those who commented on the popular sci-fi author Ray Bradbury’s passing on Tuesday.
“He was my muse for the better part of my sci-fi career,” Spielberg wrote. “He lives on through his legion of fans. In the world of science fiction and fantasy and imagination he is immortal.” The two were no strangers; Bradbury considered Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind to be the “best film of its kind ever made.” (more…)
Terry Pratchett Not Afraid of Death Itself
Written by Julie Vegas on Thursday, June 7th, 2012Alzheimer’s sufferer Terry Pratchett says he’s not afraid of dying, but he is afraid of dying badly. He says, “I am scared of dying badly. But then I think that is something most people (are scared of).”
Despite the disease, Pratchett remains busy. He’s written a novel inspired by the Charles Dickens character Artful Dodger entitled Dodger, The Long Earth with sci-fi author Stephen Baxter and meanwhile has been campaigning for the United Kingdom to legalize assisted death. (more…)