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A Trend of Ice and Fire: George R. R. Martin at the Pop Culture Pinnacle

By Paul Murufas

September 10, 2014

How did Martin muscle his way to the best-seller's list with A Song of Ice and Fire?

When Meryton Met Westeros: the Bennet and Stark Connection

By BBP Intern

April 15, 2013

Two different worlds, two different eras, two different mediums, but two similar families. The Bennets, from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and the Starks, from A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin and the HBO television series, somehow manage to be each others foil.

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Eat Prey Drug: Summerland

Escaping a catastrophic blizzard to take peyote in the Arizona desert, Paul Kwiatkowski concludes his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness.

The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft

M. R. James was an English author, scholar and inspiration to Lovecraft, though the world may have forgotten it.

The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still

Get a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.