June 24, 2014
Once upon a time, it was was a dark and stormy night, and little did we know where all of these goddamn cliches came from.
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Once upon a time, it was was a dark and stormy night, and little did we know where all of these goddamn cliches came from.
Read MoreDespite Nabokov’s wishes, many designers have had a go at trying to illustrate his infamous nymphet.
Read MoreOn the 77th anniversary of J. M. Barrie’s death, we look at the ways in which his classic children’s story has been distorted over the years and why.
Read MoreTrue story: The author of your favorite bedtime tale also wrote The Pocket Book of Boners.
Read MoreA 19th century computer science visionary, an opiate-addicted gambler, a close friend of Charles Dickens — Augusta Ada Byron led a life as remarkable as her father’s.
Read MoreSure, there were no Starks or dragons, but what about regicide, the Westeros countryside and all that sex? Based in fact or fantasy?
Read MoreNorman Spinrad’s 1972 novel “by Adolph Hitler" is a still-relevant attack on the connection between our concepts of heroism and fascism.
Read MoreSkipping Don Herron’s renowned tour, two New Yorkers try to take a walk in Hammett’s gumshoes for themselves.
Read MoreYeats, Tolkien, Woolf — YouTube is a time capsule of authors’ voices you probably never thought you’d ever hear.
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