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The late, so great Ray Bradbury on why we need books, why we need art, why we need the fantasy and escape and imagination. There is also some fascinating information about the making of the film adaptation of The Illustrated Man. “We need artists. We need people like myself, who take hold of a piece [...]

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I’m a big fan of films adapted from books. There are always a fair number of doozies that they get horribly wrong, a lot of decent adaptations, and if we’re lucky, a few shining gems that really do justice to the book and its fans. Some of the upcoming movies from books I’m most curious [...]

Enjoy my colleague Richard’s review of The Blind Side and Moneyball, both by Michael Lewis – the writing is interesting enough to keep even a non-sports fan interested.

Curmudgeonly grump and marvelously imaginative author Maurice Sendak died a week ago today. I came across this again today and thought it was worth a revisit…. Sendak’s classic Where the Wild Things Are, as ready by Christopher Walken*. Makes me laugh every time. “The kid is kind of a jerk. I think that’s the point [...]

This is Morgan Freeman in approximately 1971 as “Easy Reader” – a literacy-promoting character on The Electric Company, a children’s television show in the 1970s. Amazing. Words fail me, so I will let the video speak for itself. “Top to bottom and left to right, readin’ stuff is… outta sight!” “What I’m needin’….is somethin’ for [...]

Anyone remember Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan from 1974? Stephenie Meyer does. Her movie production company Fickle Fish Films has optioned the rights to this forgotten young adult spine-chiller and and plans to make a movie, reports Variety. The novel concerns a boarding school filled with secrets and mysterious students.

Russian Star Wars Posters from Twentieth Century Fox

This video preview of The Lovecraft Anthology Volume One is glorious. So dark and myserious and bizarre, and…well, Lovecraftian. I look forward to reading the anthology. The description reads: “A graphic anthology of tales from the renowned master of the eerie. Featuring collaborations between established writers and artists as well as debut contributors, The Lovecraft [...]

Photoplay editions are the early 1920s and 1930s version of movie tie-in versions of books. With memorable dustjackets and fi;m icons, these books shine.