Every time his Photoshop crashes, filmmaker/developer Garrett Murray emails an original (and bitter) piece of flash fiction to the company instead of a crash report, spawning a genre which Mediabistro has dubbed “crash report fiction.”
The Great Gatsby: classic novel and video game. I’m embarrassed to say I’m geeking out about this:
Join Nick Carraway as you explore the mansions and bungalows of Long Island, the parlors of New York City, and the heart and soul of the Roaring Twenties. Attend extravagant parties and lush gatherings as you dance the Charleston with a happy couple harboring scintillating secrets. Sip bootleg gin with a mysterious millionaire desperate to bring the passions of the past into the present in Great Gatsby, a fun Hidden Object game.
And following on the subject of not letting books be just books: here are eight classic works of literature that “deserve” a graphic novel treatment.
Can fart jokes save the future of reading?
A report on the “Vonnegut effect.”
File this under “wha?” and “gross”: a $75,000 book made from blood.
The real people behind famous fictional characters, including Sethe from Beloved, Ulysses’ Molly Bloom, and To Kill a Mockingbird’s Dill.
Aaaand to get you through the rest of the week, here is the Old Spice Guy (or someone who looks a lot like him, anyway) promoting libraries: Read more »
