The Silent History is a cool experiment in fiction: a novel in the form of an app that releases installments, including geo-specific "Field Reports," every day. So two months in to its six-month launch, how does the book read? Where does it read best? And is it, you know, good? Here are a few of the places and times I've been in the company of The Silent History.
Read MoreWelcome to Clementine’s Weekly Reading Series, where Clem the hedgehog talks about whatever she is currently reading. This week: Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down by Rosecrans Baldwin.
Read MoreWhen Japanese animes get dubbed into English, it’s hit or miss. Nudity is covered up, violence is dumbed down, and (most) bestiality is glossed over. It’s the theme songs, though, that truly suffer. We’ve collected the most awful English dubs and made a list of artists — from Taylor Swift to GWAR — who could come up with epic alternatives.
Read MoreConsidering Skyfall and the recent MoMA retrospective 50 Years of James Bond, I was pretty stoked to pick up Ian McEwan's Sweet Tooth. It's ostensibly a spy novel, but the book's layered betrayal and intrigue originate less from espionage than the sticky reality of love.
Read MoreThe fact that both film snobs and mainstream moviegoers can appreciate Wong Kar-wai (In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, the forthcoming Grandmasters) makes him the ideal director to pick from while planning the all-important let's-watch-a-movie-at-my-place date. Check out this list of WKW classics and their makeout-potential indices, but choose wisely: results may vary.
Read MoreThe Morning News has decided to play Reading Roulette with six Russian authors, shooting a new one into the American blogosphere each month. Fourth up is Olga Slavnikova and her Slavic satire, "A Light Head."
Read MoreUnlike the last collection of materials gleaned from Roberto Bolaño’s unpublished writings, Woes of the True Policeman does not come with an introduction by the late writer's literary executor (and Savage Detectives character) Ignacio Echevarría. Why?
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