Game of Thrones Publisher Denies Winds of Winter Release Date Rumor – There is a distinct possibility that the HBO series Game of Thrones will end before Winds of Winter even releases. A placeholder release date of March 2017 on Amazon France’s website created international anticipation, but neither George R.R. Martin nor Random House ... more >
Hide Your Fires: On Shakespeare and the ‘Noted Weed’ – The piece I posted yesterday on Elena Ferrante has something in common with this Atlantic article on Shakespeare – namely the way in which texts so often exist beyond the identity of the author, even if people become somewhat fixated on ... more >
Marvel’s Contest of Champions leaps from video game to comic book – In yet another sign that entertainment genres are simultaneously and paradoxically diversifying and merging, Marvel has announced that they will be creating a comic based on the video game Contest of Champions, which features kidnapped superheroes forced by ... more >
WHO NEEDS HBO NOW? FIRST 4 EPISODES OF “GAME OF THRONES” SEASON 5 LEAK ONLINE – Surprise! The first four episodes of Game of Thrones Season 5 landed on piracy sites in advance of its official release, with rough estimates that the video (which was likely an advanced screening copy) ... more >
As a genre celebrating love and largely written by and for women, I think it’s easy to view Romance as an inherently feminist genre. I have felt this way myself at times, and I’ve seen many other readers and authors make similar assertions. But what I’m going to propose today ... more >
Antitrust experts slam Comcast merger plan, warn of threats to Netflix and Amazon Prime – As the FCC considers whether to green light the pending merger between Time Warner and Comcast, more than 36 antitrust experts from the fields of economics and law wrote a long objection to the merger, ... more >