Archive for October, 2010

  • Our weekly trundle through the Tweetverse and Blogosphere <–BLOGGY INTERESTING – the Jungle Red writers point out a sweet story in NYC that all started with reading – After Glenn […]

    Byrt’s weekly blog ramble (10/29)

    Our weekly trundle through the Tweetverse and Blogosphere <–BLOGGY INTERESTING – the Jungle Red writers point out a sweet story in NYC that all started with reading – After Glenn […]

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  • I adore everything about this series, from the writing to the acting to the brilliantly retro music. “The Blind Banker,” the second of three episodes, isn’t quite as strong as the other […]

    All new Sherlock, this Sunday on PBS

    I adore everything about this series, from the writing to the acting to the brilliantly retro music. “The Blind Banker,” the second of three episodes, isn’t quite as strong as the other […]

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  • Book Jacket: Part fugitive, part hero, fifteen-year-old Nya is barely staying ahead of the Duke of Baseer’s trackers. Wanted for a crime she didn’t mean to commit, she risks capture […]

    Blue Fire by Janice Hardy – Review

    Book Jacket: Part fugitive, part hero, fifteen-year-old Nya is barely staying ahead of the Duke of Baseer’s trackers. Wanted for a crime she didn’t mean to commit, she risks capture […]

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  • From Variety – Mark Canton and Lucky VIII Films have acquired the rights to Ryan Brown’s debut noval, the football-themed supernatural thriller Play Dead. Joe Schreiber has been tapped to […]

    Are you ready for some zombie football?

    From Variety – Mark Canton and Lucky VIII Films have acquired the rights to Ryan Brown’s debut noval, the football-themed supernatural thriller Play Dead. Joe Schreiber has been tapped to […]

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  • Review: Wow. The Walking Dead is one deliciously creepy hour of television. Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist) is on old hand at horror and he intelligently guides this […]

    The Walking Dead – pilot review

    Review: Wow. The Walking Dead is one deliciously creepy hour of television. Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist) is on old hand at horror and he intelligently guides this […]

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  • From THR – CBS Films has acquired the rights to Jennifer Egan’s bestselling novel, The Keep, and set Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo) to direct. Ehren […]

    CBS Films builds The Keep

    From THR – CBS Films has acquired the rights to Jennifer Egan’s bestselling novel, The Keep, and set Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo) to direct. Ehren […]

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  • The S From Hell by Rodney Ascher – a Sundance select short from 2010, this documentary/horror film is about the scariest corporate symbol in history, the 1964 Screen Gems logo, aka […]

    Hollywood Halloween – Story Break

    The S From Hell by Rodney Ascher – a Sundance select short from 2010, this documentary/horror film is about the scariest corporate symbol in history, the 1964 Screen Gems logo, aka […]

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  • Over the course of her career, science fiction and fantasy writer Elizabeth Moon has published 21 novels (so far), and been awarded both the Nebula award and Heinlein award. Byrt: […]

    Elizabeth Moon, on her books

    Over the course of her career, science fiction and fantasy writer Elizabeth Moon has published 21 novels (so far), and been awarded both the Nebula award and Heinlein award. Byrt: […]

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  • From DHD – Scott Rudin Productions has acquired the rights to Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares, the latest from David Leviathan and Rachel Cohn (the authors of Nick and Nora’s Infinite […]

    Scott Rudin opens Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares

    From DHD – Scott Rudin Productions has acquired the rights to Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares, the latest from David Leviathan and Rachel Cohn (the authors of Nick and Nora’s Infinite […]

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  • Kim Harrison’s Hollows series is branching out – Blood Work, the first Hollows graphic novel, is an all new story that takes place in the golden year when Ivy and […]

    Peek at Blood Work, the Hollows graphic novel

    Kim Harrison’s Hollows series is branching out – Blood Work, the first Hollows graphic novel, is an all new story that takes place in the golden year when Ivy and […]

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