MetaFilter posts tagged with Book and novel

Design On Demand

The Whelk — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:28:51 -0800

Douglas Coupland wants you to design your own cover for his new book, Generation A.

Romance Novel Cover Design

meech — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:23:57 -0800

The Best Romance Novel Covers of the year - click on the winner of each category to see the Top Ten and explanations. Also the site doesn't avoid the snark with a worst cover category [The winner is Big Spankable Asses [maybe NSFW]].

oh, schader

The Jesse Helms — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:26:42 -0800

Bloggers make terrible novelists. Ana Marie Cox's "Dog Days" meets a reader.

Neverwhere Comic Adaptation

Saellys — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 09:25:46 -0800

The first issue of the comic book adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere was released yesterday. Mr. Gaiman is credited as a "consultant." So far, the story is fairly intact, but it's the visual element that deviates from the novel--characters look nothing like they were described, and don't even resemble the old BBC miniseries. And for someone accustomed to the phenomenal artwork seen in most of Gaiman's previous graphic novels (which included several adaptations of his short stories), Neverwhere seems downright bland. If a feature film follows in the same vein as this adaptation, will Gaiman pull an Alan Moore and refuse all royalties? (Go easy on me; it's my first post.)

A film for those who read

rushmc — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:56:42 -0800

"Stone Reader makes you want to pick up a great novel and consume it in one long gulp. It’s a love letter to literature and literacy, a bibliophile’s dream film, dedicated to the joys of fiction and the passions of those who need books like they need food, water and air." (The Dallas Morning News)

GeneModPuns

srboisvert — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 06:29:09 -0800

Genie Corp: The Splice Of Life. Creature Comforts [via BoingBoing]

Speed Novels

Slagman — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 12:33:09 -0800

Novels in 25 Words or Less: A contest at "I Love Books." Here's one entry: "I'm stupid, I'm smart, I'm wicked smart, I'm wicked wicked smart, I'm stupid again. And I have a mouse called Algernon." Some are funny, some are lame, some aren't novels. Give it a whirl.

sixtwenty3dc — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 12:29:08 -0800

If cyberspace were organized into a giant neural computer... [NYT, reg req] ...one could in theory "upload" a person's mental software into it: thoughts, feelings, memories, the works. - an interesting sci-fi premise by author john darnton complete with a contemporary 'mad scientist!'

amanda — Wed, 29 Nov 2000 13:58:50 -0800

In Lynne Cheney's rereleased novel , the vice president drops dead of a heart attack while having adulterous sex -- and his scheming wife takes his job.