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Fractured Fairy Talesnew

Locust Moon hooks up with Dark Horse for Sci-Fi Fairy tales in Once Upon a Time Machine.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Elliott Sharp |
10-13-2012 |
Books
How Maurice Sendak Unleashed a Multimedia Monster with 10 Little Sentencesnew
While plenty of books from childhood are remembered nostalgically and still others are simply forgotten, Where the Wild Things Are is, for many, beloved not only for what it was then, but for what it means now.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Lauren F. Friedman |
10-20-2009 |
Books
This Summer, Read What You Need When the Time is Rightnew

Summer's supposed to be about slowing down, finding some shade and getting lost in the plot of a really good book -- or a deliciously bad one.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Staff |
06-16-2009 |
Books
Tags: book guides, summer reading
Will Your Favorite Indie Book Store Survive or Be Swallowed Whole?new

More than a decade deep into Amazon, Borders and Barnes & Noble's ravenous gangbang of all things mom-and-pop, local bookstores are now staring down the barrel of Depression 2.0.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jakob Dorof |
03-24-2009 |
Books
Why Our Harry Potter Pales Next to His Brit Doppelgangernew
It's illegal to sell U.K. Potters in the U.S., but readers are well-advised to seek out the Brits, not just for textual authenticity but to avoid reported incidents of repulsion and nausea resulting from inadvertent or prolonged visual contact with Mary GrandPre's American covers and illustrations.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Robin Rice |
09-18-2007 |
Books
Fight This Generationnew
Seven years in, the Underground Literary Alliance is regrouping.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Elisa Ludwig |
04-24-2007 |
Books
Philly's More Fun When You Get the Facts Straightnew

Travel guides, although often well-intentioned, say all sorts of bizarre things about Philadelphia and the people who live here -- we give you a few choice samples, and our responses.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Joel Tannenbaum |
04-10-2007 |
Books
Jersey Guynew
With words, pictures and a podcast, the serial Web novel True Jersey takes fiction to new dimensions.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
03-21-2006 |
Books
Tags: podcasting