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Far Outnew

While he claims that Un Lun Dun is not autobiographical, Mieville admits to spending a lot of time as a kid pushing on the insides of wardrobes and searching out worlds of fantasy in other ways.

Style Weekly | Valley Haggard | 02-15-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: china mieville, Un Lun Dun

Highly Readable Historynew

In the beginning, for America, was the Middle East.

Willamette Week | Matt Buckingham | 02-15-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Michael B. Oren, Power, Faith, and Fantasy

'I'm Here'new

An ex-child soldier's discusses his trip from Sierra Leone's war to a Starbucks bookshelf.

Willamette Week | James Pitkin | 02-15-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Curling Up With the Hedgehognew

Homely porn star makes his literary debut -- and shares his romance tips for the boys.

San Diego CityBeat | Anders Wright | 02-14-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Ron Jeremy, Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz

Future Imperfectnew

Don't forget to tip your Messiah.

Dig Boston | Zak M. Salih | 02-14-2007 | Fiction

Tags: The Book of Dave, Will Self

All About the Journeynew

While you may believe self-realization chronicles aren't your thing, please, read on.

Weekly Alibi | Lisa Lenard-Cook | 02-13-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert

Baine of His Existencenew

Gorman Bechard unwinds in a new fictional guise.

New Haven Advocate | Christopher Arnott | 02-13-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Jonathan Baine, Unwound

Google-noianew

Raban's post-9/11 novel is less-than-explosive.

Seattle Weekly | Brian Miller | 02-13-2007 | Fiction

Tags: surveillance, Jonathan Raban

No Wiseguys, Just Guysnew

Ex-journalist Donald Evans turns his stint as a gambler and bookie into a debut novel.

Chicago Reader | Jeffrey Felshman | 02-12-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Donald Evans, Good Money After Bad

Places That Make You Shakenew

Inside the origins of Matheson's novel of addiction.

L.A. Weekly | Tom Christie | 02-12-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Michele Matheson, Saving Angelfish

Marx-ist Mirthnew

A fast, fun, if frustrating read, Him Her works best when Marx reins in her penchant for long, supposedly funny lists.

NOW Magazine | Ibi Kaslik | 02-09-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Him Her Him Again The End of Him, Patricia Marx

Sharp Narrativenew

Miller follows up his debut, The Featherbed, with another compelling tale about Jewish immigrant life in Toronto in the 30s and 40s, this time with a nifty political twist.

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 02-09-2007 | Fiction

Tags: A Sharp Intake of Breath, John Miller