Andy Weir’s The Martian walked a very unique, very modern path to success: having faced rejection from literary agents in the past, Weir initially published his manuscript serially, and for free, on his website, and then as an finished ebook. When it became a viral success, publishers took note, and last year his novel about an astronaut […]
One of the most-anticipated YA books slated for this year is THE 5TH WAVE, an alien apocalypse survival story by beloved author Rick Yancey. The book combines multiple narratives to create a sweeping portrait of a shattered world, where nothing and nobody is at it seems.
As is our (three-week-old) Friday tradition, here’s what grabbed our attention this week (at least, when we weren’t geeking out about the new Neil Gaiman book). We all knew it was coming: As much as we loved every moment spent in Peter Jackson’s incarnation of Middle Earth, there’s no denying that his expansive take on […]