5 Previously Unreleased Kurt Vonnegut Stories Will Be Published
It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the steamrolling of Terry Pratchett’s hard drive (at his behest), and here we are today, talking about the unearthing of five previously unpublished stories by Kurt Vonnegut. The short stories, discovered by Vonnegut’s friend Dan Wakefield and scholar Jerome Klinkowitz, will be published in a collection titled Complete Stories, out later this month. But, again, do we really need the scrapped works of deceased authors?
ABC Commits To Modern Pride And Prejudice Drama
Jane Austen fans rejoice (or gnash your teeth). ABC has committed to a put pilot for Eligible, a drama series based on the book Eligible: A Modern Retelling Of Pride And Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld. The series, developed by some of the people behind the CW’s Beauty & the Beast, and I, and Pretty Little Liars, revives familiar themes. You can’t have a P&P adaptation without Elizabeth Liz Bennett falling for the mysterious Darcy against her better judgment. The series will also follow the five Bennet sisters on their journeys to find love.
Book Shopping And Bowel Movements
In totally weird book stories, BuzzFeed published a piece about something called the Mariko Aoki phenomenon. This…event is described as feeling a sudden urge to defecate when you walk into a bookstore. Why? What? How? Who knows! But plenty of people have claimed to experience it. If you experience the Mariko Aoki phenomenon, please do not let us know.
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