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Nora Roberts Sues #CopyPasteCris
Back in February romance author Courtney Milan called out Brazilian author Cristiane Serruya for plagiarism, which ended up turning into many more romance authors realizing that their books had also been plagiarized. One of those authors was Nora Roberts, who is now suing Cristiane Serruya after Serruya failed to respond to Roberts’ request to “‘immediately, unambiguously, acknowledge — without excuses’ her ‘unauthorized taking’ and ‘immediately and permanently remove’ every novel in question.”
Fun!
The new Men In Black: International looks like so much fun I wanted to share it, so I went hunting around the Internet to see if it was bookish at all and, yay, it turns out the franchise began as a loose adaptation of the same titled comic by Lowell Cunningham and Sandy Carruthers. So here’s the trailer for the June 14th releasing film that stars Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, and Emma Thompson–there aren’t enough heart eyes emojis!
A Clockwork Orange Sequel Unearthed
2019 continues to be the year of unearthing everything: Anthony Burgess’ unfinished sequel to A Clockwork Orange, titled A Clockwork Condition, has been unearthed in his archives. Read here for more on the “sequel,” to learn where the title A Clockwork Orange came from, and a little history on the adaptation.