Dominick Dunne, who gave up producing movies in midlife and reinvented himself as a best-selling author, magazine writer, television personality and reporter whose celebrity often outshone that of his subjects, died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 83.
Archive for August, 2009
Dominick Dunne, Writer Who Chronicled High-Profile Crime, Is Dead at 83
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Book Review – ‘Get Real,’ by Donald E. Westlake
Friday, August 28th, 2009Book Review – ‘Get Real,’ by Donald E. Westlake – Review – NYTimes.com:
The New York Times offers a review of Donald Westlake’s final novel:
After watching a bare-chested dentist trekking through the jungle by torchlight to shake a spear at a sunburned accountant in a loincloth, you might think television reality shows were beyond satire. But that would be underestimating the puckish wit of Donald E. Westlake, who died of a heart attack last New Year’s Eve but still leaves us laughing with his final novel, a rollicking crime caper that pulls the pants right off the reality TV industry.
Related posts:
“I shall not be Kindled”
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009I shall not be Kindled | csmonitor.com:
Earlier in the decade, before the so-called ‘tech bubble’ burst, then-Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warned of ‘irrational exuberance’ in the stock market.
I feel the same way about electronic readers.
And I feel that articles like this miss the point. I have always been a fan of electronic book readers for their convenience and portability. But neither I nor most other ebook readers whom I know think that the ebook will completely replace books. I, too, love opening a brand new book. But when I’m traveling and can carry with me either 6 books or 1 Kindle, I’m going to choose the Kindle nearly every time.
How about you?
Time-travel romances abound onscreen — latimes.com
Monday, August 17th, 2009Time-travel romances abound onscreen — latimes.com:
This review of the recently opened movie version of The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger contains a list of other time-traveling films.
Phones, PCs put e-book within reach of Kindle-less | csmonitor.com
Monday, August 17th, 2009Phones, PCs put e-book within reach of Kindle-less | csmonitor.com:
Thanks to Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle, e-book sales are finally zooming, after more than a decade in the doldrums.But the pioneering device may not dominate the market for long. As Castaldo found, many phones are now sophisticated enough, and have good enough screens, to be used as e-book reading devices. In addition, e-book reading on computers is already surprisingly popular.