Let’s start with a little snippet about Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press: …probably introduced movable type to Europe, and is likely to have developed the earliest European printing press. He is sometimes said to have started the Printing Revolution, regarded as the most important event of the modern period. It played a key role [...]
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Science Fiction is a genre that has swept the entertainment industry. We are provided with a constant stream of Sci-Fi themed films, television, magazines, podcasts, books, and so on. There is no shortage of fans for the genre either, with events such as Comic-Con and Fan Expo garnering enormous attendance. The books produced in this [...]
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The Edgar Awards, named for the classic American poet and mystery writer, Edgar Allan Poe, are presented to the best mystery writers of the year. Short stories, novels, and so on are all recognized and celebrated at the annual gala held by the Mystery Writers of America. Over time, some of the best and most [...]
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Reading a book is an experience and a journey. We take the story the author has laid down for us, and the context and framework she has created, and fill it out with our imaginations. This is one of the key differentiators – why even a ‘frivolous’ thriller or ‘flaky’ romance novel is better than [...]
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Mr. Michael S. Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, died on September 6th, 2011. You can read the Obituary at Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg is a really amazing website/resource and here are some of the things I’m very thankful for – Lots and lots of great books – for free. Very readable versions with relatively few mistakes. [...]
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