The novel adapted from an early draft of the
Spider-Man movie script is on store
shelves. There are minor spoilers below, but
nothing that would be news to comic book fans or
anyone who has seen the previews for the movie.
Still, if you want to stay spoiler-free, here’s
the short version: it’s good. I will
see this movie on opening night.

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The sixth and latest novel in the “Ender’s Game”
series is out in paperback. Read more if you
want to read the review. (Don’t read the back of
the book!)

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This is just cool. The fantasy epic, Beowulf, lives on in a new, actually-readable, translation by Dr. David Breeden. I remember reading one of the older translations in high school, and thinking, “man, this would be a good story if it made any sense.” This version is eminently readable, and breathes new life into the oldest of the old school.

It seems Stephen King is ready to retire. I
think he’s probably the most successful
horror-fantasy authour out there. I wonder if
anyone’s going to try and fill into the market
void he’ll leave behind. The details are here.

I just finished a first novel by an authour, which is also the first book I’ve read published through Xlibris. If you want to hear my opinion about a love story set in a town full of vampires, you can Read More.
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hbkk writes, The BBC has an article about a partially-finished sixth “Hitchhiker’s Trilogy” book that will reportedly be published. More information on the BBC news site.

The Hugos have been awarded. I usually retype all
the winners for the Bureau, but the awards groups
usually put seperate winners on seperate web pages.
The official Hugo site is well done, so I’ll just
link to that.
The list of nominees can be found here.

A new
report claims that the prosecution of Tolkien
fans reported
earlier isn’t actually happening. Let’s hope
this second report is more accurate.

This is rather disturbing… in one of the weird little dots that used to make up the Soviet Union, the police are arresting and allegedly torturing people who re-enact scenes from Tolkien novels.

I just received word (via a friend of his on the
Larry Niven Discussion mailing list) that Poul
Anderson passed away last night. I’ll post a link to
mainstream press articles if I find any.