Question of the Day

I’ve got a book idea that could be written as straight true crime historical non-fiction or mystery/romance historical fiction. Between those two genres, which would you be more likely to read:  history (non-fiction) or historical fiction?

Yes, do please go home and masturbate if you are bored. Or over-excited by the University of St. Andrews Library collection. I love how they add to enquire at the Library Help Desk if you have any questions. Being a librarian myself, I can imagine the Help Desk actually being…

Should Texas – a state intimately associated with space exploration – get none of the available Space Shuttles for its museum while New York City, a place with no NASA connections and no museum in which to place it yet, gets one? What do you think?

Have you seen this new Dr. Pepper advertisement? There has been some shock expressed at the perceived misogynistic content.  Good thing those American consumers don’t know about the Yorkie chocolate bar wrapper – it’s been this way for years: What do you think? Amusing or sexist?

Shaun Dingwall. This man: Is following me. OMG I am preserving this brief, shining moment, because I’m certain he will unfollow soon –  once he realizes how utterly boring I really am.  That’s a new type of anxiety, isn’t it? Someone you like and respect follows you on Twitter or…

If over the past few years you’ve noticed an increase in typos in published books, you’re not alone. And we’re not talking small presses here, either. Big New York publishing houses have released their full share of glaring, embarrassing errors. Well, prepare to be enlightened. These quotes are from an…

Welcome to Rapture, the underwater city where Bioshock and Bioshock 2 are set. Although this is one of those Utopias Gone Very, Very Wrong, let’s pretend for a moment that Rapture actually turned out okay. It’s beautiful, little bathyspheres float you around to different areas, there’s lots of lights and…