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Intel hires sci-fi writers to help design future technology

Intel hires sci-fi writers to help design future technology

Semiconductor giant Intel has taken an outside-the-box approach to shaping future technologies by hiring sci-fi writers to use their…
Readers actually enjoy spoilers, study shows

Readers actually enjoy spoilers, study shows

So, are you one of those people that's inadvertently given away the crucial details of a previously-unseen movie in conversation? Or maybe…
Marvel debuts new biracial Spider-Man

Marvel debuts new biracial Spider-Man

Okay, so that headline is kind of misleading. There are multiple version of the Marvel universe banging around, and in one of them (the Ultimate…
DC Comics says they need more women writers

DC Comics says they need more women writers

The dearth of female artists, writers, and characters in mainstream comics is nothing new. However due to recent criticism, DC Comics'…
Missouri school district bans Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five"

Missouri school district bans Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five"

You may know Kurt Vonnegut as the author of Slaughterhouse-Five and other novels, or you may just know him as that dude that appeared in Back To…
Former Times Editor Bill Keller loses his column after just a few rocky months

Former Times Editor Bill Keller loses his column after just a few rocky months

Bill Keller's writerly ambitions have come crashing to the ground, after he announced today that his column in the New York Times Magazine…
New "Common English Bible" aims for gender neutrality

New "Common English Bible" aims for gender neutrality

Bible lovers listen up: The Common English Bible is upon us, and this one is built for the twenty-first century. In a four-year, $3.5 million…
Borders Books will close remainder of stores

Borders Books will close remainder of stores

In bad news for readers, booksellers (and of course, the thousands of people who work in its stores), Borders announced yesterday that it will…
David Sedaris gets pretty offensive while discussing his hatred for Chinese food

David Sedaris gets pretty offensive while discussing his hatred for Chinese food

Isn't it terrible when you realize that two things you really like hate each other? Like when your best friend confesses he's always kind…
New book turns Sarah Palin's words into poetry

New book turns Sarah Palin's words into poetry

It turns out Sarah Palin was a poet, and she didn't even know it. Hart Seely, writing for Slate in 2008, kicked off the Palin-poetry movement…
Russian court bans "extremist" Scientology literature

Russian court bans "extremist" Scientology literature

Who would have imagined Scientology pamphlets being passed around as samizdat in 2011 Russia? But that may happen soon as a Moscow court recently…
Bristol Palin was "not accusing Levi Johnston of date rape" in memoir

Bristol Palin was "not accusing Levi Johnston of date rape" in memoir

As many Hooksexup readers pointed out, the scene in Bristol Palin's new memoir describing the first time she had sex with Levi Johnston comes off…
Anthropologist thinks Shakespeare may have been a pothead

Anthropologist thinks Shakespeare may have been a pothead

To inhale or not to inhale, that is the question. South African anthropologist Francis Thackeray thinks he may have discovered the true source of…
"On the Road" iPad app outsells Bible app

"On the Road" iPad app outsells Bible app

Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road, based on a series of shambolic, mid-century cross-country trips taken by the author and friends…
Indie bookstores beginning to charge for author events

Indie bookstores beginning to charge for author events

Independent bookstores are now faced with the unthinkable: charging admission for author readings and signings. With competition like Amazon…
Keanu Reeves writes a book about his sad, sad life

Keanu Reeves writes a book about his sad, sad life

As if I needed another reason to be bemused by poor, sad Keanu, the actor has penned a book based on his Sad Keanu persona, an internet meme…
New book claims that liberal media bias distorts the American mind

New book claims that liberal media bias distorts the American mind

We previously told you about a book that decried Sesame Street as a sneaky vehicle for left-wing propaganda, and now, out next month, we have…
Read the story of how Bristol Palin lost her virginity

Read the story of how Bristol Palin lost her virginity

Bristol Palin's book Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far doesn't hit shelves until next week, but the part everyone's actually…
Craigslist ad seeks writer to rip off the style of James Patterson

Craigslist ad seeks writer to rip off the style of James Patterson

An interesting New York Craigslist ad has recently surfaced, looking for a worker-bee writer to churn out prose in the style of bestselling…
Watch: Werner Herzog rivals Samuel L. Jackson with his reading of "Go the Fuck to Sleep"

Watch: Werner Herzog rivals Samuel L. Jackson with his reading of "Go the Fuck to Sleep"

Samuel L. Jackson may have read it first, but Werner Herzog gives him some stiff competition with his rendition of everyone's favorite…