Neil Gaiman, author/comics writer/screenwriter extraordinaire, blogged about it on Tuesday. Neil's initial enthusiastic review of the novel (December 2007) ended up as a blurb on the cover -- prompting us to give it a go. Like Neil, we'd highly recommend it as a "wonderful, important book" tackling technology, freedom, and patriotism for both young readers and adults. Check out Macmillan/Tor's feature on Little Brother, including a podcast with Cory Doctorow, here.
In other exciting Neil news, we've just received his Dangerous Alphabet, which shoppers and staffers alike have been waiting for impatiently. It's like riding the Tunnel of Love with Lemony Snicket. It's Edward Gorey's Gashlycrumb Tinies meets Pirates of the Caribbean. It's sickeningly fantastic.
Expect more gushing about Neil in the next few weeks as his MIT event approaches -- maybe we'll see you there?________________________________________
The trailer for Twilight is finally out!It's maddeningly short, but that's why they call it a teaser, right? (Did you catch Goblet of Fire's Robert Pattinson as Edward? Those Harry Potter kids are so lazy, aren't they?) Until the release in December, we'll be getting our Meyer fix with Stephenie's new adult novel, The Host, out this week. Look for it in the chapter book room.
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