bookshelves of doom

Ag.

So, an unnamed person didn't like a recent post at LifeNPublishing, wrote a note that threatened his/her anonymity, and now LNP is no more.

Which, sad.

New Zombie Author: Stieg Larsson.

From the CBC:

The Swedish publisher of the best-selling The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy said Tuesday it has hired an author to write a sequel to the series by Stieg Larsson, who died in 2004. 

Norstedts said it signed a contract with David Lagercrantz, the author of I am Zlatan, a biography of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the captain of Sweden's soccer team, to write a new novel about journalist Mikael Blomqvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander that is scheduled to be published in August 2015.

Eva Gabrielsson is quoted as calling the endeavor "tasteless", and I'm inclined to agree with her. (Of course, we'll probably never know whether or not her feelings would be the same if she owned the rights...)

I'll most likely skip it in favor of getting caught up on Carol O'Connell's books. LONG LIVE KATHY MALLORY.

Relatedly, from a PW interview with O'Connell:

Tell us a little about the genesis of Kathy Mallory.

Whenever I go out on tour, someone will ask if Mallory is autobiographical. It always startles me. I like to think that I show no markers for a sociopath. Mallory is purely a work of imagination. This answer disappoints everyone.

Ahahahahahahaha.

Shia LaBeouf: Alleged Plagiarising Moron.

Also amazing is his Twitter "apology", which doesn't EVEN MENTION DANIEL CLOWES:

I was truly moved by his piece of work & I knew that it would make a poignant & relevant short. I apologize to all who assumed I wrote it.

— Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) December 17, 2013

Full story at BuzzFeed, of all places.

"...one step behind the boys, not as smart as the boys, not as interesting as the boys, but right there."

At BoingBoing:

Vi transcribed the relevant piece, in which Dini recounts conversations he's had with execs who insist that they don't want any girl fans of their shows, because girls don't buy toys. And to keep girls from watching the shows, they make sure that girls are always presented as sidekicks, "one step behind the boys." It's absolutely infuriating.

*headdesk*

*headdesk*

*headdesk*

and also UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Obvious Opinionated Headline is Obvious.

UGH:

Clarke Co. School Board refuses to ban profane book

Like, who thinks that's a good idea? Journalistically, not clickbaitily?

IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING NON-JUDGEMENTAL:

School board won't bar book couple wanted removed

I mean, nothing about that second one screams I'M TAKING A SIDE to me. A couple. Wanted a book removed. From a school. The board said no.

Or am I missing some angle?

PLUS. That first link? Has one of those videos that starts automatically. So that's annoying, too.

I'm not sure if I should tell Josh about this or not.

Stephen Amell (AKA Oliver Queen AKA The Hood AKA Green Arrow AKA the star of Josh's favorite CW show except for Hart of Dixie) is in talks for the Fifty Shades of Grey movie:

Speaking in a video posted on his Facebook page, Amell said: "I get questions about Christian Grey all the time. That project is a long way off. I know this, because I had a meeting about it."

Amell then went on to tease his fans, saying: "A long way off. I mean, not that long, but not close. I wouldn't call it long, but I wouldn't call it close."

I... have no idea what he's trying to say. <insert joke about the dialogue on Arrow here>

WHYYYYYYYYY?

At GalleyCat:

Jim Carrey to Self-Publish a Children’s Book

As Josh said, at least he's self-publishing it?