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Books Archive

Archives for December 2014

Culture
The bleak, existential horror of The Wicked + The Divine: Kieron Gillen speaksThe bleak, existential horror of The Wicked + The Divine: Kieron Gillen speaks
Culture

“We’ve got agents and we’ve got quite a lot of Hollywood interest,” Kieron Gillen, co-creator of The Wicked + The Divine comic book, told me

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
9 charts to rule them all9 charts to rule them all
Culture

LOTR Project visualizes Middle-earth like you’ve never seen it before.

By Brandon Ambrosino
Culture
JK Rowling held an impromptu Twitter AMAJK Rowling held an impromptu Twitter AMA
Culture

Here are her best answers.

By Kelsey McKinney
Books
Even Samantha Power, one of the world’s most powerful women, deals with sexism at workEven Samantha Power, one of the world’s most powerful women, deals with sexism at work
Books

The French Ambassador said WHAT?

By Amanda Taub
Life
Should dogs be citizens? It’s not as crazy as you think.Should dogs be citizens? It’s not as crazy as you think.
Life

A political philosopher explains why he believes we should give animals citizenship rights — and how that could actually work in practice..

By Zack Beauchamp
Movies
The Little Prince is about to become a major blockbusterThe Little Prince is about to become a major blockbuster
Movies

If this trailer is any indication, the film is going to be beautiful.

By Brandon Ambrosino
Culture
5 reasons the post-apocalyptic Station Eleven was my favorite novel of 20145 reasons the post-apocalyptic Station Eleven was my favorite novel of 2014
Culture

Emily St. John Mandel’s luminous book has beautiful writing and a compelling story.

By Emily St. James
Culture
The Wicked and the Divine was the best comic book of 2014The Wicked and the Divine was the best comic book of 2014
Culture

This year and its Wednesdays have belonged to The Wicked + The Divine, a jewel of a comic.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Movies
5 dystopian book series for the Hunger Games fan in your life5 dystopian book series for the Hunger Games fan in your life
Movies

All of these YA series have strong, Katniss-level, protagonists.

By Kelsey McKinney
Culture
Loved the book Wild? The movie version is, surprisingly, almost as goodLoved the book Wild? The movie version is, surprisingly, almost as good
Culture

It’s been a long time since Reese Witherspoon has been this good.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Why everyone is in love with Benedict CumberbatchWhy everyone is in love with Benedict Cumberbatch
Culture

Benedict Cumberbatch is everywhere.

By Kelsey McKinney
Pope Francis’ views on human sexuality are not as simple as you might think
Culture

Is the Pope moving the Church toward a greater openness to gay and lesbian couples?

By Brandon Ambrosino
Books
Study claims investors prefer stocks that appear earlier in the alphabetStudy claims investors prefer stocks that appear earlier in the alphabet
Books

More support for the theory that people are terrible at stock-picking.

By Matthew Yglesias