Thursday, July 16, 2009

Culled from the Sweepings

• The Nordic Bookblog notes that author Henning Mankell has a new Kurt Wallander mystery, Den Orolige Mannen (The Worried Man) due out in Sweden in August. No word yet on when an English translation might be released. (Hat tip to Scandinavian Crime Fiction.)

• Every once in a while it’s good for bloggers to revisit some of their favorite posts. These electronic media move so fast, that admirable installments are easily forgotten. So Julia Buckley isn’t merely patting herself on the back when she highlights some of her favorite interviews from the past, including those with Robert Wilson, Megan Abbott, Thomas H. Cook, and Cornelia Read.

• Jeremy Lynch of Crimespree Cinema recently mentioned that plans are in the works to bring U.S government operative Remo Williams, star of the Destroyer series by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir, back to the silver screen. Today, Lynch interviews Murphy on the subject, and suggests that a profitable motion picture might help to revitalize the mothballed book series.

Heists meet high tech.

• Jeffery Deaver, in whose latest Kathryn Dance novel, Roadside Crosses, “cyberbullying, social networking, and blogging lead to a series of horrific crimes,” gives The Guardian a list of his favorite novels featuring computers or the Internet. (Hat tip to Campaign for the American Reader.)

New BBC-TV dramas to expect in 2010.

• Alabama novelist Margaret Fenton talks with blogger Sara Rosett of The Good Girls Kill for Money Club about her first novel, Little Lamb Lost. Read their exchange here.

• And what the hell’s the matter with Texas?

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Texas leads the way!

J. Kingston Pierce said...

While that may be true in some regards, Bill, these moves by the Texas Board of Education seem both backwards and deliberately misguided. At least IMHO. Teachers should be improving young minds, not manipulating them to politically partisan or religious ends.

Cheers,
Jeff

Unknown said...

If you think that's dumb, you should read a few things about our governor. On second thought, better not. It would be bad for your blood pressure. I know it is for mine.

Barbara said...

I'd like to see what kind of lesson plans they use on Constitution Day, Sept. 17th. Maybe they distribute a redacted version of the 1st amendment as harmful to minors?

To be fair, Texas has a good share of wild-assed populists, thank goodness - Kinky, Jim Hightower, etc. etc.

Julia Buckley said...

Bill Crider, it could be worse. I live in Illinois, and our governors make yours look great--or at least the lesser of political evils.