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Enlarge / Kate Beaton (credit: Corey Katz / Kate Beaton) For those who paid attention to the webcomics scene of the 2010s or simply enjoy good humor writing, the name Kate Beaton is likely a familiar one. The Canadian cartoonist’s Hark a Vagrant—a dizzying mix of the literary and historical references, lack of respect for […]
Prime Video’s new sci-fi series The Peripheral is based on William Gibson’s novel. A young woman struggling to hold it together in small-town America finds herself witness to what may or may not be a murder in the first teaser for The Peripheral, a new Prime Video series based on William Gibson’s 2014 novel of the […]
From snipers on the roof of his mansion to A-list celebrities crashing cars outside his front door, Mr David paints a very different picture from that captured by Lord Julian Fellowes in Belgravia, his new TV drama. But, in essence, Belgravia, he says, is every bit as unique today as it is shown two centuries ago; […]
As a ravenous reader of The Passage novels, Mark-Paul Gosselaar wanted Fox’s adaptation to very closely mirror author Justin Cronin’s trilogy. But as the star of the TV series based on the books? Well, Gosselaar still wanted everything to happen just like it does on the page. “I’m like, ‘We need to stay true to […]
Console Wars, the non-fiction novel by Blake J. Harris on Nintendo and Sega’s rivalry throughout the 1990s, is in development as a limited TV series, Deadline reports. It will be produced by Legendary Television, behind the upcoming Netflix series Lost in Space, and Seth Rogen’s Point Grey Pictures. There’s no word yet on whether it […]
Australia, Singapore and Switzerland are among those experimenting with cryptotechnology
BLOCKCHAIN, THE technology underlying bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, was designed with an ideological aim: to sidestep central authorities and governments. But many people have become intrigued by its practical uses, such as updating back-office processes. And few institutions have shown more interest in such applications than financial exchanges. Although stock trades are often made in […]
James Patterson, the best-selling book factory in human form, is letting readers interact with the characters from his upcoming novel The Chef by speaking to them through Facebook Messenger. Starting October 30th, you’ll be able to receive video and sound clips from characters via Facebook’s massively popular messaging platform, according to Variety. Conversations on Messenger […]
Netflix is making the most out of its deals with TV legend Shonda Rhimes and Planet of the Apes/Cloverfield director Matt Reeves by putting them together for one ambitious project. The creators will work on a feature film and a TV universe based on Blake Crouch’s upcoming sci-fi thriller novel Recursion. It’s unclear what the […]
The Narrow Bank would take deposits but not make loans
