"In search of new IP, Hollywood is now adapting all of Dostoyevsky's literature into the shared Fyodoriverse. The flagship film will be the Russo brothers' Notes from the Underground, but other blockbusters include Michael Bay's The Devils and Christopher Nolan's The Idiot."

My review of a new biography of J G Ballard: lareviewofbooks.org/article/jg-b...

The Estranged Worlds of J. G. Ballard | Los Angeles Review of Books

An incisive and moving new critical biography of one of the nuclear age’s greatest visionaries.

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New blog posting, on short stories by Peter Watts: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2034

I LOVE BOOSTERS is totally awesome.

I went to a movie theater to see the new Boots Riley movie, but it could not be shown due to, ahem, computer issues.

"Leaders of the prison gang known as Los Tiburones, or the Sharks, were selling drugs to inmates not only for money, but for their votes. Specifically, votes for now-Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican and supporter of President Donald Trump, investigators found."

Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.

Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s...

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New blog posting: Ray Nayler's new novel, PALACES OF THE CROW. www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2027

Re-upping my review of Kim Choyeop's story collection IF WE CANNOT GO AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, now that it has been officially published in English translation (I read an advance copy). shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2014

New blog entry: an appreciation of Molly Crabapple's new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country. www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2023

New blog posting, on THE BOOK LOVERS by Steve Aylett: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2020

If the dog killer doesn’t work out for you, you can always go to an MMA fighter instead.

Don’t forget Markwayne Mullins’ brothers: Brucewayne Mullins, Johnwayne Mullins, and Newtonwayne Mullins.

Roddey Reid's Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying - now also available as an audiobook: roddeyreid.squarespace.com/new-book-1

So the UK arrests a royal for Epstein, and our govt keeps covering it up and not arresting ANYONE and protecting Donald Seems like maybe the spirit of 1776 switched places NO KINGS

New blog posting: on TRANSMENTATION | TRANSGRESSION, a new (forthcoming) science fiction novel by the consortium of authors who use the collective pseudonym "Darkly Lem". shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2017

New blog entry, on South Korean science fiction writer Kim Choyeop, whose first volume of short stories will soon be published in English: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2014

Thoughts upon reading Jacek Dukaj's monumental novel ICE: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2011

RIP Udo Kier.

I finished reading THE ROSE FIELD. It marks a milestone, as I now have read through @philippullman.bsky.social Philip Pullman's six volumes about Lyra Belacqua. All wonderful, and much needed in these dark times. www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2004

New blog posting: on Kathryn Bigelow's A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2006

New blog entry, on Philip Pullman: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2004

Ralph Nader interviews Roddey Reid about Roddey's new book on political bullying: www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/the-era-of...

The Era of the Bully

Ralph welcomes Professor Roddey Reid to break down his book “Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying: A Handbook for the Trump Era and Beyond.” Then, we are joined by the original Nader...

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New blog posting: a review of Jo Isaacson's brilliant new book on the 1962 movie What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1999

Roddey Reid’s book, now revised and expanded, is the best text I have found that not only grasps the full meaning of Trump, but places him in the context of American business culture. Be afraid. roddeyreid.squarespace.com/new-book-1

Hakeem Jeffries voted for Charlie Kirk Day but still isn’t sure if he’ll endorse Zohran Mamdani. This is why the approval rating of the Democratic Party is lower than Trump’s or the GOP.

Just made a Facebook posting that may get me into trouble (as has happened to me once before). But I felt like I had to say it.

New blog posting: on Cassandra Khaw's The Library at Hellebore: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1996

Book review: MINDS IN TRANSIT by Joan Slonczewski shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1993

New blog entry: Charlie Jane Anders' forthcoming novel, LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER: shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1990

I wrote a brief review of Adrian Tchaikovsky's new science fiction novel SHROUD: shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1987