Geeks everywhere got a "raging brainer" (thank you, Professor Farnsworth) last week when a photo surfaced of Ray Bradbury reacting to the bubblegum-pop send-up "F*ck Me, Ray Bradbury." It's a beautiful thing to learn that one of the greatest sci-fi writers of all time lived long enough to see his own tribute — even if it was foul-mouthed and tongue-in-cheek. With that in mind, here are five other tributes to some famous authors who are no longer with us, from Douglas Adams to Kurt Vonnegut.
Read the full feature and tell us who you pay tribute to »
|
 |
 |
 |
Milan Kundera's latest essay collection, Encounter, is at once enthusiastically exultant and outright curmudgeonly. Amid deserving praise for the composers, artists, and writers who have inspired him, the Franco-Czech writer also describes our era of so-called post-art as "a world where art is dying." In the spirit of constructive optimism, we humbly offer contemporary counterparts to Kundera's beloved artists — they may not be perfect approximations, but they are at least confronting and pushing the same boundaries.
Check out our defense and let us know what you think »
|
|
|
|
NEWSWIRE
Recent book news and features
Suicide at Virginia Quarterly Review prompts internal strife »
Thomas Pynchon writes in defense of Ian McEwan »
The purpose of books wasn't always self-evident »
Third edition of Oxford English Dictionary will be online-only »
Manhattan's Upper West Side Barnes & Noble set to close »
The method behind Paris Review interviews revealed »
A Q&A with Drinking at the Movies author Julia Wertz
J.K. Rowling donates 10m GBP to multiple-sclerosis research »
Product placement may be the next way of e-book advertising »
|
|
 |
Published Wednesday, September 1, 2010 |
 |
 |
| If you want events, head over to Flavorpill. For an up-to-the-minute culture fix, check out Flavorwire. |
 |
|
|
