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Biggest Changes From the Book Series

[ad_1] Da Shi, a fan favorite from the novel, makes the leap from page to screen in the form of Benedict Wong. Photo: Netflix Liu Cixin’s Hugo Award–winning sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem is full of huge ideas: 11-dimensional proton supercomputers! A giant eye in the sky! Nano-fibers that can slice people into meat ribbons!… Continue reading Biggest Changes From the Book Series

Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker

[ad_1] Errand Into the Maze, by Deborah Jowitt (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). This astute biography, by a veteran Village Voice critic, traces the long career of Martha Graham, a choreographer who became one of the major figures of twentieth-century modernism. Born in 1894 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Graham came of age in an era when Americans… Continue reading Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker

24 Book Details That Were Left Out Of A Film Or TV Adaptation

[ad_1] “It made me royally angry. Overall, the movie is a completely different story. The Fowls are these stand-up people who have been cataloguing magic for centuries, and it’s a great battle to protect this magical artefact, blah blah blah, very boring. In the book, Artemis’ whole thing is he wants to grow the wealth… Continue reading 24 Book Details That Were Left Out Of A Film Or TV Adaptation

Michael Oher Promotes New Book Amid Tuohy Lawsuit

[ad_1] Michael Oher. Photo: Claudia Rosenbaum In his first public appearance since controversy surrounding his adoptive family broke, former NFL player and subject of The Blind Side Michael Oher declared he had no choice but to stand up for himself. “How I continue to fight back when your back is against the wall, that is… Continue reading Michael Oher Promotes New Book Amid Tuohy Lawsuit

Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker

[ad_1] Schoenberg, by Harvey Sachs (Liveright). In this study of Arnold Schoenberg, the Austrian-born composer who immigrated to the U.S. in 1933, Sachs blends fleet-footed biography with an accessible analysis of Schoenberg’s works. Best known for his development of twelve-tone serialism, Schoenberg believed that he would single-handedly restore Germany’s musical dominance over France, Italy, and… Continue reading Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker

Saul Austerlitz’s new book argues for importance of ‘Anchorman’

[ad_1] On the Shelf Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century By Saul AusterlitzDutton: 320 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Saul Austerlitz teaches a course… Continue reading Saul Austerlitz’s new book argues for importance of ‘Anchorman’

12 Book To Movie Adaptations That The Authors Hate

[ad_1] 12 Book To Movie Adaptations That The Authors Hate When talking about the pressure of adapting a book into a film, we normally consider the expectations of fans, and what gets forgotten is pleasing the author, too. Oftentimes, authors really don’t like what becomes of their books on screen. Here are 12 book-to-film adaptations… Continue reading 12 Book To Movie Adaptations That The Authors Hate

Christian Cooper brings ‘Better Living Through Birding’ to L.A. Times Book Club

[ad_1] Christian Cooper, who gained fame as the Central Park Birder after a racially charged run-in with a dog walker, joins the L.A. Times Book Club Aug. 16 to discuss his memoir, “Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World.” You can watch Cooper in a livestreamed conversation with Times… Continue reading Christian Cooper brings ‘Better Living Through Birding’ to L.A. Times Book Club

Read our scathing, prescient review of ‘The Blind Side’ book

[ad_1] On Monday, NFL veteran Michael Oher filed a petition in a Tennessee court alleging that his caretakers, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy — the heroes of Michael Lewis’ 2006 book “The Blind Side” and the 2009 film adaptation starring Sandra Bullock — had never officially adopted him, instead arranging for a conservatorship that deprived… Continue reading Read our scathing, prescient review of ‘The Blind Side’ book