![]() ![]() I couldn’t be more pleased with this news.” As for the BBC, it has no stronger supporter than me. “For all those reasons I’m delighted at the prospect of a television version of ‘His Dark Materials.’ I’m especially pleased at the involvement of Jane Tranter, whose experience, imagination, and drive are second to none. And the sheer talent now working in the world of long-form television is formidable. He added: “In recent years we’ve seen how long stories on television, whether adaptations (‘Game of Thrones’) or original (‘The Sopranos,’ ‘The Wire’), can reach depths of characterization and heights of suspense by taking the time for events to make their proper impact and for consequences to unravel. It’s been a radio play, a stage play, a film, an audiobook, a graphic novel - and now comes this version for television.” Pullman said: “It’s been a constant source of pleasure to me to see this story adapted to different forms and presented in different media. The series will be executive produced by Pullman, Tranter and Gardner for Bad Wolf, Toby Emmerich and Carolyn Blackwood for New Line Cinema, and Deborah Forte for Scholastic. The show is New Line’s first move into British television. for a non-exclusive first-look deal, as Variety exclusively reported. ![]() Bad Wolf just partnered with HBO in the U.S. ![]() production company founded by former BBC executives Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner, and co-sited in South Wales and Los Angeles. “His Dark Materials” is the first commission from Bad Wolf, a U.K./U.S. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Then a stranger appears, far too young to have been part of the first planetfall, a man who bears a remarkable resemblance to Suh-Mi. Ren continues to perpetuate the lie forming the foundation of the colony for the good of her fellow colonists, despite the personal cost. All that time, Ren has worked hard as the colony’s 3-D printer engineer, creating the tools necessary for human survival in an alien environment, and harboring a devastating secret. More than twenty-two years have passed since Ren and the rest of the faithful braved the starry abyss and established a colony at the base of an enigmatic alien structure where Suh-Mi has since resided, alone. ![]() Ren believed in that vision enough to give up everything to follow Suh-Mi into the unknown. A planet promising to reveal the truth about our place in the cosmos, untainted by overpopulation, pollution, and war. Renata Ghali believed in Lee Suh-Mi’s vision of a world far beyond Earth, calling to humanity. Planetfall coverįrom Emma Newman, the award-nominated author of Between Two Thorns, comes a novel of how one secret withheld to protect humanity’s future might be its undoing… Planetfall is a standalone science-fiction novel published by Roc. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He divides his time between the UK and the USA, where he worked as a professor in the arts at Bard College.Ĭhris Riddell is a South Africa-born English illustrator and cartoonist. He is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades such the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards. Gaiman’s works are characterized by their high degree of allusiveness. Three of his books are also available as audiobooks. Some of his original works, namely Stardust and Coraline, were even adapted for movies and series. Gaiman’s notable works include The Sandman, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Good Omens, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The Graveyard Book. His preferred genres are fantasy, comedy, horror, and science fiction. Aside from screenwriting for movies, Gaiman also writes short fiction, comic books, graphic novels and non-fiction. Neil Gaiman is a bestselling English author. ![]() ![]() I like Sarah’s bomber jacket, and wish I had one, but you’ll never get me in a pink tutu! Actually, all the characters I make up are part me and part invention. He wears a size extra-extra-extra-extra small, though, while I wear large. Which mouse most closely resembles you?ĭaniel Kirk: I think Sam and I have a similar sense of style. Daniel Kirk recently answered questions from Chapter 16 by email about Sam and Sarah, his writing process, the beauty of research, and his dream house.Ĭhapter 16: Sam likes his world to be cozy and safe. And readers of all ages will identify with both Sam’s need for the familiar and Sarah’s love of adventure. But none can make Sam feel at home, and Sarah tells him, “You’ll always be a library mouse, Sam, no matter what kind of house you live in.” Kirk’s illustrations will engage children as they learn about different kinds of houses. ![]() With some research and teamwork, they build a series of houses in the library attic, including a yurt, an igloo, and a castle. ![]() Daniel Kirk continues his popular picture-book series with Library Mouse: Home Sweet Home, a story in which Sam and Sarah look for a new place to live while their library home is undergoing renovations. ![]() ![]() ![]() Scottie Zajac es una insegura jugadora de basquetbol tratando de reconciliarse con su ex-novia después de una reciente separación. Enemies to lovers, fake dating, LGTB, YA and a lot of movie references. A powerful message on the importance of communication and respecting the healing process. Still, some very heartwarming moments, and a few tear jerking ones as well, with an intensive nonstop slow burn. I think a bit more laugh out loud moments and an occasional different pov besides Scottie's could have worked wonders. On the other hand, hated Tally, and Charlotte. Danielle, Kevin, Honey-Belle, Gunther, Thora and the adorably unpredictable little Daphne. I found myself enjoying and liking a lot more all the secondary characters. Sadly all the situations felt kind of artificial, at least until the middle but after coming clean it all became more natural, and they started to grow on me. ![]() Although with some questionable attitudes, Scottie and Irene were very nice, very flawed individuals. The only catch is, they’ll need to try to forget the fact that they hate each others guts. When they accidentally car crash in the school parking lot, they find themselves forced to carpool for a while, until Scottie has a wild idea that could greatly benefit both. Irene Abraham is a very popular cheerleader desperately trying to win athlete of the year to get into college. ![]() Scottie Zajac is an insecure basketball player trying to get back with her ex-girlfriend after their recent breakup. ![]() ![]() Monty has two children with his wife Carlene: Michael and Victoria. ![]() He and Howard have completely different views of the world, and competing academic works. Sir Monty Kipps is a Caribbean-British intellectual, and Howard Belsey’s intellectual archenemy. He has an affair with Claire Malcolm, which nearly ruins his marriage he also proceeds to have a brief affair with the daughter of his academic nemesis, Monty Kipps. ![]() Howard is also a radical theorist in art history, and very politically liberal. Howard’s class is known for being hard, and he himself is known for being an intellectual, despite coming from a working-class London background. Howard’s focus is on the painter Rembrandt, although he has still not published, after many years, the grand book he has been writing on the Dutch artist. The British, white husband of Kiki Belsey, who is an art history professor at the fictional Wellington College (based loosely off of Harvard University). However, Kiki is also a deeply forgiving character, staying with Howard after this. Over the years she has gained excessive weight, and this is part of the reason why her sexually frustrated husband Howard had an extramarital affair. Kiki is beautiful and noble-looking, and was especially so when she was thin and young. She has three children with Howard: Jerome, Zora, and Levi. ![]() The Floridian, African-American wife of Howard Belsey, a white and British art history professor. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The competition has always been a game requiring bravery, cunning, and sacrifice. The only chance Tella has of uncovering Legend’s identity is to play the game once more, and so Tella throws herself into Caraval. What Tella owes, no one before her has ever been able to able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend’s true name. After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally. Finally, the girls’ futures should be bright.īut unbeknownst to Scarlett, they won because Tella made a desperate bargain with a mysterious stranger. ![]() Stephanie Garber’s limitless imagination takes flight once more in the colorful, mesmerizing, and immersive sequel to the bestselling breakout debut Caraval, following Scarlett’s younger sister, Tella, on a journey to the empire’s capital to fulfill a mysterious bargain.ĭevoted sisters Scarlett and Tella just barely escaped the last game of Caraval ― in the process, have fled their tiny island home, broken free from their cruel father, and won the legendary game that has driven others to madness ― or worse. ![]() ![]() ![]() He avoids conflict until it is absolutely necessary. But for people like him, who do not fully embrace this world, it's not easy. He is the most honest of these men, sitting right on the edge. It all revolves around the Corleone family led by Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). From the outside, we would only witness the horrifying, disturbing manifestations of their well-thought out actions. ![]() ![]() We are surrounded by its inhabitants-cold-blooded murderers, men who see crime like a 9 to 5 job masquerading as honorable men. It is also the reason why it's so welcoming. ![]() Coppola puts us straight in the smack-dab center of what is, admittedly, a society made by criminals for criminals. This film works so well because it takes place in an underworld in which we are so embedded that we do not even observe it. Now that I have seen it three times, the opportunity of sharing my thoughts and refreshed insights are too much of a good offer to sit on. But not early enough to postpone writing these lines. It's late and tomorrow I have to wake up a bit early. It is now past 1 PM and I just finished watching Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather". ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As a lackadaisical high school student, young “Art” showed little ambition and failed to gain acceptance to college, or at least one that wouldn’t charge him tuition. Initially born into wealth in 1915, Miller watched his father, an immigrant garment manufacturer, lose his fortune in the stock market crash of 1929, upending the family’s social and economic status overnight. How refreshing to meet this interesting, confused young writer before he became an institution, struggling to find a literary voice or even any vocation at all. To anyone who grew up with the image of Miller as a lionized elder statesman of the American theatre, Lahr’s account of Miller’s bumpy “origin story” is the most revelatory part of Arthur Miller: American Witness, the short biography he has written for Yale University Press’s Jewish Lives series. Yale University Press, November 2022, 264 pp, $26.00 ![]() ![]() When asked about taking action as an individual, the police advise strongly against it, saying that it’s almost impossible to recover the money, and that going to Nigeria is very dangerous. They are also astonished to learn that there is nothing the police can, or will, do to pursue the defrauder. His daughter, Laura, and the rest of the family later sit in stunned disbelief as the police explain how her father was lured in by e-mails promising a rich reward for helping a person in need. He is just one of many victims of a type of fraud known as a Nigerian 419 scheme. In Calgary, Canada, a man drives his car over a cliff hoping (in vain) that the life insurance settlement will compensate his family for his losing everything they owned. I’m mentioning it here because it is a Canadian novel that Lale has probably heard of, but also because I thought it was excellent, entertaining, and very informative about conditions in Nigeria. The first US edition is about to be released, and I was sent an advance review copy by the publisher. 419 is a novel by the Canadian author Will Ferguson. ![]() |