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Isaac Fitzgerald
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Aim Ray Guns at Amazon
Citing Amazon’s recent hissy fit over its dispute with Macmillan Publishers’ over e-book pricing, The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America are removing all Amazon.com links from its website. The SFWA was founded in 1965 and is made up…
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Death of the Party
Kyle Kinane‘s debut album, Death of the Party, hits stores today. Kyle is a frequent Rumpus contributor and has performed stand-up at numerous Rumpus events. More importantly, he is one of our all time favorite comedians. So we’re doing something…
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New Fiction from Roberto Bolaño
“I was going out with two women. That I do remember clearly. One of them was getting on a bit—she must have been about my age—and the other wasn’t much more than a girl. Some days, though, they seemed like…
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Hellish Advertising
Rumpus cartoonist Jon Adams brought this ridiculous cover for Dante’s Inferno to our attention. Not only does the cover image look like it has more to do with a Ridley Scott movie than one of the greatest literary works of…
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Salinger Links
Charles McGrath’s obit for The New York Times: “J. D. Salinger, Enigmatic Author, Dies at 91.” Links to every story J. D. Salinger published in The New Yorker. A collection of Salinger’s uncollected works. (via The Faster Times) Janet Malcolm’s…
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J. D. Salinger
“I hope to hell that when I do die somebody has the sense to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetary. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your…