All Blog Posts Tagged 'literature' (64)

The following is all based off the memories of machines. Machines aren’t known to lie.

Several centuries ago there was the Confederate Colonies of Earth, the CCE. The CCE had been around for many years and did so by rarely governing its domain. It was an advisor to colonies that didn’t want to have anything to do with each other.

Society had been preserved in the aforementioned colonies. The colonies resided under sheltering domes and large pavilions made of whatever molecular…

Mayor Aesopop of Grail - a town in the forest whose people live in hallowed trees -

stood at the podium for the town meeting. Questions were instantly fired at him by Grail’s frantic people. “What are we to do? Should we leave? Where will we go?” A voice cried out over a great gaggle of voices.

The mayor told them, “all that can be done has been done. A sanitorium has been established a great distance from here.”

“How can we be certain that this Sanitorium is still…

In which Hank discusses his feelings after the first parts of Fahrenheit 451, argues with John, and takes a bite out of a banana.

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In which John discusses Part 1 of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, "The Hearth and the Salamander," including discussions of Guy Montag, Clarisse, the complicated relationship between technology and nature, and more. Huzzah for the Nerdfighter Book Club!

If you like learning, try crashcourse:…

In which John discusses his Vidcon experience, thanks his brother, and announces that you (yes, you!) need to read Part I of Ray Bradbury's FAHRENHEIT 451 by next Tuesday to prepare for our discussion in the Nerdfighter Book Club. (if you've read the book before, I encourage you to try reading it again with us!)

Vidcon was amazing. Thanks to everyone who was there,…

I have just finished reading "A Monster Calls" By Patric Ness from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd. Patric Ness was asked to write what would have been Siobhan Dowd's fifth book, "She had the characters, a premise and a beginning. What she didn't have, unfortunately, was time" (From the Author's note), sadly she passed away from Cancer before she got a chance to write her story herself.

It is the most beautiful and terrible thing I have read in a long time.

I read it all in…

(It occurred to me while editing that you are not actually able to confirm that I ever put on pants.) In which John travels to Amsterdam--where he lived for two months while finishing The Fault in Our Stars--to promote the Dutch edition of the book. Along the way he visits places that were important to him and to the made-up people in his novel, including the Spui Square,…

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The Fault in Our Stars: http://dft.ba/-tfios

I'll be in Amsterdam THIS FRIDAY evening. Ticket info:…

In which John discusses cooties, cuties, whales, Moby Dick, and fish while visiting an aquarium. He also talks about things that are both fun and hard without making a single that's what she said joke.

Hey, ARE YOU A SPORTSRACER? Ze Frank inspired us to start videoblogging, and in the best news ever, he is bringing his show back:…

If you'd like to keep a couple old friends atop the bestseller list, you can pick up The Fault in Our Stars and/or Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children at your local bookstore or from amazon. TFiOS: http://dft.ba/-tfios Miss Peregrine: http://amzn.to/xuSvdA

Ransom's brilliant YouTube…

Lincoln International Airport is hit by a violent snowstorm and a plane gets stuck on the main runway. As staff struggle to keep the airport open their personal relationships cause more problems. To make matters worse, a man arrives at the airport determined to blow up a plane. The drama unfolds as the storm reaches its speak.

I've just finished this book, and I'm a bit disappointed. The book really entartained me overall, but the ending was not as impacting as I…

Hi there

Yesterday I started reading the fault in our stars, so naturally I finished it today.

I never really wrote like a book review, except for Dutch class (a bit like English in the US, only in Dutch, if that makes sense :S}, so I am so sorry if it isn't like good or anything. Tips and advice are always welcome ;D.

DISCLAIMER: SPOILER ALERT!

I think this book is my favourite John Green book. I loved all he's other books, but this book was just SO AWESOME, when I…

  I love to write. I’ve written a draft of a book that I am continually working on and making better but now I am helping someone else with their work! I’m quite excited to be a sort of ‘editor’ for someone. It’s really quite fun. The story is really good as far as I have read and I’m really happy I get to help out with this book. I really look forward to seeing how everything plays out.

  As a ‘learn as I go’ writer I find this ‘editor’ thing is really great for me. To get to see…

If you need something to read between now and TFiOS, I have written a few other books, including Looking for Alaska: http://dft.ba/-looking4alaska An Abundance of Katherines: http://dft.ba/-aokatherines and Paper Towns: http://dft.ba/-1h5U

In which…

Info and tickets for the 2012 Great American (and Canadian) Tour de Nerdfighting: http://dft.ba/-tourdenerdfighting2012

In which John reveals that he, Hank, the Katherine, and occasionally the Yeti will again be piling into a vehicle and making nerdfighteria IRL in January of 2012 to celebrate the release of The…

Listen, Jena, after that great lunch you whipped up yesterday I showed your brother my newly organized library and talked our way into the idea that books and stories make places and experiences immeasurably better.

Phrases like “those who can’t do teach” and “get your nose out of a book” suggest  that reading about some exciting place is a poor or cowardly man’s way of seeing it for himself. The idea there is that reading is a poor imitation of actual experience.

I’m…

Listen to Chapter 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_vFvbfn9Fs

In which John Green's publisher agrees to let him read you the second chapter of his forthcoming book, The Fault in Our Stars. If you want to listen to me read this entire thing (with fewer mistakes), you can order the TFiOS box set:…

Sorry I'm uploading late. I'm in Grand Haven, Michigan recording an audio version of The Fault in Our Stars. More…