It’s easy to celebrate smart people—detectives who figure out mysteries just by observing clues, evil geniuses who devise horrific ways of ending the world and the sullen brainiacs who defeat them, anyone who figures out how to game the system and come out on top. But let’s put aside the hero-worship, because we all know that in […]
Have you ever written a book? It’s very, very hard. Writers have to come up with thousands of perfect words and arrange them just so to create a thrilling and original narrative that also expresses their worldview via memorable and compelling characters. Doing all that requires a set of long-form expression skills, which is quite the opposite […]
Everybody knows a hardcore comedy fan. That person who has a Simpsons quote for every occasion, or who can discuss and recommend comedy albums the way a music person can key you in to a band you’ve never heard of. There’s so much comedy out there to consume, from movies to TV to standup, but books […]
A few years ago, some guy made a fake, early ’90s Nintendo Entertainment System-style video of gameplay of a video game based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. It unfortunately wasn’t real, but it brought attention to a harsh truth: there are precious few video games based on classic novels. I mean, there are […]
Books are great, and so are cats. It is thus pure logic that we determine combining books with cats will yield something truly remarkable. Sure, these great works are all just fine on their own, and will doubtlessly remain classics even if left cat-free. But wouldn’t the addition of some furry heroes, villains, or even authors […]