happy mutants Denver's legendary Tattered Cover bookstore "breaks up" with Audible Cory Doctorow

Comic Books "Alter Ego" is a great new crime novel about IP, AI, and comic book industry con artists Thom Dunn

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

books Author Michael Chabon recreates the Science Fiction section from the bookstore of his youth Ruben Bolling

tabloids The coming alien invasion and a sweet-smelling Kardashian vagina in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids King Charles "purges" royal family in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

artists Flea Market Follies: Hunting for Kitsch with Mitch O'Connell Lee Keeler

Comic Books A look back at Golden Age "Antiviral Alliance" comic books Joshua Glenn

Delightful plants Tree grows out of drainpipe Mark Frauenfelder

books I'll see you this weekend at Denver Comic-Con! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants See you tonight in Austin! (then Houston, Scottsdale, San Diego…) (!) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants See you tonight in Denver! (then Austin, Houston, Scottsdale…) (!) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants See you tonight in Winnipeg! (then Denver, Austin, Houston…) (!) Cory Doctorow

Reviews More Mysterious, In Which We Slide into a Dark Place and See Yellow Richard Kaufman

media Ferocious bipedal dog-like beast prowling American forests! says tabloid Peter Sheridan

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novels Why Cling to the Past? Exclusive essay by Stephen King's publisher about Joyland Charles Ardai