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Me and the Phoenix, Together Again
Starting in January, I’ll be contributing pieces on books and comics (and the creators thereof) to the Portland Phoenix. If you are one of the aforementioned creators–especially if you live in Maine or have any connection at all to our heavily forested state–get in touch with me: alexirvine at alexanderirvine dot net. Pass the word…
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This Is Probably What I Should Call It
I’m writing an Iron Man novel. It’s supposed to come out next fall, I think. I had a title all figured out, but then I noticed this Amazon listing, in which the book is called Iron Man Original Novel #1. Suddenly I am smitten with the possibilities inherent in that being the title.
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The Day in Artistic Plagiarism
“Emily the Strange is a rip off of a 1978 book character.” So saith BoingBoing, picking up on a story at You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice. You be the judge: In the land of (one hopes) non-plagiarized creativity, the NYT has chosen its ten best books of the year.
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Now I’m No Economist, But…
$8 trillion in bailout commitments, divided by 155 million tax returns filed this year, equals approximately $51,600 for each and every individual or family taxpayer in this country. Think that stimulus would do more than giving banks money because they realized that all of their fake money was fake? Seriously. Also I want to know…
Crooked House Fictions 