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Archiv für den Monat Juni 2012
Artikel: Hay Festival 2012: Ian Rankin on crime fiction, thrillers and more
Speaking at the Telegraph Hay Festival, author Ian Rankin reveals that exacting research into spy satellites was never really his cup of tea.
Artikel: NBC’s “Mystery Movie” Turns 40: “Madigan”
The fifth entry in a months-long succession of posts highlighting shows featured in the 1971-977 NBC Mystery Movie “wheel series.” Starring: Richard Widmark; Original Run: 1972-1973 (6 episodes), NBC-TV.
Interview (von 1973): Richard Widmark
On June 9, 1973 actor Richard Widmark sat down for an interview with contributing writer Dick Adler. They discussed Widmark’s successes and disappointments in the movies, his love affair with Hollywood’s silent-film era and more.
Thriller author Paul Sussman dies
Tributes flood in after sudden death at 45 of writer whose books were called “the intelligent reader’s answer to ‘The Da Vinci Code’”.
Artikel: Die Mars-Chroniken warten im All auf ihre Leser
In seinem Genie sind sich alle einig: Der Tod von Science-Fiction-Autor Ray Bradbury führt die tief gespaltene Gesellschaft der Vereinigten Staaten für einen Augenblick zusammen.
Artikelsammlung: Zum Tode Ray Bradburys
Weitere Artikel zum Tode Ray Bradburys unter: The Telegraph (1), The Telegraph (2), Los Angeles Times, BBC News, Der Standard.
Artikel: Zum Tod von Ray Bradbury
Er schrieb zwar Science Fiction, war aber kein Freund des technischen Forschritts. Seine Vision des noch nie Dagewesenen war sowohl poetischer wie skeptischer.
Artikel: Ray Bradbury: The man who made sci-fi respectable
The late Ray Bradbury wrote more than high-tech tales. He should be considered alongside Hemingway and Faulkner.
Artikel: Brought Mars to Earth With a Lyrical Mastery
Ray Bradbury was a master of science fiction whose imaginative and lyrical evocations of the future reflected both the optimism and the anxieties of his own postwar America.
Artikel: Ray Bradbury dies at 91
Ray Bradbury’s more than 27 novels and 600 short stories helped give stylistic heft to fantasy and science fiction.
Artikel: Ray Bradbury dies: Appreciation for an author who will “live forever”
Drawing on his mysterious powers, Mr. Electro suddenly anointed Bradbury with his magic sword and dramatically intoned: “Live Forever.”
Artikel: Ray Bradbury
In 1987, a major poll was held of more than 200 contemporary writers of fantastic fiction. The work of Ray Bradbury received the following accolades: first in fantasy novels; second in fantasy short fiction; and fourth in favourite science-fiction novels.
Artikel: Zum Tod Ray Bradburys
Weitere Nachrufe und Artikel finden Sie unter anderem hier: Süddeutsche Zeitung, ZEIT, Welt, Spiegel online, Tagesspiegel, Tages-Anzeiger, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, The Globe and Mail, The Guardian (1), The Guardian (2), National Post,
Service: KrimiZEIT-Bestenliste Juni 2012
Auf Platz 1 steht wie letzte Woche Fred Vargas’ “Die Nacht des Zorns”, Neueinsteiger auf Platz 2 ist “Tage des Bösen” von Peter Temple; ebenfalls neu auf der Liste: “Der Deal” von David Ignatius und “Der Insider” von Michael Robotham.
Rezension: Lee Child: “A Wanted Man”
Thriller writer Lee Child (born Jim Grant) spent almost two decades working in television in his native Britain before threats of industry downsizing convinced him that the time was right to re-create himself as a novelist.
Artikel: Foul Deeds for Fair Weather
J. Kingston Pierce had the rare opportunity to spend a week in the outback of Idaho. He let his wife know that he wished to accomplish nothing than to plow through a stack of books.
Rezension: Richard Lloyd Parry: “People Who Eat Darkness”
The title of Richard Lloyd Parry’s true-crime book “People Who Eat Darkness,” is creepy, especially now that zombies are in the news. Its sleek cover, which features a blurry sketch of a serial rapist and murderer, is creepier still.