Celebrity Poetry…

…the QUIZ.

A must-follow Twitter feed:

the Fake AP Stylebook.

A gallery of lookalikes.

It’s always fun to find two books with the same cover art. 

This gallery features a huge number of examples.

2009 Interactive Fiction Competition.

An explanation of IFC from the contest organizers:

In interactive fiction you play the main character. You type commands which determine the actions of the character and the flow of the story.

Each piece of interactive fiction presents locations, items, characters and events. You move about, exploring and learning. As you do so, you will encounter puzzles which impede your progress. Part of the fun of interactive fiction is solving these puzzles. Some puzzles will require you to use items in unusual ways; some will require you to get other characters to do things for you.

The games written for the 2009 competition are now available for download. 

(via GalleyCat)

Celebrate Bloomsday!

Even if you can’t wander around Dublin retracing the journey described in James Joyce’s Ulysses…

…and even if you can’t get away from work to swing by the library and pick up the book*…

…you can explore the visual version of it at Ulysses “Seen”.

(via Galleycat)

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*Which is checked in at the moment — call 985.2173 to put it on hold!

Book club @ The Onion.

Well technically, it’s at The A.V. Club. 

And it’s well worth following.

For your entertainment…

At eHarlequin.com, eight community members are writing an ongoing novel with author Joanne Rock — each week, a new 1000-word installment is posted.  And just to keep things interesting, each chapter has special phrases and key words that can earn the author points.  (The winner gets bragging rights.)

Texan idiom and slang.

Not long ago, I ran across the term ‘road witch’ in a short story and had absolutely no idea what it meant.  Luckily, I had the author’s email address at hand, so I emailed her.  She explained that it’s a name for the common watery mirage you seen on a long stretch of road on a hot day.

Anyway.  More Texan talk.

Twitter crime.

From Bookseller.com:

Faber author R.N. Morris is serialising a slightly abridged version of his 2007 crime novel A Gentle Axe in bite-sized chunks via regular updates on Twitter.

Read it at Twitter.

Consumer Reports now available online

This great research tool is available from Marvel! Maine’s Virtual Library. Log on at the Library or from home to: Marvel! and begin.

Need help? Ask at the Reference Desk.