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~ Douglas Adams
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~ Anton Chekhov
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~ Dr. Suess
If, like me, you are one of those people who played your previous SSX games until the disk literally disintegrated (for me it was SSX Tricky) then you are probably just as anxious to get your hands on a copy of SSX Deadly Descents. Unfortunately EA has decided to delay the release till February 2012. […]
As a regular Exclusive Books customer we wanted you to be amongst the first to know that we have recently revamped our Hyde Park store and it is open for trading (Monday, 24 October 2011). This means more space for you to relax and browse through our fantastic selection of the latest books and of […]
After a heated and unusual five-way auction, Harpercollins has snagged Lauren Beukes‘ partial manuscript for The Shining Girls. With the current recession publishers are having fewer and fewer auctions for titles, so this is definitely a special manuscript! Pegged for release in May 2013, The Shining Girls might be one of the biggest hits of that […]
When Steve Jobs passed away on the 5th of October this year, the world saw hundreds of thousands grieving for the great innovator, while detractors took the opportunity to revile him as a sweatshop-using megalomaniac. (I think the timing could have been better managed, regardless of the validity or not of such statements.) I admit that […]
Seen by many as one of South Africa’s foremost satirists and commentators, Jonathan Shapiro, AKA Zapiro, has commented on the tightly prescriptive nature of the new Press Code, effective since the 15th of October. Shapiro said: “I would like to see an amendment [to the press code] soon. I’m certainly not the only one who […]
The movie adaptation of Kathryn Stockett‘s The Help is currently on circuit in South Africa, and the book has enjoyed months on the New York Times bestseller list. While the movie deals with racism in 1960s America (which isn’t all that long ago), it might have an interesting angle for South Africans. After all, Eve of […]
Double Dexter Pre-order R175.00 Jeff Lindsay, author of the ever popular Dexter novels, is worried that people are romanticising his serial killer because they are under the impression the character is “nice”. “Some believe that Dexter cares about justice. Dexter doesn’t care about justice, he cares about killing. He’s attractive because he’s […]
The future of handheld consoles is set to land on South African shores on 22 February 2012. But is everyone as excited about the new console as Sony wants them to be? Admittedly the Playstation Vita has some amazing features that have most of the gaming world drooling and desperate to get their hands on […]
The international superact Coldplay has released the music video for their single, Paradise, taken from their upcoming album Mylo Xyloto. Times LIVE reports: The band, recently on tour in the country, said they were so taken by the beauty of the land, the cities and especially the sunshine, they decided to shoot a video here. Taking a break […]
Jeannette Winterson, author of the famous Sexing The Cherry, has written for the Guardian about the fuss around the Man Booker Prize, and why the judges are letting down the potential of the prize: I am sorry that the Booker judges were thrilled to be seen as champions of the jolly good read. I wish they […]
