The military is currently an unpopular topic in fiction. Usually, members of armed forces are the bad guys whenever they pop up. Not in Linda Nagata’s The Red trilogy. But does it make for good and engaging books? Find out!
Switzerland finally has its own epic fantasy novel. It’s called Die Stadt am Abgrund, is part of Die Chronik von Stahl und Feder. It is written not by one, but by two Swiss authors, Tädeus M. Fivaz and Peter Segmüller.
Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger revealed new facts about the closing of the Orell Füssli English Bookshop at Bahnhofstrasse in Zürich. They have essentially announced Hunger Games for employees.
In association with Warner Bros. Switzerland, we are pleased to announce that you can win exclusive goodies for the upcoming movie In the Heart of the Sea. All you have to do is answer one question.
Black Widow is the star of Margaret Stohl‘s latest novel – Forever Red. Fully integrated into the Marvel Universe, it promises to open up the field of Young Adult for Marvel and to reveal things about Natasha Romanoff‘s past. Does it deliver?
Pulp Fiction is quite a fun genre. The reads are quick, they’re shallow in the best way possible and they’re entertaining. Add to that an interesting premise and you’ve got something like COR – Heart by I.P. Igo.
Hitler. He’s back. One day he wakes up in Berlin and decides to continue his quest to bring National Socialism to a world that thinks him a comedian. This is the plot of Timur Vermes’ book titled Er ist wieder da.
Z for Zacharaiah is an ambitious movie. It stars Margot Robbie, Chris Pine and Chiwetel Ejiofor. And nobody else. They’re – for all they know – the only people still alive in a rather mediocre movie.
The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials, another one of the dystopian Young Adult adaptations, will be released in Swiss cinemas this Thursday. Before seeing the movie, we take a look at the novel by James Dashner.
When the first mission to Mars goes wrong, the crew of the spaceship Ares III have to flee the planet. Due to a freak accident, astronaut Mark Watney is left behind. And you have the change read his adventure before his movie hits the big screen! All you need to…
The release date of The Martian has just been moved up to the October 2nd, 2015. The film, based on the book by Andy Weir, will be directed by Ridley Scott and star Matt Damon. For all of you considering reading the book before the movie hits, here’s a review.
Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen, Tris Prior, hell, even Bella Swan were Chosen Ones. But not all of us can battle dark wizards, a dictatorial government or sparkling vampires – we just have to make sure we’re living our own stories. Patrick Ness looks at some of these stories in his…
Sad news, everyone. Orell Füssli is shutting down the English Bookshop at Bahnhofstrasse in Zürich.
The Swiss fans of John Green’s Paper Towns were among the first people world wide to see the film.
Margo Roth Spiegelman is the enigma at the center of the novel Paper Towns that is now a major motion picture. Everyone seems to see her in a different way. Time to figure out who she really is according to author John Green. Character analysis is easier if we apply…
I finished Paper Towns by John Green a good twelve hours after I’d started reading it late one night. I was still deeply immersed in the story. Margo had just utterly shattered the image I’d built up of her over the course of a night of reading, and I was devastated.…
I’m going to have to start this review with a confession. I picked up Paper Towns by John Green close to midnight one evening because I couldn’t fall asleep, and I was convinced this would put me to sleep faster than any other books available. I have seldom been so…
On July 30th, the latest movie based on a book by John Green hits Swiss cinemas. But you can go see the movie early, because Twentieth Century Fox and the Uncanny Book-Club have teamed up and organised an exclusive fan screening. All you need to do to get in, apart…
To many people, their fandom is something very close to their heart. They stay with their favourite intellectual property for years and somehow grew up with it. But what is it like to get into a fandom that has been around for ages. Let’s find out!
Digital Publishing is the bane of existence in the world of bookshops. However, they do have one distinct advantage. They’re opening up the world of publishing to anyone. And with that, seemingly lost genres resurface. Among them: Pulp Fiction.
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