You read the books, but not all characters are likable (just like real life). This list will no doubt spark discussion both for who it includes and for who it omits. I won't tell you who is number one, but you know Scarl...

We’re thrilled to announce a new sub-blog weâ€...  ...day, BitLit. Bit, as in binary digits, Lit, as in literature ! As far as we know, this is unique to the blogosp...

There are only so many hours in the day, and if you're an evil villain, there's too much dirty work to do. So you get a henchman. But you can't just let him out there all alone. It's a big dark scary world, and he barel...

Etsy artist Chet Phillips has created a set of dogs and cats as famous authors. Or are they famous authors portrayed as cats and dogs? Anyway, these Literary Pets are sold as prints or sets of trading cards. Shown are H....

Wouldn't you love to know someone like the invento...  ...kes a look at these geniuses from movies, TV, and literature and why we love them. My vote goes to Doc Brown f...

1. June 16, 1904. 8:00 a.m. Stephen Dedalus, a young schoolteacher, speaks to his friend, "stately, plump" Buck Mulligan, in the disused watchtower on the Liffey where...

The flesh-eating reanimated dead exist in ancient...  ...f Gilgamesh is one of the earliest known works of literature , which was recorded on twelve clay tablets, writt...  ...however it is the first overt mention in recorded literature

I know, it’s that tired old advice your mom...  ...lished in 1954. And Golding won a Nobel Prize for Literature largely based on this particular work. So I bet...

There have always been movies that put a clever spin on a fairy tale to make it creepy and dark. But most of the famous fairy tales we all know were fairly horrifying in their original versions. One of the seven tales is...

In 1931, a schoolboy wrote a fan letter to his fav...  ...Today at school our teacher was discussing "good literature ." I asked if Edgar Rice Burroughs was all right f...  ...inment. If it entertains and is clean, it is good literature , or its kind. If it forms the habit of reading, i...  ...ople who might not...