Salman Rushdie raved about Italo Calvino's 1965 book Cosmicomics on NPR recently. He called the collection of short stories, "possibly the most enjoyable story collection ever written, a book that will frequently make you laugh out loud at its mischievous mastery, capricious ingenuity and nerve."What more is there to say?--David E

There's an excerpt of Christopher Paolini's new novel Brisingr on MSNBC. You can also see Paolini on the Today show: The book--number three in Paolini's Inheritance cycle--goes on sale tomorrow. We will have copies in the store for you. We open at ten.--David E

Eoin Colfer, best known for his YA novels featuring Artemis Fowl, has been tapped to write the sixth novel in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, reports the Guardian. Colfer has big shoes to fill. Since the first Douglas Adams' HGttG story appeared as a radio play in 1978, the series has grown a … Continue reading Don’t Panic