Books
The Q Guide books are like a gay version of Time/Life, producing books written by gay fans for gay fans. I’ve personally read both The Q Guide to Broadway and The Q Guide to The Golden Girls. They’re slim volumes, but are fun to read and never fail to give the big, gay perspective on the subject at hand. Mike Pingel, the author of The Q Guide to Charlie’s…
Did everyone finish reading (or re-reading) the current FBOTU Book Club selection, Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons? What a happy, happy ending! Discussion begins today in the Forum, just in time to get your thoughts and reactions in before the movie opens on Friday. It’s going to be all-Watchmen, all-the-time for the next couple of weeks, so pat yourselves…
One week before the FBOTU Book Club discussion of Watchmen begins! You can totally read Watchmen in a week. I once read Moby Dick in one night AND wrote a paper on it. So don’t give up hope if you haven’t finished (or started) the book yet. What else have I done in a ridiculous amount of time? Let’s see, I once planned a wedding in two days. I drove from…
Art by Evan Shaner How’s the reading going? Hopefully everyone is well into the book by now. If not, fret not. You still have two weeks to get Watchmen and read the hell out of it. I think I know the FBOTU crowd a little bit by now, so I can’t imagine anyone would think this, but just in case you’re wondering, “Why should I read the book? The movie…
Has everyone started reading or re-reading our current FBOTU Book Club selection, Watchmen, yet? The frenzy over the movie is reaching a fever pitch, methinks. Not only was it everywhere I looked at New York Comic-Con over the weekend, but I’ve also been seeing the book show up everywhere from the supermarket to Target. Hopefully that means no one’s having…
Celebrated and revered as the best graphic novel of our time, Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons is a modern classic. If you’ve been in outer space for the past couple of years, you might not know there’s a long-awaited movie adaptation premiering March 6. But don’t feel bad if you didn’t know that. Personally, I had never read Watchmen myself…
Today’s the day! Hopefully, you’ve all procured and read our current selection of the FBOTU Book Club: Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher. If you haven’t picked up the book yet, or if you did, but haven’t finished it, fret not. It’s an open-ended discussion, so feel free to join in as soon as you can. If you have read it, and you’re ready…
Carrie Fisher...or, I should say Princess Leia...was my first (and last) crush on a girl. Beautiful and brave and strong, I loved her immediately, and while I related closely to Luke Skywalker‘s farmboy with an important destiny, I secretly believed Star Wars was as much Leia’s story as his. She was a princess after all. (And I was a little queen.) One fateful…
Two weeks is more than enough time to read our current FBOTU Book Club selection: Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher. If you’ve never read any of Carrie’s work before, Wishful Drinking is a great introduction to the acerbic wit and wisdom of this unique Hollywood icon. If you’re unfamiliar with Carrie’s career, she was in a little movie a few years…
Our Book Club Buddy Marc is well into the book, as you can see. How about you? If you haven’t jumped on board the FBOTU Book Club train, there’s still time. Lots of time. Three weeks of juicy, delicious time. Our current selection is Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher. It’s a new book, still in hardback, but it’s under $15 just about everywhere you…
Manly by Dale Lazarov and Amy Colburn Special Guest Review by Allen (who is also very manly) Erotica and high concept are rare companions. For all its steamy content, even Playboy can tout truly engaging articles and fiction. However, for the gay audience, such a combination is a little harder to find at your local magazine stand. Manly, the new erotic art book by Dale…
Did you finish? The FBOTU Book Club discussion of Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman is now open in the Forum. So feel free to jump right in with your thoughts about the book. I hope it was an enjoyable read and a worthy inaugural selection for the Club! If you haven’t finished yet (or haven’t started) go ahead and pick it up, read the sucker, then…
Can you read a book in a week? I think many of us learned in high school and college that you can read a book and write a paper on it in one night. But, this isn’t school! This is for fun. And there’s no report due at the end. So don’t put it off any longer, go out and grab Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman and read the hell out of that sucker!…
Isn’t it nice to spend a warm, lazy summer day on the beach or by the pool with a good book? Or crank the A/C, have a tall glass of lemonade and luxuriate in a cool bath with a real page-turner? If you’d rather be reading a real, live book right now, there’s still plenty of time to join the FBOTU Book Club! Our first selection, pictured above in the…
It’s finally here! Fanboys of the Universe presents the first selection in the FBOTU Book Club: Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman! Pictured above, my book buddy J.D. poses with this month’s selection, just so you all get an idea of how big it is. The book, I mean. It’s perfect summer reading material! Soon I Will Be Invincible tells the story…
