The Wheel of Time is getting its final book. No, wait, trilogy. Hell, I don't know. This press release is confusing as hell. Basically the twelfth book of the long-running series by the late Robert Jordan is called A Memory of Light, which is the end of the series. It will be co-written by Brandon Sanderson, picked by Jordan's wife and editor (note: same person) to finish what Jordan started, and will be released over the next two years. Book 12 is called The Gathering Storm and hits on November 3rd. Apparently "JordanCon" is happening in Alpharetta GA (my neck of the woods) April 17-19 and Harriet McDougal (Mrs. Jordan), Sanderson, and Tor editor Tom Doherty will all be in attendance. The book is not available for pre-order, but oddly the audiobook is. Image source.
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Some sites base their entire existence on regurgitating press releases at you. We just base one section. Saves everybody time and effort, I think.
Amazon has the first four seasons of Boston Legal for sale today and while stocks last for $80.49 on DVD, which is 65% off the usual price. You can snag yours here. Also, speaking of Amazon, Star Trek Season 1 is hitting Blu-Ray on April 28th. You can catch that here.
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This is where we come together to talk pop culture news. And we do it with a quickness and a snarkness. Because some sites may have all day to write up 750 words based on a press release, but the rest of don't have time for bullshit. So enjoy.
Okay, you know what? The Children looks disturbing as hell.
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Hollis Hawthorne is a performer who's been involved in an accident in India. The Lady Porphyre mentioned this first, then I saw The Neil and Uncle Warren both do so. The full story is at Coilhouse. She's got clearance to get treated at Stanford Medical here in the States as opposed to where she is now, where her boyfriend states "there are huge rats scurrying around on the [hospital] floor. I am sleeping on the ant-covered floor outside her room as I am not allowed in and the water they have used for many procedures is not even purified." So they have to get her out of there and back here. The Friends of Hollis are trying to pull together the money to do so. Go here and help if you can. I'm donating for the boyfriend as much as I am for Hollis. I know that sounds weird, but I'm just imagining what I'd be going through if my significant other was going through this and the whole thing was almost completely out of my control. Hang in there, both of you.
Beatles: Rock Band is now available for pre-order--the software version, apparently--for $59.99. The "limited edition bundles" aren't yet. But stay tuned, I'm watching for them. They'll run you $249.99. "Exclusive content" will be there for people who pre-order, apparently. And for you total Beatles freaks (I am among you), "Accompanying instruments modeled after the ones used by Paul, John, George and Ringo also will be available for $100. The game will be playable with existing 'Rock Band' guitars, drums and microphones, though." And here's a nice touch: remember what I said about "Revolution 9"? Release date is 9/9/09. If you're going to buy it anyway, if you could do it through us: we'd love the kickbacks. Thanks in advance: here's links to buy your copy for the Wii, your copy of it for the Xbox 360 or if you own a PS3, you can get your copy here. Source.
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Some sites spend all their time and energy making you think everything pop culture-related is important. And if you've got nothing but time on your hands, then that's fine. Some of us, though, have lives. Not us at the site, you understand. We mean you guys out there. We take what they need an entire site to cover and do it in one post. Have some of your day back. Enjoy.
Furthering evidence for my theory that the Catholic Church and Dan Brown are in cahoots, The Catholic League has announced it's going to fight Angels and Demons, ensuring that everybody and his pet squirrel named Fred will see it. You'd think if anybody could appreciate the notion of a self-fulfilling prophecy... Source.
