A literary magazine with daily-updated content about the world of fiction, from book reviews to horrible theorizing and fiction-related news. http://fictioncircus.com A New York judge has ruled in favor of J.D. Salinger, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/01/60-years-later-blocked-ju_n_224349.html">granting a preliminary injunction against J.D. California's novel "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye,"</a> an unauthorized sequel to Salinger's own "The Catcher in the Rye." This means that California's book will not be published in America this year, although it will still be available in Europe. The i... http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=401&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=401&mode=one ...Borders UK bookstore is freaking out! Like an assassin delivered in a layer cake, they have exploded out of nowhere this week and are shooting up the whole wedding party, trying everything to hit their mark. Screaming. Wearing red sunglasses. Bullet casings flying over their shoulders in slow motion. Sweat stains. Doves criss-crossing over bullet-riddled children whose tiny hands clench and then unclench around bouquets of roses. <img src="http://www.csagag.com/pictures/celeb... http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=400&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=400&mode=one Right now, scanning a book is a colossal pain in the ass and at the end of the day, you only get a stolen scan, not an actual stolen book. <img src="http://cdn.faniq.com/images/blog/pornTV.jpg"> So right now, the only markets for book piracy are people who don't mind reading online scans, people who have tremendously expensive (non-proprietary) ebook readers, and people who are willing to print up a book on their own printer paper and read it like an English teacher gradi... http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=399&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=399&mode=one <img src="http://www.geocities.com/anasintaxi/images/s-obfl.jpg"> "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming. We understand the inertia and despair that you had to overcome in order to be here today, and we are grateful. Don't lie to yourselves. You hate fiction readings. You think fiction is culture. But fiction is not culture. Fiction is not art. Fiction is the thoughts that travel through your brain at the speed of light when you are fucking someone you don'... http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=398&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=398&mode=one We are having a show this very evening at the KGB Bar in Manhattan, on 4th Street between 2nd and Bowery. The KGB Bar is a classy place. You cannot bring guns, drugs, or sex toys. <img src="http://www.crestock.com/uploads/blog/2008/propagandaposters/26.jpg"> <small>"Behave yourselves, comrades!"</small> The show will begin at 7 PM SHARP and will run for an hour. We will be featuri... http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=397&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=397&mode=one http://fictioncircus.com/stories.php http://fictioncircus.com/stories.php A story about a man giving birth to troubles. http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=biopsydoppelganger http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=biopsydoppelganger A story about what we all want from life, and how to get it. http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=thehungry http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=thehungry A story about having time to think. http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=theseconddoor http://fictioncircus.com/story.php?storyid=theseconddoor