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THE GREAT AMERICAN READ: Actor/writer Wil Wheaton talks favorite books – Exclusive Interview

THE GREAT AMERICAN READ logo | ©2018 Nutopia/PBS

PBS brings back THE GREAT AMERICAN READ on Tuesday, September 11. Hosted by Meredith Viera, THE GREAT AMERICAN READ premiered back in May. The series aims to discover “America’s best-loved novel” by means of viewer opinion. To date, two million people have voted, narrowing the list down to one hundred titles. With eight episodes rolling out on successive Tuesday nights, the season finale on October 23 will reveal the top vote getter. (Those interested in voting can do so via pbs.org/greatamericanread, hashtag voting on Twitter and Facebook, an SMS app, and by phone. Actor/author Wil Wheaton is one of the […]Read On »


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DORKING OUT – Episode 10: The Star Trek 50th Anniversary Edition

Dorking Out Show | © 2016 Chris Smith/Sonia Mansfield

</iframe Hey there, dorks. In honor of the 50th anniversary of STAR TREK, we are going to boldly go where this podcast has never gone before: over the two-hour mark. We have put together an epic STAR TREK-themed episode for this week’s episode of “Dorking Out.” In our first two segments, Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, the authors of the best book we’ve ever read about STAR TREK and the inner workings of Hollywood, “The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years,” join us to talk about all things STAR TREK, […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Bob Harris talks THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF BOB book

THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF BOB by Bob Harris | ©2013 Walker and Company

What better way to start the new year than with adventure and helping others? Bob Harris combines both in THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF BOB: CONNECTING OUR WORLDS ONE $25 KIVA LOAN AT A TIME. The nonfiction book discusses both the phenomenon of micro-lending – individuals giving small sums so that people in impoverished countries can start their own businesses – and Harris’ personal experiences with it, which took him to all corners of the globe. Harris previously authored PRISONER OF TREBEKISTAN: A DECADE IN JEOPARDY!, which both chronicled Harris’ stints on the game show and examining how and why people […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Amber Benson on GIRL ON GIRL, REVERSE PARTHENOGENESIS and more – Part 2

Amber Benson at the 25th Annual William S. Paley Television Festival March 22, 2008 | ©2010 Sue Schneider

Amber Benson, novelist/actress/filmmaker, is touring to promote her new book HOW TO BE DEATH, the fourth installment in the adventures of Calliope Reaper-Jones, born as daughter to Death himself and now inheritor of Dad’s job. Benson’s upcoming tour dates include: Sat. March 24, 2 PM at Dark Delicacies Bookstore in Burbank,CA However, Benson is involved in a number of other projects as well. In Part 2 of our exclusive interview, she talks about what else her multi-hyphenate life encompasses at present. ASSIGNMENT X: You were working on a Web series as co-director with Adam Busch, who was also your co-director […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Author Kim Harrison on A PERFECT BLOOD and the future of “The Hollows”

A Perfect Blood by Kiim Harrison | ©2012 Harper Voyager

New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison is busily flying from city to city to promote her latest book A PERFECT BLOOD of “The Hollows” series. Once again her heroine Rachel Morgan finds herself up against seemingly insurmountable obstacles both interior and exterior, and Harrison keeps the reader entranced right up to the last page. As many already know “The Hollows” is winding down as a series, so ASSIGNMENT X took the opportunity to meet up with Harrison before a signing in Burbank, CA at Dark Delicacies to get the scoop on upcoming “Hollows” books, a new series from THE […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Mark Ryan on THE WILDWOOD TAROT cards and book

THE WILDWOOD TAROT book

Mark Ryan does all sorts of things. On stage, he was in the original London production of EVITA, first as Magaldi, then as Che and more recently, he toured with Eric Idle in ERIC IDLE EXPLOITS MONTY PYTHON. On television, he starred as the Merry Man Nasir in three seasons of HTV’s ROBIN OF SHERWOOD (the first two seasons are now out on Blu-ray from Acorn). On film, he’s been the voice of Bumblebee and Jetfire in the TRANSFORMERS movies. As a comic book writer, he created THE PILGRIM with Mike Grell. As a songwriter, he’s working on a musical […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview:ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING Author Jasper Fforde talks about what’s Next – Part 2

THE FOURTH BEAR by Jasper Fforde

Author Jasper Fforde | ©2011 Jasper Fforde In Part Two of our exclusive interview with ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING author Jasper Fforde, he discusses his new novel,  fanfic, his NURSERY CRIMES books, his novel SHADES OF GREY and more. ASSIGNMENT X: When did you realize people were really responding to the THURSDAY books? JASPER FFORDE: Well, [THE EYRE AFFAIR] did extraordinarily for the kind of book that it is, a fantasy mish-mash cross-genre book. In the States, we got onto the New York Times bestseller list, which was extraordinary. But it was very much a word of mouth […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Jasper Fforde on ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING – Part 1

Author Jasper Fforde | ©2011 Jasper Fforde

Jasper Fforde’s series of books about the heroine Thursday Next are as difficult to describe as they are delightful to read. Imagine a somewhat alternate version of Britain where audiences respond to Shakespeare stage performances the way midnight moviegoers enjoy THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. Now also imagine there’s a secret branch of the government, Jurisfiction, charged with making sure that fictional characters don’t jump from book to book and wreak havoc. Thursday Next is an agent of Jurisfiction, but in Fforde’s newly published ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING, the sixth in the series (following THE EYRE AFFAIR, THE […]Read On »


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Live Streaming of Kim Harrison Book Signing today on Assignment X

At 7:00pm (EST), ASSIGNMENT X will present a live streaming broadcast of Harrison’s book signing for PALE DEMON that’s being held at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, OH. You will also be able to ask questions too. CLICK HERE and bookmark this page to watch the event live And check out the links to our exclusive Kim Harrison interview below … CLICK HERE for PART 1 of ASSIGNMENT X’s EXCLUSIVE KIM HARRISON interview CLICK HERE for PART 2 of ASSIGNMENT X’s EXCLUSIVE KIM HARRISON interview


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Exclusive Interview: Author Kim Harrison chats about PALE DEMON – Part 2

PALE DEMON by Kim Harrison

Special Note to Kim Harrison Fans. Today, February 25, 2011 at 7:00pm (EST), ASSIGNMENT X will present a live streaming broadcast of Harrison’s book signing for PALE DEMON that’s being held at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, OH. CLICK HERE and bookmark this page to watch the event live Author Kim Harrison had the 9th book of her extremely successful Urban Fantasy series “The Hollows” hit stores this week with PALE DEMON which features the continuing adventures of Rachel Morgan and company. For those not in the know, “The Hollows” is an alternate world from our own where a plague (know […]Read On »


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