jürgen fauth's muckworld

Jürgen at Mediabistro’s eBook Summit

Jürgen — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:02:58 +0000

I’ll be joining Tammy Nam (Scribd), Andrew Pate (On Demand Books), and Calvin Reed (Publishers Weekly) for a conversation on “The New Book Club: Social Networking” at Mediabistro’s eBook Summit in New York next Tuesday, December 15. You can follow event news on Twitter via the #ebooksummit hashtag and eBookNewser’s lists for attendees and speakers.

F’naut in the News

Jürgen — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:06:29 +0000

Recent coverage for Fictionaut:

At the Huffington Post: “Transcend and Include: Fictionaut and the Future of the Literary Magazine.” It’s been a long time since I last used a colon in a title.
At Mediabistro, I was interviewed by Jason Boog and Matt Van Hoven. Live!
Ron Callari wrote a great overview of the site for InventorSpot.
Critical Mass is the blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors. Eric Banks did a Q&A with me: “What’s with the -naut suffix to the name?“

What’s with the -naut suffix to the name?

Main Beach

Jürgen — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:55:47 +0000

Not much ever happens at Main Beach.

Why Anyone Can Publish On Fictionaut

Jürgen — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:14:04 +0000

At the Huffington Post’s new book section, I talk about the ideas behind Fictionaut:

What would happen, I wondered, if you gave in to that pull and let anyone publish? There are a great many writers worth reading, many of them published and many more who never make it past the traditional gatekeepers. Could we trust social features and a recommendation algorithm to help each other find them?

Fictionaut Launches

Jürgen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:29:04 +0000

Carson and I just launched Fictionaut. Read the announcement or click right through to the newly-public front page.

Introducing Nina

Jürgen — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:28:50 +0000

Nina Dermansky Fauth, 8/6/9, 1:33pm. More photos.

San Francisco

Jürgen — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:05:10 +0000

Some photos from San Francisco. Full set and slide show on Flickr.

Boring Short Films

Jürgen — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:08:26 +0000

If Jim Jarmusch can get away with No Limits, No Control, perhaps you might enjoy my exquisitely dull Flip videos. Hey, it’s all about “pure experience.” If you like, follow & friend me on Vimeo, YouTube, or Flickr for more. I’m expecting more exciting subject matter soon. (More posts tagged muckfilm.)

Paupack Park

Tribeca Film Festival

Reading Waveland on the E Train

Fast Lunch Special

New Reviews

Jürgen — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:45:13 +0000

From the best movie of the year so far to the baldfaced atrocity that was Watchmen, here’s a roundup of recent reviews, in order of preference:

Adventureland. Greg Mottola, 2009. *****
Mesrine. Jean-François Richet, 2009. **** 1/2
Tokyo Sonata. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2009. ****
Sin Nombre. Cary Fukunaga, 2009. *** 1/2
Tokyo! Leos Carax, Bong Joon-ho, and Michel Gondry, 2009. ***
The Education of Charlie Banks. Fred Durst, 2009. ***
Duplicity. Tony Gilroy, 2009. **
Watchmen. Zach Snyder, 2009. *

Good News Now!

Jürgen — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:45:32 +0000

The local TV station in Hattiesburg, MS, used to segment its bite-sized news coverage with fanfare flashes that moved quickly from “World News Now!” and “Local News Now!” to conclude with uplifting “Good News Now!” Well. In case you haven’t heard yet, Marcy’s second novel Bad Marie, follow-up to the New York Times editor’s choice Twins and pitched as “Mary Gaitskill meets The Hand that Rocks the Cradle,” was sold to HarperPerennial. We don’t have a publication date yet.

Also, SmokeLong Quarterly just published an interview Meg Pokrass and Dave Clapper conducted with me about Fictionaut. Thanks again for the opportunity to blab, guys.

Two new reviews on About.com: The International, which I enjoyed a good deal, and the MoMA premiere of the Bollywood spectacle Delhi 6, which I enjoyed even more. That’s Sonam Kapoor in the photo above.