http://dir.salon.com/topics/alex_garland/?source=rss&aim=alex_garland en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/12/slumdog/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/12/slumdog/index.html?source=rss Danny Boyle talks about shooting his Dickensian quiz-show saga "Slumdog Millionaire" on the streets of Mumbai (a podcast and interview). By Salon's critics Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/07/07/wtr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/07/07/wtr/index.html?source=rss Alex "The Beach" Garland spins a chiller about a man waking from a coma, Colm Toibin explores the tragic sensibility of Henry James, and Geoff Nicholson gives us English people being very bad. Plus: A teenage female Holden Caulfield -- no, really! By Scott Lamb Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/07/07/coma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/07/07/coma/index.html?source=rss A man wakes after a brutal subway assault to a world that isn't quite right, in this brief but unputdownable summer read from the author of "The Beach." By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/06/27/28_days_later/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/06/27/28_days_later/index.html?source=rss This apocalypse flick from director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland offers astonishing images of Britain devastated by plague-ridden zombies. But it lacks the maniacal airlessness of the "Living Dead" series it rips off. By Lev Grossman Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/11/02/puritans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/11/02/puritans/index.html?source=rss A brash band of young writers issues a screed against "dinosaur" authors and calls for a return to storytelling. Letters to the editor Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/15/berry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/15/berry/index.html?source=rss A good nanny is hard to find -- so is a good employer. Plus: Lonely Planet writer defends guidebooks from author of "The Beach"; should celebrities' writings remain private? By Sue Wheat Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/02/11/garland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/02/11/garland/index.html?source=rss An interview with Alex Garland, bestselling and occasionally controversial author of "The Beach." By Stephanie Zacharek Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/02/11/beach/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2000/02/11/beach/index.html?source=rss No phone, no lights, no motorcar -- not a single luxury! Leonardo DiCaprio and the "Trainspotting" creators can't rescue Alex Garland's trouble-in-paradise bestseller from trite moralizing. By Jonathan Miles Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/02/goodman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/12/02/goodman/index.html?source=rss Hemingway-tough or Fitzgerald-sensitive? Today's novelists scramble for a masculinity that doesn't seem fake. By Rolf Potts Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/02/10/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/02/10/feature/index.html?source=rss A backpacker's quest to storm Leonardo DiCaprio's movie set ends in an epiphany that won't play in Peoria. By Rolf Potts Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/01/30/feature2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/01/30/feature2/index.html?source=rss When he tries to infiltrate a movie set on a heavily guarded Thai island, Rolf Potts embarks on a rollicking post-modern travel adventure, somewhat starring Leonardo DiCaprio. By Stephanie Zacharek Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/01/29/sneaks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/01/29/sneaks/index.html?source=rss Stephanie Zacharek reviews 'The Tesseract' by Alex Garland. By Richard Gehr Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/1997/02/11/alexreview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1997/02/11/alexreview/index.html?source=rss Alex Garland's astonishing first novel echoes "Dog Soldiers" and "Lord of the Flies" in its discovery of the hell that lurks in paradise. By Alex Garland Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1997/02/11/alexexcerpt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1997/02/11/alexexcerpt/index.html?source=rss "Bitch" is an excerpt from Alex Garland's novel "The Beach". By Dwight Garner Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/1997/02/11/alex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/1997/02/11/alex/index.html?source=rss 26-year-old Alex Garland, author of the harrowing novel "The Beach," talks about the quest for mystery in a world that's too well known.