Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Layoffs at Random House, Simon & Schuster

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The economy has crashed down on an industry once believed immune from the worst — book publishing — with consolidation at Random House Inc.,...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Book Review: Holy Headshot!: A Celebration of America's Undiscovered Talent by Patrick Borelli and Douglas Gorenstein

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Did you ever snicker at some hapless bride who trips and falls into her wedding-cake on America's Funniest Videos, only to feel guilty a...

Book Review: Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Tales Suspense by Jack Kirby

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Before a Gamma bomb was detonated in the dessert, or a young student had a fateful run-in with a radioactive spider at Empire State Universi...
Friday, May 9, 2008

Book Review: Valis by Philip K. Dick

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Like most of Philip K. Dick’s novels, the main characters around which the story of Valis revolves are engaging, sympathetic, and mirrors of...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Mystery writer Truman, daughter of president, dies

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Margaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman who became a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality and myste...
Monday, March 24, 2008

Book Review: On Becoming an Alchemist: A Guide for the Modern Magician by Catherine Maccoun

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Having read several self-help and personal-improvement books over the past few years, the recent trends are hard to ignore. Most of the book...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Arthur C Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey and prophet of the satellite era, dies aged 90

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The science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke - famed for his visionary predictions of the future - has died aged 90. He will be remembered...