From the category archives:
China Miéville’s new book is coming out on May 26, 2009. If you’re a fan of heady and monstrously grotesque fiction (I mean that in the nicest way possible), I recommend pre-ordering it and the seeing him when he hits his book tour. He’s a hoot in person and his fans are always equally entertaining [...]
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I’d been holding on to a bunch of random links. Here they are for your serendipitous browsing enjoyment. Photos: The Galactically Hot Women of Star Trek – Photos of the women from Star Trek. Delciiously interesting when they’re all posted side by side like this. Photo Series: A series of tunnels in central London is [...]
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A blogger and fan summarizes a recent appearance of Haruki Murakami at Zellerbach Auditorium on the Berkeley Campus. “Writing a story for me is just like playing a video game. I start with a word or idea, then I stick out my hand to catch what’s coming next. I’m a player, and at the same [...]
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Video below and the more thorough text.
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The American Society of Magazine Editors has published their Cover of the Year Finalists. I love the Eliot Spitzer cover for New York Magazine.
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Some of the folks at Amazon.com have been working on a new, multi-sensory, multi-media shopping experience. It’s called Windowshop and I think it’s pretty intriguing and led me to several products I probably wouldn’t have found otherwise. Give it a look-see and let me know what you think!
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I love this house on a Chilean hillside, particularly the way the house amplifies the view by opening its entire downhill facade onto the valley. The sloped deck leading into the lap pool may be a little bit of an accident waiting to happen. I can’t help but wonder if that would violate some crazy [...]
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This article was too good to pass up. Does the punishment fit the crime? Will it work?
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George Saunders has written an entertaining short piece for the New Yorker about an Amazon nun and a supposedly gay preacher he catches French kissing in the sacristy. If you don’t question your religious practitioner, it might be time to start. Now here she was, French-kissing Father X, while Father X pinned her against the [...]
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