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• 'It's not science fiction — it's even cooler'
ST. LOUIS - From medicine cabinets to the fermented beer in the fridge, Americans are surrounded by science all the time. The St. Louis Science Center is launching a festival this week to help people better understand, and enjoy, the ways that ...
• Forget Dana Carvey, Cromwell is Bush Sr. now
Bush is pivotal in Stone’s film biography of the current president. “He never looked liked me. His physiognomy is not the same, and I’m not going to do a Dana Carvey. That’s of no use in a drama, in a piece of fiction. There’s no reality to ...
• Writers pick up pens to protest detentions
LONDON - Dozens of renowned British writers came out against new anti-terrorism legislation Sunday, publishing a collection of satire, essays, fiction and poetry to protest a proposal allowing police to hold suspects without charge for up to 42 days ...
• Winchester isn’t afraid to get scruffy on ‘Crusoe’
After all, this is fiction — although Defoe’s Crusoe is thought to have been inspired by the real adventures of British seaman Andrew Selkirk, marooned off the coast of Chile in 1704. Furthermore, Stephen Gallagher’s script for the NBC adventure ...
• Booker means cash, kudos for authors
Publishers of what they describe as literary works say the Booker is important because it ensures space on the shelves not only of bookstores but also supermarkets, which generally focus on more populist fiction. "If you publish a very literary list ...