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The Wizard in the Space Station: A Look Back at the Works of the Late Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 by Beanbag

Great retrospective looking back at Clarke’s most influential works. But relatively little space has been devoted to Clarke’s writing—the notable exception being the essays of his collaborator and friend, Gregory Benford, an astrophysicist and author of many science fiction novels … Continue reading →

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Book: Heat

Posted on Friday, March 28, 2008 by Beanbag

Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford. Anchor Canada, 2007 In Heat, Bill Buford, a writer for The New Yorker, leaves his job to become a … Continue reading →

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