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New York Times Review Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem (What Questions Would You Like Me To Ask Him?)
Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:56 AM EST (The New York Times)
excerpt:"By now, Jonathan Lethem is so identified with his native Brooklyn that when he chose Los Angeles as the setting for his last novel — the modest "You Don't Love Me Yet," in 2007 — it felt like a vacation or a willful act of misdirection.
Part 2: An Interview With Frank Portman, Author of King Dork, About His New Book, Andromeda Klein
Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:26 PM EST
This is the second part of a two part interview. The first part is here. Portman, lead singer of the Mr. T Experience, has written another great book, Andromeda Klein.
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Good News: There's A New Collection of Pieces By My Favorite Mystery Writers; An Interview With Otto Penzler, Editor of "The Lineup"
Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:57 AM EST
Otto Penzler, owner of the famous Mysterious Bookshop in Manhatten, has done a brilliant project and, with this book, shared the results with us.
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An Interview With Frank Portman, Author of King Dork, About His New Book, Andromeda Klein (Part 1)
Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:14 AM EST
This is the first part of a two part interview with Frank Portman about his new book, Andromeda Klein. In a week or two I'll post part two of this interview
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New York Times Book Review: Denialism; Firing Bullets of Data at Cozy Anti-Science
Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:19 AM EST (The New York Times)
excerpt:"I always say that electricity is a fantastic invention," the British economist Michael Lipton once told Michael Specter, whose bristling new book, "Denialism," explores the dangerous ways in which scientific progress can be misunderstood.
An Interview With Michael Specter About "Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives"
Mon Nov 9, 2009 12:33 PM EST
This is a fascinating book and one I'd encourage all thinking people to read. Heck, even better try to get the non-thinking people you know to read this because it might snap some of them out of their denialism before they go to their next Obama birthers meeting.
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"Googled" Author Ponders A Biography
Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 2:34 PM EST ()
excerpt:" I'll get this out of the way right now: Ken Auletta is the best media writer around. In fact, nobody really comes close.
My Interview With New Yorker Writer Ken Auletta About His New Book, Googled: The End of The World As We Know It
Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:32 PM EST
I have been reading Ken Auletta's pieces for many years, usually in the New Yorker, where he is its resident media critic, but also a few of his books.
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Book Review: Googled; The Great Disruption The 'Google wave has crashed into entire industries,' changing business plans and affecting profits.
Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:16 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)
excerpt:"Google's announcement last week that it would offer free turn-by-turn navigation software prompted a nosedive in the stocks of Garmin and other navigation device makers.
Media critic pens book on ubiquitous Google
Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 5:06 PM EST (post-gazette.com)
excerpt:"Can we remember a world before Google? Better yet: Do we want to?
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