TOP 100 BOOK SITES
| |||
|
| |||
| |||
|
| |||
| Richard Ford Leaves His Longtime Publisher In a surprise move, Richard Ford, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Independence Day” and “The Lay of the Land,” has switched publishers for his next three books. nytimes.com |
If Special Circumstances calls, don't pick up Y'gotta love space opera – the scope and sweep and optimism of interstellar cultures, the gee-whiz of planetary and larger-scale habitats,the potentials of pan-and post-humans. signonsandiego.com |
The Funny Pages | Sunday Serial: The Lemur Chapter 11: In the morning, Glass was sitting after breakfast on the little wrought-iron balcony outside the drawing room, savoring in solitude a third cigarette and a fourth cup of coffee, when his stepson reappeared. nytimes.com |
America's Waning Influence in 'The Second World' In his new book, The Second World, Parag Khanna argues that America's dominant era is over. The 21st century will be shaped by three competing first-world superpowers: the United States, China and the European Union, he says. npr.org |
Essay: China’s Pop Fiction The most successful writer in China is Guo Jingming, a cross-dressing, image-obsessed pop idol whose tales of alienated urban adolescence appeal to the lonely children of China’s one-child generation. nytimes.com |