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The Millions (A Blog About Books) (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
This week brings the release of Michael Crichton’s posthumously published tale of the high seas, Pirate Latitudes and A Good Fall, a new collection of stories by Ha Jin. Also out recently is Melville House’s Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview.
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USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Michael Crichton's posthumous novel, Pirate Latitudes, is a lusty, rollicking 17th-century adventure that should make for an ...
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Bookgasm (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Without question, PIRATE LATITUDES is one of the year’s most bittersweet reads, simply for being the final novel by superstar novelist Michael Crichton, who died last fall at the too-young age of 66. Speaking of young, this is the kind of pure adventure story he wrote early in his career, like THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY [...]
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Dealhack (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
This week's top ten book titles at Amazon. Check Dealhack each Tuesday to find the new Best Sellers. Going Rogue: An American Life - Sarah Palin (Memoir) The Twilight Saga Collection - Stephenie Meyer (Fiction) Under the Dome: A Novel - Stephen King (Fiction) The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown (Fiction) Open: An Autobiography - Andre Agassi (Memoir) The Help - Kathryn Stockett (Historical Fiction) Diary...
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Wands and Worlds (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner When New Zealand teens Tane and Rebecca start receiving coded messages from the future, they realize that the world is in trouble. As they begin to decipher the code, they discover that the messages come from their future selves - and contain a worrisome SOS. Tane and Rebecca, along with Tane's brother Fatboy, frantically work to decode the messages and follow the...
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Open IT Strategies (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Michael’s Crichton’s latest novel, Pirate Latitudes, is being released this week. Presumably it’s his last novel — since he died a year ago — and will bring his heirs royalties from at least one more Spielberg movie. As Amazon helpfully explains: Michael Crichton's novels include Next, State of Fear, Prey, Timeline, Jurassic Park, and The Andromeda Strain . He is also...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Would we have had Alien, Planet of the Apes and The Time Machine if it weren't for a certain bearded Victorian? Darwin, Evolution and the Movies is a one-off festival of film and live comedy to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species on 24 November 1859. Over this weekend the festival is running at three separate venues across London. Classic films you...
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Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Thriller & Suspense Challenge 2010 Hosted by Book Chick City Timeline: 01 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2010 Rules: To read TWELVE (12) thrillers in 2010 Details: You don't have to select your books ahead of time, you can just add them as you go. Also if you do list them upfront then you can change them, nothing is set in stone! The books you choose can crossover into other challenges you have on the go....
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Science fiction Cafe' (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
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Old Bitter Balls (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Old Knudsen has stepped up to participate in the NO H8 campiagn. Old Knudsen believes that poofs should be allowed to marry because why should they miss out on the suffering that is marriage ? ach waterboarding is a doddle. For too long have fart knockers been treated like they are something special just because they like to help Willy Wonka in ways the Oompa Loomas just can't. If Spain which is a...
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IPBiz (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Just when you thought law reviews were getting safe, the Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. Law Journal published : IT'S YOUR TURN, BUT IT'S MY MOVE: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION FOR SPORTS "MOVES" [25 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 765 ] The beginning "bio" reveals the "back to the 90's" flavor: At the time this article was written, F. Scott Kieff was...
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Ken Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
“Consensus is not science”, says John Christy. By quoting Michael Crichton he highlights that the science points not to eco-disaster but social, political and economic disaster caused by attempts to react to false science. Mr. Christy, Alabama state climatologist and Professor at UoA Huntsville, pokes holes in the global warming “consensus” including pointing out that: * [...]...
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ufriedellx7 | 12/24/2008
ER TV Show Created by novelist Michael Crichton and reportedly based on his own experiences as a medical student, the NBC hospital drama ER debuted September 19, 1994, directly opposite the similar CBS endeavor Chicago Hope.
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