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Interview with Arthur C Clarke

Jul 01 2008: SciFi.com are featuring a previously unpublished interview with the late Arthur C. Clarke which was conducted between 1999 and 2000. Asked how he felt about his fiction, Clarke replied, "Well, I haven't looked at it for years. In fact I can scarcely ever remember ...

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Judge throws out law on explicit material

Jul 01 2008: A federal court today struck down a law that would have required sellers of sexually explicit materials in Indiana to register with the state, marking a victory for retailers and First Amendment advocates.

U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker ruled that House ...

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On this day: Charles Dickens gives first public reading

Jun 30 2008: On this day in 1857 Charles Dickens gave his very first public reading. He read from A Christmas Carol in St Martin's Hall in London. The reading was so successful that Dickens became one of the first authors to go on extensive international book tours, performing his...

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Tribune Co. Redesign Could Kill More Book Coverage

Jun 27 2008: Publishers Weekly reports that tough times in the newspaper industry could spell more trouble for print book review sections. On Thursday the Wall Street Journal reported that Sam Zell, the new owner of the Tribune Company, would likely try to sell the ...

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50 best ever summer reads

Jun 24 2008: The Daily Telegraph (UK) pick their 50 best ever summer reads, ranging from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon and The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk to The Code of the Woosters by P G Wodehouse and Riders by Jilly Cooper.

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George Carlin dies at 71

Jun 24 2008: George Carlin, whose astringent stand-up comedy made him an heir of Lenny Bruce, who gave voice to an indignant counterculture and assaulted the barricades of censorship on behalf of a generation of comics that followed him, died on Sunday in Santa Monica, Calif. He ...

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Newspapers on track for their worst sales year ever

Jun 23 2008: The New York Times reports that newspapers are on track to record their worst sales year ever, with ad revenue running 12% below 2007's poor performance and sales for May expected to be off by 14% or 15%.

"Never in my most bearish dreams six months ago did I think we...

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Horn Book Awards announced

Jun 20 2008: The annual Horn Book Awards, sponsored by the Boston Globe, for the best in children's and young adult literature have been announced. The winners are:

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