The problem with Ruined Earth Novels
In the New York Times Book Review’s holiday edition I review Robert Harris’s latest novel. It fails—as most ruined-earth novels do. Why? Entropy is a thing, baby.
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Sex, booze, joy, and the modern novel
Perhaps because it’s summer, critics are talking about joys of the body as it relates to writers and writing. They sound rather…
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The Althingi, Iceland’s parliament, has just voted unanimously for same-sex marriage. Unanimously. This makes me happy. In case you’ve forgotten, Iceland is…
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