Archive for September, 2010

Maximus Clarke talks with William Gibson about his “speculative novels of last Wednesday”

September 22, 2010

In my absence, here’s Maximus Clarke — aka the guy I’m married to — on, and in conversation with, William Gibson, one of his favorite writers. Gibson reads from his new book, Zero History, tomorrow, 9/23, at the Union Square Barnes & Noble, at 7 p.m.   William Gibson rose to prominence a quarter century ago with a unique hybrid . . .

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Hitler’s First War: not the triumph he claimed

September 17, 2010

Letters and diaries quoted in a new book reveal that members of Adolph Hitler’s World War I regiment considered him a “cowardly pig,” not a hero. (Via.)

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Müller’s close friend & inspiration was a spy

September 17, 2010

Nobel laureate Herta Müller, whose work depicts the brutality of totalitarian Romania, is stunned to learn that the real-life hero of her latest novel was an informant. (Via.)

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Four centuries of the King James

September 16, 2010

The King James Bible, “the founding text of the British Empire,” will soon be four hundred years old.

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