Twain’s prescient spec fic
Crawford Kilian argues that Mark Twain conceptualized the Internet in 1898, with his story about a “telelectroscope.” Did he inspire Borges?
Crawford Kilian argues that Mark Twain conceptualized the Internet in 1898, with his story about a “telelectroscope.” Did he inspire Borges?
John O’Hara to Harold Ross: “I have decided to reject your rejection of this piece and to give you a chance to read it over again.”
Vargas Llosa contributes a prologue to a reissue of García Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. The authors haven’t spoken since coming to blows in 1976. (Also via.)
New geological evidence may help historians pinpoint ancient Ithaca, home of Homer’s Odysseus. (Via.)
The American Dialect Society has voted “plutoed” the word of the year.