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March 18, 2008

Arthur C. Clarke dies: More details

5:43 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2008 |
Michael Merschel   E-mail   News tips

Here is the full report on Arthur C. Clarke. (Find links and video at the previous post.)

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Arthur C. Clarke has died

4:46 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2008 |
Michael Merschel   E-mail   News tips

Details are coming soon.

He was 90.

Here is his biography from the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation.

Salon.com ran this profile in 2000.

We reviewed his recent work with Stephen Baxter, "Firstborn," earlier this year.

(Updated, 4:59 p.m)

Finally, here is Sir Clarke himself, reflecting on his 90th birthday.

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Better late than never: One writer's tamale recipe

11:42 AM Tue, Mar 18, 2008 |
Michael Merschel   E-mail   News tips

Spotted on Maud Newton's blog: California writer Jim Ruland's recipe for Irish tamales.

I am hopeful this post might unleash a torrent of Texas-themed literary recipes because:

a) I am sure that when it comes to tamales, some Texas writer out there knows he or she can do better, and;

b) It is close to lunchtime and I am feeling ... peckish.

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New Books Tuesday

9:30 AM Tue, Mar 18, 2008 |
Joy Tipping   E-mail   News tips

Here're some of the goodies awaiting you this week at the bookstore or library:
* Black Widow, by Randy Wayne White (Putnam, $24.95). Mr. White's 15th Doc Ford thriller (after 2007's Hunter's Moon) tells a back story relating to the murder of Ford's parents.
* Charley's Web, by Joy Fielding (Atria, $24.95) chronicles a newspaper columnist's interviews with a convicted child killer.
* The Dark Tide, by Andrew Gross (Morrow, $25.95) examines the aftermath of an explosion in Grand Central Terminal that kills a hedge-fund trader.
* Dead Heat, by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House, $24.99) follows the Secret Service's attempts to stop a presidential candidate's assassination.
* Seen It All and Done the Rest, by Pearl Cleage (One World/Ballantine, $25) follows an actress as she copes with reaching middle age.
* The Woman Who Wouldn't, by Gene Wilder (St. Martin's, $19.95). The beloved actor and screenwriter's second novel, set in 1903, stars a young concert violinist named Jeremy Webb, who one day goes from accomplished adagios with the Cleveland Orchestra to having a complete breakdown on stage.
* Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, by Jeffrey D. Sachs (Penguin Press, $27.95) offers solutions to current and future world problems.
* The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur, by Daoud Hari (Random House, $23) explores a local translator's efforts to inform the world about Darfur's genocide.

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