Remembrance of Looks Past

23 Feb 2006

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If you saw me on that evening subway ride and judged me for my reading material, a battered, torn copy of Snow Crash, how would your opinion have changed if you'd known I was toting four volumes of Proust in my shoulder bag?

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Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.

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The Bone Clocks: A Novel by David Mitchell

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What David Mitchell Is Up to in “The Bone Clocks”

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13 Oct 2014

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Literature

Speculative Fiction: The Superset of All Possible Literature

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11 Apr 2013

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By: William Shunn

Literature

On Two of My Idols: Iain [M.] Banks

Amid the staggering news of other losses this week, I want to remember to say a few words about Iain Banks, one my literary idols. (Two of my literary idols, really, if you care to think of his Iain M. Banks byline separately.) I, like many of you, I'

05 Apr 2013

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Alcohol

The Quiet American: A Cocktail

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Jeff Lang sent me a link to Studio 360's listener cocktail challenge—create a cocktail inspired by and named after a classic work of literature. I wanted to give it a try, but I wasn't able to work on

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By: William Shunn

Remembrance of Looks Past

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What David Mitchell Is Up to in “The Bone Clocks”

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