Tag: books
The future of science fiction
One of science fiction's greatest writers, George R.R. Martin, has been called the American Tolkien -- he discusses the genre and reads from one of his best-known anthologies....
Interviewing Britney and Bono
Rock critic and a cultural commentator Chuck Klosterman talks about his new book on the subject of interviewing celebrity types....
DNA and Discovery
The late Michael Crichton and others explore the science, the ethics, and the controversy of the new era of genetic testing....
Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death and Country Music.
In a new book, Dana Jennings recalls characters from his family to illustrate the themes of the golden age of country music between 1950 and 1970. ...
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami is one of the most widely read novelists in the world, and hugely adored by his fans. ...
Nobel Prize controversy
French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio wins prize for literature; American writers deemed too provincial....
Russian author Irina Reyn
For her first novel Reyn took Tolstoy’s 'Anna Karenina' and wrote a modern update set among Russian immigrants in Queens....
"The Forever War"
Reporter Dexter Filkins has covered the Taliban, 9/11, and the war in Afghanistan and Iraq -- he's now written a book about all of those experiences....
Philip Roth on "Indignation"
Writer Philip Roth, who claims his two closest friends are "sheer playfulness" and "deadly seriousness," talks about his new book....
Audio tapes of Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie, the best-selling author of all time, describes her life and characters in newly discovered tapes....
