… Then, in 1985, his father died. When Crais went back to Louisiana to help sort things out, he discovered that, after forty-five years of marriage, his mother “had never written a check, paid a bill, used a credit card.” Crais had to teach her how to do all that, “and I ...
Born September 16, 1927—Peter Falk. His best-remembered genre role is inThe Princess Brideas the Grandfather who narrates the Story. He also plays Ramos Clemente in “The Mirror”, an episode ofThe Twilight Zone. And he’s Reverend Theo Kerr in the 2001 version ofThe Lost World. (Died ...
Knot tying (“nodology” in Latin, “kompology” in Greek) is a time-honored skill honed in seafaring for millennia. Its history intertwines with maritime exploration, naval warfare, and the development of trade routes all over the world. Even as synthetic ropes replaced natural fibers, knot...
In 1952, a comic book poking fun at other comic books debuted, but it would take four issues forTales Calculated to Drive You MADto take off. That fourth one featured the parody“Superduperman,”a blueprint for making hay of pop culture and politics. Amid a panic over youth corruption, ...
” She read from her just-released novella,In Search of Lost Time(Aqueduct Press) about a woman who can steal time and memories. (The title clearly evokes Proust.) Not greedy, Hildy “samples” a few minutes or, occasionally, hours, “just a little here and there,” storing them in ...
The rocket, which will be taller than a 30-storey building, is being built for Nasa by Boeing. …The core is the largest stage Nasa has ever had built at the Louisiana factory, including the Saturn V rocket stages for the Apollo programme. ...
“Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens – DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life – even toys… And...