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...fanatic. Fan as in fancier. Fan as in fantasy lover. Forrest J Ackerman, who died Thursday at 92 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, was all these things and many more: literary agent for such science fiction authors as Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, A.E. van Vogt, Curt Siodmak and L. Ron Hubbard; actor and talisman in more than 50 films (The Howling, Beverly Hills Cop III, Amazon Women on the Moon); editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and creator of the Vampirella comic book franchise. But each of these trades was an exponent of his educated ardor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sci-Fi's No. 1 Fanboy, Forrest J Ackerman, Dies at 92 | 12/6/2008 | See Source »

...hard to shift to a female perspective after you had been working so much from the male perspective in The Kite Runner? I didn't think it would be at first. I remember calling my agent and telling her what I was going to write, and she said, "It sounds pretty daunting." And I didn't take this seriously at that time. But once I got into the thick of writing, I thought I had really kind of cornered myself into a difficult spot, especially since I had set my heart on writing from two women's perspectives, two very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Khaled Hosseini | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...bomb where these [Pakistani militants] are, you carpet bomb the area." Her comments were quickly followed by outraged condemnations of warmongering in a wounded city. Yet she was tapping into a very real emotion. "We've let them get away too many times," says Rohan Gohil, a real estate agent in Mumbai. "But now we should teach them a lesson once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: After the Horror | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...this gene: to provide “a very simple defense mechanism,” according to Verstrepen. “These yeast form a big clump of cells,” he explained, “and the outer cells protect the inner cells from a toxic agent in the environment.” Verstrepen also found that the toxin ethanol, produced by yeast as a byproduct of cell metabolism, has harmful effects that can be avoided by flocculating. This helps explain how fermentation works. But another important application of his research initially escaped Verstrepen...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beer Yeast Yield Discovery | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

Charles H. “Chuck” Turner ’62, a member of the Boston City Council, was arrested on Friday morning on charges of corruption and lying to federal agents, according to a statement from the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office. Turner, a Kirkland House alumnus, is accused of accepting a $1000 payment in August 2007 from a person looking to obtain a liquor license for a proposed club in Roxbury called “Dejavu”. The meeting was caught on hidden video, according to an affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent...

Author: By Michal Labik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alum Arrested on Corruption Charges | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

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