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...that has changed. Two of the biggest, megabillion-dollar entertainment franchises in the world, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, come from fantasy novels. A group of outrageously talented writers is busy rescuing fantasy from under a mountain of New Age junk, collectible card games and heavy-metal album covers: J.K. Rowling, of course, but also Neil Gaiman, Phillip Pullman, China Mieville and George R.R. Martin. Now a fortysomething silver-haired British book editor named Susanna Clarke has done something even they couldn't. She has written Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Bloomsbury; 800 pages), a chimera...
...toughest opponents as a kid were the sheep she wrestled near the log cabin she shared with her mother, a part-time mime. O'Donnell will compete in the 55-kg (121-lb.) division. "She's our free spirit," says U.S. coach Terry Steiner. She's also a wild card: O'Donnell upset the favored Tina George to make the team, and has little international experience...
...full every month, you could be losing out. For example, the Series EE savings bond you collect from BondRewards carries a 2.84% interest rate, so unless you've got a real deal on financing charges, you're likely to hand over more in interest payments to your credit-card company than the government slips back...
...teams that have global reach will be able to afford the star players who ensure winning results year after year. Man U was the first to launch a U.S. strategy, teaming with the New York Yankees in a joint marketing deal. It even issues an American Man U Master Card. Another team reaching into the U.S. is Celtic, long the home club of Ireland's diaspora. "We've got a million fans in North America," says David McNally, the club's sales director. This summer fans can see the Hoops in action and send their kids to Celtic soccer camps...
...interspersed with sound effects (notably in the Fresh Aire CD series) to stereo and hi-fi dealers as demonstration tracks. Since then, he has set up a specialized distribution network, allowing him to sell at more than 40,000 non music retail outlets, including sporting-goods vendors, supermarkets, greeting-card emporiums and truck stops...