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...unsporting to give the game away; suffice it to note that the continuer does not hold with G.K. Chesterton's theory that "if Drood is dead, then there is not much mystery about him." As to Jasper, he is indeed made a version of his guilt-racked creator, a man, notes Garfield, "who was beginning to have a far greater interest in the criminal, and the divided mind." Doubtless this divided book will not have done with the Droodists - or with subsequent versions. It is merely the best to date: arbitrary, full of guesswork and lively writing, and ample...
...goes when Carl Sagan, creator, chief writer and host-narrator of the new public television series Cosmos takes the controls of his fantasy spaceship. Sagan's grandfather can rest easy now. His grandson is not only making a living, thank you, he has also become a star?indeed, a supernova of sorts?in the scientific firmament. Sagan's books, ranging from speculations about life beyond the earth (The Cosmic Connection) to ruminations about the reptilian ancestry of the human brain (The Dragons of Eden) have sold millions of copies and have been translated into a dozen languages. His lectures...
Reality-show producers admit that their aim is to be sensational. "The goal is a spectacular piece of film," says That's Incredible! Creator Alan Landsburg, 47, a veteran TV producer whose credits include the series In Search of . . . and the Jacques Cousteau specials. Landsburg will schedule any story "as long as we decide that the audience reaction will be 'Wow! That's incredible!' We opt for subject matter that is startling...
...Reagonomics, like the old, reflects the candidate's veneration of the free-enterprise system as the great creator of wealth and his hatred of Government intervention as the inveterate stifler of that system. But the new plan has been stripped of excess ideological baggage, and for the first time Reagan's advisers have attached numbers-debatable, but plausible-to some of its components. The plan's essential points, as outlined by Reagan and his advisers...
...novel survives the weakness of its hero because Percy is as genial and hu mane as Will is obsessed. While the character castigates the world, his creator renders it with loving care. The Second Coming engages the senses as well as the mind, hectoring sometimes, but entertaining...