Word: fictionalizes
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...foot above her head and a little to the left." As the famed creator of entire comic-book universes, Gaiman knows the importance of detail - and it is his ability to commute between them and the real world that has expanded his fan base far beyond the fantasy-fiction clichés of teen goths and pimply geeks. Whether through film adaptations of his best-selling fiction, graphic novels, children's books or screenplays, Gaiman is a hot commodity these days. Today he's in London for just 24 hours to check on the progress of Wolves and visit...
Pinker says he and Scarry discussed the use of imagery in fiction and the way the mind processes imagery. And Gates, Pinker says, was enthusiastic about Pinker’s then-forthcoming book, “The Blank Slate,” which emphasizes the role of genetics in human behavior...
...Pulitzer Board yesterday. Elkins’ book, “Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya,” won the Pulitzer—the nation’s most prominent award for journalism and letters—for General Non-Fiction.“I’m simply overwhelmed,” Elkins, the Foster associate professor of African studies, said shortly after the Pulitzer Board made its announcements yesterday afternoon. “This is one of the most spectacular moments of my life...
...Having failed for months to privately extract a promise from Sony not to actually name the organization behind the self-flagellating assassin in the film, Opus on Monday went public with a letter on its website requesting that Sony add a "disclaimer" before the movie explaining that it is fiction, admonishing that "an eventual decision of Sony in this direction would be a sign of respect towards the figure of Jesus Christ, the history of the Church, and the religious beliefs of viewers...
...Julian Cardinal Herranz, Opus' ranking Vatican official, expects. Long ago, he says, when he was editing a university newspaper, someone submitted a story claiming that Opus Dei was part of a worldwide conspiracy. Fascinated, Herranz began talking to Opus members, eventually becoming one himself. "That article I read was fiction," he says. "And now I'm here. I became a priest, I came to Rome, I became a bishop, and now a Cardinal. All because I read a fictional story about Opus...