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Genji was something of a one-off. Modern Japanese fiction begins more or less with Natsume Soseki, born in 1867 shortly after Japan's opening to the West. Twentieth century Japanese literature was often preoccupied - formally and thematically - with the tortured attempts to come to terms with Western influences. Western readers may sometimes feel that they are looking through a telescope - only to see a telescope turned back in their direction...
...strong case can be made that global warming is science fiction masquerading as fact. The Kyoto treaty would bind the U.S. to reduce "greenhouse gases" 7% below their 1990 levels by 2012. If the U.S. followed that provision, it could result in considerable price hikes for gasoline and a huge increase in electricity bills for most Americans. Global warming is a theory based, at this point, on speculative science, imprecise computer models and a lot of doom-and-gloom rhetoric. Despite what Chicken Little politicians claim, the scientific case is tenuous, at best. JOY LATHERS Colorado Springs, Colo...
...American Splendor," the world's most low-key comic, has been around for twenty five years. Each issue contains several short non-fiction pieces written by Harvey Pekar, a Cleveland, Ohio native, and drawn by many different artists, including Robert Crumb. With his mostly autobiographical stories, Pekar has fearlessly pursued the mundanities of life: going to the market, shoveling snow, talking with co-workers, and elevated them to a work of art. The latest issue, published by Dark Horse comics, "American Splendor: Portrait of the Artist in His Declining Years," has been released as a "Special 25-Year Anniversary Issue...
...focuses on the history of the series nor appears different in any way from previous issues. Still, even as an un-special issue, "American Splendor" deserves attention. Pekar is like the Lenny Bruce of comix. Often funny, sometimes poignant, but always truthful in a medium that mostly specializes in fiction...
...heeled white families who populate this lovely resort town on the Indian Ocean where I'm staying - is that July's People are the people of this country, and that South Africa is now an African country. The sensitive moral register of the white readers of Ms. Gordimer's fiction - and I promise you, Ms. Gordimer had no black South African readers - doesn't much matter anymore. Whites no longer have to be persuaded that blacks should have power; blacks have the power. That doesn't mean there's no place for white folks in South Africa, it just means...