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...best novels since 1923. (See page 54 for our book critic's take on the film adaptation.) And it continues to expand its base. Last fall Gibbons put out the latte-table book Watching the Watchmen. The story is also available on DVD in "moving comic" form--very limited animation of the drawings, with a narrator reading the text--that runs about twice the length of the 2-hr. 40-min. Snyder version. (Read an interview with Watchmen creator Dave Gibbons...
Leahy Soothed a still sore wound in me. Here's my vote to form a truth commission--and my wife's too, and my children's. It's never too late to tell the truth. John Wrobleski, PORT TOWNSEND, WASH...
...glossed over the impact of malpractice lawsuits in the decline of VBAC births. Parents sign a detailed form stating that they fully understand the risks that can occur with a VBAC, but when their choice results in a tragic loss or injury, they often seek to blame the doctor or hospital. Larry Kincheloe, M.D., OKLAHOMA CITY...
...Watchmen. There are aesthetic grounds aplenty. The book doesn't lend itself particularly well to film. It's a long, many-threaded serial narrative that's not meant to be forcibly administered in one dose. Its content is also not easily extricable from its comic-book form. The fifth chapter, "Fearful Symmetry," unfolds symmetrically, the panels at the beginning echoing the panels at the end, with a grand mirror-image spread at its heart. Palindromes, reflections, symmetries--Watchmen teems with them. Look at Rorschach's face. They give visual life to the tensions that animate the story, between the chaotic...
...diamond. Not to mention that no one knows if his recently recuperated hip flexor can weather consistent appearances in the lineup. Nonetheless, Prince demonstrates one quality that he hopes will trump any setbacks: determination.After witnessing his potential when healthy, the junior reveals a single-minded focus to return to form:“I started out my freshman year very well, and I remember that,” he says. “I’ve tasted [success], and I want to get it back...I know I can contribute like that, and I know I can compete...