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...advantage in Byng's line of work. At least five major London houses turned Pi down, and although Faber and Faber had made an offer equal to Canongate's, Martel says that it was Byng's personality that made him sign with the Edinburgh outfit. "He's a nonstop genius, with this unbelievable level of energy," Martel says. "I would have gone with him even if they had offered less. They did really well by me." Doing really well by authors is Byng's strategy for the future. He says, despite persistent rumors that he'll head for London, that...
...Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty." JOHN CARMACK, computer programming genius, on his plan to conduct a privately funded, manned space mission
...more charming [to these girls] because I go to Harvard,” he says. “I would say 60 percent of it is my personality, and 40 is definitely because I go to Harvard. They assume that you’re some kind of super-genius —which we all know isn’t the case—they assume that you’re going to be rich and successful, they think that you’re a more worldly, charming, amazing person because you go to Harvard...
Then again, he is also the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, one of the best memoirs of the past decade, which established him as a writer of the first rank. At 32, Eggers is the yeti of American letters--powerful, mysterious, mischievous but generally believed to be benevolent. Now the yeti has emerged from the wilderness with a new book, a first novel called You Shall Know Our Velocity (McSweeney's Books; 371 pages) that tells the story of two friends who travel around the world giving away money. It may finally settle the question, Dave Eggers...
...there's genius here, and if it occasionally staggers, the book deserves our forgiveness and our respect, as does Eggers himself. After all, who is doing more, single-handedly and single-mindedly, for American writing? If his reclusive habits only fan the flames of media interest, so what? He should be left alone to go about his business and to do good works, of which You Shall Know Our Velocity is unquestionably one. And we will leave him alone. Very soon. Any minute...