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...Angel's Game, Spanish novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafón's prequel to his mega-best-selling The Shadow of the Wind, a young writer in early 20th century Barcelona finds that he may have sold his talents and his soul to the worst of bidders. Pulpy, melodramatic and compulsively readable, The Angel's Game is the second of a proposed four books set in Barcelona. Ruiz Zafón spoke to TIME about his obsession with storytelling, the e-book revolution and why the media don't care about literature...
...Swine Flu Protection Gloves from Emergency Disaster Systems, which would protect wearers from infection • Super Immune Booster from Wellness Resources, which claims to make you immune to the disease • Swine Flu Advisor - my personal favorite - an electronic device that claims to use "photobiotic energy" and "deeply penetrating mega-frequency life-force energy waves" to strengthen the immune system and prevent H1N1 infection...
...ideas fueling HSR is that the U.S. in the 21st century has grown beyond a country of cities and suburbs to what urban-studies expert Richard Florida calls "mega-regions." Central Florida's I-4 Corridor, between Orlando and Tampa, is a prime example. Mega-regions "are natural economic agglomerations whose market potential can be harnessed if they're linked up by high-speed rail," says Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto. "If there's any place in the world right now where this makes sense, it's the U.S. Cars and jets...
Take Me Fishing! TakeMeFishing.org, a website run by the nonprofit Recreational Fishing and Boating Foundation, serves as a fishing-resource mega-aggregator. Click on any state and find out where you can fish, what species you can catch, and what fishing outfitters and guides are available; you can also buy fishing licenses online. The site allows you to narrow your search to fishing areas that are family friendly, have a marina or are home to a particular species of fish...
...professor at Oxford University who makes a compelling argument that if humans survive long enough to create conscious computers, it's likely that all of us, right now, are simply historical simulations the computers created for their amusement. After playing with The Sims 3 - the latest sequel in the mega-popular Sims franchise - I believe that prof...