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...suspend disbelief, how do you know the limit? MR: It should be credible, and I tried very hard to make at least the possibility of its existence seem real. For example, for Astrophil [a mechanical, magic tin spider that is Petra’s constant companion], I mention how metal amplifies sound, so that Astrophil can actually speak and even shout. He also eats oil. When you are “world building,” people will oftentimes judge how well you built your world. They want to know: Is the culture believable? Does it feel like...

Author: By Naomi C. Funabashi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Children's Author Discusses Imagination in Stories and Life | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...impatient audience member from the balcony, and the series host ended his lengthy introduction and began this film of witchcraft, torture, and rampant sexual urges in 17th-century England. In lieu of a plot summary, which would—trust me—be absolutely pointless, allow me to mention some choice moments from the film that emphasize its key aspects.The dialogue, dubbed in English from its original French, included choice lines like “A woman’s weeping is like a melodious modulation,” spoken by the royal Lord Jeffries while a female character...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nunsploitation in the Brattle Grindhouse | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...down to the basement floor. I did it for no other reason than to see what would happen. I did it because I felt it was an interesting thing to do. I will never forget all my life that little boy's scream as he fell...I mention it now because I think I knew evil and wrong in that moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anne Rice's Spiritual Confession | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...Perhaps not, but even the officers admit that their presence is only a short-term fix to an extremely complicated problem - an endemic lack of respect for traditional institutions among a generation of Britons like those loitering on the Craylands Estate. It would be too expensive, not to mention unpleasant, to have police patrolling every square inch of a town like Pitsea. And anyway,what good could they do in the long run, when schools, youth clubs and even families have failed? When the large, hysterical mother of one of the young men stopped by police came running in response...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Afraid of the Bad-Boy Cops? | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin accused Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists." She was referring to Obama's occasional association with Bill Ayers, a University of Illinois at Chicago professor who co-founded the militant group, the Weathermen. Palin was not the first to mention the Obama-Ayers connection. The Obama campaign regularly points out that Ayers committed his crimes when Obama was only eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Weather Underground | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

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