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...first novel, Heart-Shaped Box (Morrow; 384 pages), nor is it in any of the press materials. This reflects a very principled stance that Hill and his publisher have taken, a conscious decision not to milk Hill's patrimony for publicity, and which I am now helping to ruin. They are right to do this, and I am wrong to use it for the sake of a good opening paragraph. There are only two things worth saying about Hill's distinguished ancestry. One is that whatever King has, he evidently passed along to his son, because Heart-Shaped...
...going to ruin anything by detailing Coyne's sufferings any further, except to say that they're suitably vicious and cathartic. A lot of horror writers wind up revealing a sentimental streak in the end, but if Hill has one he keeps it well in check. This is, ultimately, a book about fathers and sons: Coyne must come to terms with his abusive father, and with the avenging ghost, who is the father of another key character. It's an appropriate enough theme for Hill, because every artist has to work in the shadow of his or her father...
...something straight out of a Psychedelic Furs song and then the high-pitched harmonies of the band bounce in. Even the transition into part two of the “concerto”—a mere 90 seconds into the song—can’t ruin the pop bliss that came before. In fact, despite all of The Apples in Stereo’s attempts to make the album brainy and conceptual, the result is something that constantly retreads old waters. The upbeat syncopation of 80’s pop and the purloined Beatles hooks combine...
However, even the slightest asymmetry in these machines can create huge body torques that would ruin the stability of device. While gears and switches work well when designing movement on a large scale, developing such intricate machinery is impossible at the microscopic level. To make flying and hovering possible in MAVs, Wood has developed special materials that offer varying flexibility...
Corner says he hopes the completed High Line, still a work in progress that's currently budgeted at $94 million, "will have the attributes of something strange and otherworldly, something 'found,' but nothing that could be said to be a ruin." If anything, its future now looks so promising that developers are rushing in with proposals for luxury condos along its route, and the Whitney Museum of American Art is planning a sizable new facility there for contemporary...