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...love, as you might expect, while battling hordes of monsters. In fact, the first two thirds of the book follows each in parallel but separate stories. A stoned philosopher, Keith goes through his days working hard at doing nothing and just getting a good buzz on. After stumbling upon a colony of infected teens near his favorite woodsy spot for getting stoned, he starts to become aware of their isolated but darkly appealing world. While everyone else spends their time getting doped up on drugs or TV, the "bug" kids come off as genuinely friendly and inclusive. Soon Keith lets...
...groups is a crucial prerequisite for the success of such daunting national tasks. The kind of debate that exists today in Iraq is more like a meaningless argument between grieving widows.For now, the administration’s success in cleaning up the mess it caused in Iraq is contingent upon its success in the delineation of defensible borders for Iraqi cities, towns, and villages to minimize the damage caused by insurgents and terrorists. To achieve that, America has to expand the safety of the Green Zone beyond its literal boundaries, to build up adequate defenses around Iraqi civilians...
...birth on Oct. 12, 1992 (the five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus’ arrival), Christopher reconstructs the web of romances and hatreds, schemes and coincidences that caused his conception and will shape his destiny. He begins, naturally, with his parents, but their tumultuous relationship and checkered pasts necessitate layer upon layer of plot that eventually include everyone from an anarchistic hippie-rock band to Mexico’s top echelons of political and social power. The reasons Christopher cites for his omniscience are hopelessly muddled and one of the story’s weaknesses, ranging from a collective memory stored...
...came upon Pitchfork around the tenth grade, and was, for a while, the sole user of said opinion-generator amongst my peers in Duluth, Minnesota. All I needed to do was grab three bands off the home page and download some of their songs in order for my “eclectic” musical taste to reach renown...
...When poker first gained a following on Mississippi riverboats in the mid 1800s—think adolescent Abe Lincoln—four players divided up a deck of 20 cards between one another, and then bet on who held the most valuable hand. Traditional poker mavens thus depended upon their ability to analyze human expression, a skill made obsolete by keyboards and screen names. A lip twitch there, a cleared-throat here, and a sharp intake of breath from competition to the left—these were the precursors to quick uploads and winning odds. Bluffing was an art; graphic...