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Neal Stephenson Reads "Anathem"

2008-12-12T18:58:06Z

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Acclaimed science-fiction author Neal Stephenson reads the introductory chapter from his book, "Anathem."

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What if we lived in a world where the long-term was taken seriously?

At an event hosted by the Long Now Foundation, science fiction author Neal Stephenson reads from his latest novel ANATHEM. Afterwards he participates in a conversation with Stewart Brand and Danny Hillis.

Neal Stephenson is the best-selling author of such novels as Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, and The Baroque Cycle. He is best know for writing science fiction (in the postcyberpunk genre) and his interests often lead him into investigations of society, mathematics, cryptology, currency and the history of science. Anathem is his latest novel.

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Salman Rushdie - Great Art about 9/11?

2008-10-28T15:31:17Z

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Bestselling Author Salman Rushdie discusses what he feels is a lack of great literature or other creative works about September 11, 2001.

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Born in Mumbai, India, Salman Rushdie is an outspoken novelist. After a decade working as an ad copywriter, Rushdie had a breakthrough with the publication of his second book, Midnight's Children. The book received critical acclaim and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1981.

His latest novel, The Enchantress of Florence, about a bewitching Moghul princess and her Florentine exploits with such historical characters as Machiavelli, is due out this June - City Arts & Lectures

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-British novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize.Much of his early fiction is set at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions, and migrations between the Eastern and Western worlds.

His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), led to protests from Muslims in several countries, some of which were violent. Faced with death threats and a fatwā (religious edict) issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, which called for him to be killed, he spent nearly a decade largely underground, appearing in public only sporadically.

In June 2007, Rushdie was appointed a Knight Bachelor for services to literature. In 2007, he began a five-year term as distinguished writer in residence at Emory University.

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FORA.tv's Summer Reading List!

2008-10-27T09:31:02Z

Get to know the FORA.tv staff as they walk you through their picks for summer reading! Authors discussed include:

Walter Isaacson on Einstein: His Life and Universe
http://fora.tv/2007/04/20/Walter_Isaacson_on_Einstein

A.J. Jacobs - The Year of Living Biblically
http://fora.tv/2007/10/24/A_J__Jacobs_Year_of_Living_Biblically

Mary Roach on Bonk
http://fora.tv/2008/04/15/Mary_Roach_In_Conversation_with_Beth_Lapides

Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns
http://fora.tv/2007/06/08/Khaled_Hosseini_A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns

Michael Krasny on Off Mic: A Memoir of Talk Radio
http://fora.tv/2007/10/18/Michael_Krasny_A_Memoir_of_Talk_Radio

Fareed Zakaria on The Post-American World
http://fora.tv/2008/05/20/Fareed_Zakaria_The_Post-American_World

Tom Wolfe on American Novels
http://fora.tv/2008/05/12/Tom_Wolfe_on_the_Journalistic_Approach_to_American_Novels

Raj Patel on Stuffed and Starved
http://fora.tv/2008/05/16/Raj_Patel_Discusses_Stuffed_and_Starved

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins
http://fora.tv/2008/04/07/A_Selection_of_Poems_by_Billy_Collins

Leslie Bennetts - The Feminine Mistake
http://fora.tv/2007/05/02/Feminine_Mistake

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Jeffrey Archer - Advice for Writers

2008-10-18T09:30:31Z

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Internationally bestselling author Jeffrey Archer offers advice for aspiring novelists.

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International bestseller Lord Jeffrey Archer addresses the Oxonian Society upon the release of his newest novel A Prisoner of Birth.

A former Member of Parliament who recently served two years in prison, Archer's bestselling novels include Kane and Abel, Sons of Fortune, and False Impression.

Jeffrey Archer was educated at Oxford University, where as a world-class sprinter he represented Great Britain in international competition. He became the youngest member of the House of Commons in 1969, was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party in 1985, and was elevated to the House of Lords in 1992.

All of his novels - from 1974's Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less to 1991's As the Crow Flies - have been international bestsellers.

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William Gibson - Excerpt from "Spook Country"

2008-10-25T03:31:14Z

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Bestselling science-fiction author William Gibson reads an excerpt from his novel, "Spook Country."

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William Gibson discusses "Spook Country."

William Gibson has long been recognized as a literary pioneer with an eye for technological and social change. From his 1984 debut novel "Neuromancer", in which he envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed, to his most recent novel, "Pattern Recognition", which probed cultural changes in the US since 9/11, Gibson has repeatedly demonstrated a unique ability to see the odd shapes, bulges, and empty spaces created by information as it leaks out, indicators of events of extreme weirdness and secrecy.

His exploration of our chaotic present continues in "Spook Country", a contemporary novel of political paranoia. - Cody's Books

William Ford Gibson is an American-born science fiction author who has been called the father of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, partly due to coining the term "cyberspace" in 1982, and partly because of the success of his first novel, "Neuromancer," which has sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide since its publication in 1984.

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