Video-game engines were designed to closely mimic the mechanics of the real world. They’re now used for movies, TV shows, architecture, military trainings, virtual reality, and the metaverse.
They have long been a symbol of a future that never came. Now a variety of companies are building them—or something close.
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (April 14, 2024):The latest issue features…
Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan D.A., campaigned as the best candidate to go after the former president. Now he finds himself leading Trump’s first prosecution — and perhaps the only one before the November election.
In her new play, ‘Sally & Tom,’ Suzan-Lori Parks brings exuberant provocation to the gravest historical questions.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (April 12, 2024): The latest issue features the cold-sweat-inducing premise of the two books on our cover this week, Annie Jacobsen’s “Nuclear War” and Sarah Scoles’s “Countdown.”
In “Nuclear War” and “Countdown,” Annie Jacobsen and Sarah Scoles talk to the people whose job it is to prepare for atomic conflict.
In Lionel Shriver’s new novel, judging intelligence and competence is a form of bigotry.
Richard Goodwin, an adviser to presidents, “was more interested in shaping history,” she says, “and I in figuring out how history was shaped.” Their bond is at the heart of her new book, “An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s.”
Times Literary Supplement (April 10, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Man Into Marble’ – Corin Throsby and Kathryn Sutherland on the real Byron; Anthony Burgess on music; Left in charge at the palazzo; Revolutionary Russia; A shorter Long Day’s Journey and What is lyric verse?…
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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (April 6, 2024):The latest issue features…
Inside the notorious “catch and kill” campaign that now stands at the heart of the former president’s legal trial.
He’s a wild, monomaniacal jerk. He’s also our greatest interpreter of American manners since Emily Post.
BARRON’S MAGAZINE – APRIL 8, 2024 ISSUE:
Pfizer’s patent expirations are great for humanity but terrible for investors. It’s a common story across the drug industry.
After finally securing approval from regulators, the new Bitcoin ETFs gained an average 42.6%.
Don’t put all your cards in the Magnificent Seven. These stock funds offer investors true diversification—and that will pay off in more growth opportunities and better protection.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (April 5, 2024): The latest issue features Stephen King’s first novel, “Carrie,” published 50 years ago. The Book Review editors weren’t sure what to do with it, so they handed it to their mystery columnist, Newgate Callendar. He called it “brilliant” but conceded, “Maybe, strictly speaking, it is not a mystery.” Still, he added, “That this is a first novel is amazing. King writes with the kind of surety normally associated only with veteran writers.”
“Carrie” was published in 1974. Margaret Atwood explains its enduring appeal.
By Margaret Atwood
Stephen King’s “Carrie” burst upon an astonished world in 1974. It made King’s career. It has sold millions, made millions, inspired four films and passed from generation to generation. It was, and continues to be, a phenomenon.
“Carrie” was King’s first published novel. He started it as a men’s magazine piece, which was peculiar in itself: What made him think that a bunch of guys intent (as King puts it) on looking at pictures of cheerleaders who had somehow forgotten to put their underpants on would be riveted by an opening scene featuring gobs of menstrual blood? This is, to put it mildly, not the world’s sexiest topic, and especially not for young men. Failing to convince himself, King scrunched up the few pages he’d written and tossed them into the garbage.
As “Carrie” turns 50, George R.R. Martin, Sissy Spacek, Tom Hanks, the Archbishop of Canterbury and others recall the powerful impact the writer’s work has had on their lives.
In the late ’70s the image of Carrie covered in blood at the high school dance was already part of the national narrative — in a fun way. Struggling to afford the rent and the diapers while navigating those first years of a creative journey in the big city, I had not seen the movie nor read the book. Then a copy of “The Stand” was being gobbled up by our gang — read in a fever pitch on every subway ride and first thing in the morning. Once done, the copy was passed along to the next pair of eyes and promptly devoured.
A clear-eyed and urgent vision for a new system of political governance to manage planetary issues and their local consequences.
Deadly viruses, climate-changing carbon molecules, and harmful pollutants cross the globe unimpeded by national borders. While the consequences of these flows range across scales, from the planetary to the local, the authority and resources to manage them are concentrated mainly at one level: the nation-state. This profound mismatch between the scale of planetary challenges and the institutions tasked with governing them is leading to cascading systemic failures.
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Vietnam: Discover the country’s remote reaches along the Mekong River and Con Dao islands.
Istria: Explore the festivals and folk traditions of Croatia’s unique Adriatic enclave.
Antarctica: This barren land of rock, water and ice is home to a surprising amount of wildlife.
Egypt: Itineraries to discover the country, from the Nile and the Red Sea to the Sinai Peninsula.
Philadelphia: Food in Pennsylvania’s largest city is as much about coming together as it is about flavour.
Birmingham: The UK’s historic industrial powerhouse is flaunting its heritage with style.
Le Mans & around: Come for the eponymous car race, stay for canoe trips, wine-tasting and more.
Fez: Food traditions and culinary innovation come together in the medina of this Moroccan city
Tokyo: Accommodation in the Japanese capital is all about character, from traditional ryokan inns to a cosy literary hotel.
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