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Photo: Kimberly Farmer [via Unsplash] We live in a glorious age when books are a click away. It may now seem incomprehensible that one might be forced to read a series of books out of order. Yet, in a dark age not so long ago, when we (and by we, I mean me) were dependent on the vagaries of book store and library orders, it was very easy to find oneself in a place where the choice was (a) read an intermediate book or (b) read nothing new. By way of example, here are five F&SF series I began in ...

Massachusetts lawmakers vote to legalize abortions for whatever reason up to birth according to a report. Life News reported that the Massachusetts Senate together with the House of Representatives rejected the amendments made by Governor Charlie Baker last week along with the bill that would provide abortion survivors basic life support and care. As per Life News, there were four each of Republicans and Democrats who voted against the pro-abortion bill against the 32 who voted for it. The said...

Devin Stanfield as The Box of Delights Young Hero, Kay Harker Credit: BBC Director Renny Rye recalled feeling “terror” at the prospect of directing The Box of Delights. Adapted from the classic children’s novel by John Masefield, it was (by BBC standards in 1984, at least) a lavish, technically ambitious series: at the time, the BBC’s most expensive ever children’s series. “Every page you turned in the script and the book had yet another fantasy,” said Rye in a 2004 interview. “...

June 4, 1929 – Nov. 12, 2020 Dorothy was born on June 4, 1929, in Bloomington, Indiana, to Thelman Eugene Lewis, a civil engineer and Flora Margaret Bradford Lewis, a nurse. After high school in Indianapolis, Dorothy studied at Butler University in Indianapolis where she received a Bachelor’s of Science in 1951 and was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. During her senior year at Butler she met a young man from Kentucky named Thomas Graves Reed, Jr. who was studying chemical engineering...

Nbc just reported, that john just detailed that fox has reported, day by day more and more were seeing the substance of what were talking about continues to move exactly in the direction the president spoke about in terms of surveillance that occurred. that should be very troubling. that, frankly, should be something that everyone looks at and says, whats going on here? why did it happen? who did it and how are be we go to get to the bottom of it. steve holland. >> the president yesterday said t...

Im asking a really simple question. >> you think its simple, but the reality is it depends. where it came from, who can share -- youre acting as though its a very -- youre acting as though its a very simple process. it depends on the level of classification, who it came from, whether they have the authority to share it. theres a lot of things that go into this, and i know it sounds really easy, its not. i think that i know that a lot of times that just because it can get leaked out doesnt mean i...

Talk to middle income americans, especially in the context of health premiums going -- skyrocketing up, they recognize that they need some relief. so weve got to do what we can to address that. john christopher? >> thank you. historically since health care goes back to harry truman, and certainly when hillary clinton came to washington, she went to the hill and thought she could get it done. im sure there are many lessons to be learned from previous presidents and perhaps previous first ladies. ...

so -- >> that means -- the language of the e-mail is pretty clear and the response is clear in terms of asag within want this and this is a concern. no matter who ended up providing the talking points in the end, it certainly seems clear that there was an influence by the white house and the state department on the talking points. >> the white house, as i said, made one minor change to the talking points drafted by and had ed by the c.i.a. and few inputs on it. discussions that went on...

north korea diplomatic missions. the question i have is that with regard to u.s. diplomacy what tactics acy, or strategies coult we employ in our diplomacy that would enhance our influence on this growing body of north korean critics in china to increase the attractiveness of our policies and deposit mat i can positions to them, to strengthen them in their argument that is the chinese government should change policy. are there things that were not doing now in our policies toward north...

lose big, berman. >> it was a disaster. complete meltdown. well, still, good morning. and welcome to october, everyone. this is "early start." im john berman in washington this morning. >> and im sir riesirita simon. president barack obama and mitt romney square off wednesday night in denver. both trying to lower expectations practically gushing over one another, but new jersey governor chris christie is going against the grain and setting the bar high for the republican nominee. >>e...