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(1) TICKET AGENCY OFFERS CHENGDU WORLDCON ADMISSIONS. [Item by Ersatz Culture.] The SF Light Year Weibo account posted on August 11 that Chengdu Worldcon tickets would be put up for sale on a Ticketmaster-style service. [Screencap of computer-translated post.] Damai listing page which has much the same info. [Screencap of computer-translated post.] Here's a 2017

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Poet and novelist Ben Okri on how suffering gave him to strength to tell his story

Our roundup of the drama to enjoy at home in July includes a glorious adaptation of the Laura Esquivel novel and Saoirse Ronan in The Tragedy of Macbeth

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Uncover the genius of Isaac Newton with the best books and biographies that delve into his groundbreaking discoveries and extraordinary life.

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From childhood in London to radicalist notoriety to global wanderings, this fragmentary memoir of a ‘Pound Shop prophet’ is thrillingly ambitious