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By Gary Farber: Terry Bisson, writer extraordinaire, died January 10, 2024. It's now January 18th, and his preliminary obituary is already off the Locus front page, though we're told that a full obituary will appear in the February print issue. Terry never had a hit novel, though at least two of his short stories, "Bears

By Gary Farber: Terry Bisson, writer extraordinaire, died January 10, 2024. It's now January 18th, and his preliminary obituary is already off the Locus front page, though we're told that a full obituary will appear in the February print issue. Terry never had a hit novel, though at least two of his short stories, "Bears

(1) TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATON ASKS TINGLE FOR DO-OVER. Today the Texas Library Association’s executive director Shirley Robinson published a “TLA Statement Regarding Author Chuck Tingle” which says they want him to reconsider participating in their annual conference, although it says nothing one way or the other about him going masked. As you may know, the

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(1) WAYS IN WHICH PRATCHETT IS STILL WITH US. Sam Jordison discusses “Pratchett power: from lost stories to new adaptations, how the late Discworld author lives on” in the Guardian. “Of all the dead authors in the world, Terry Pratchett is the most alive,” said John Lloyd at the author’s memorial in 2015. This sentiment remains as

Margret Grebowicz writes about the science-fiction author Terry Bisson, the author of “This Month in History,” “Bears Discover Fire,” and “They’re Made Out of Meat.”

CHICAGO -- Sister Paul Wilson has seen a lot of human suffering in her nearly six decades as a nun. So when she met Joseph Kromelis, who suffered horrific burns after being set on fire as he slept on a Chicago street, she didn’t flinch. She reached for his hand and told him she had been praying for him. Wilson wanted, she said, to show him he was loved. When she asked if she could visit him ...

Joseph Kromelis, Chicago’s Walking Man, was a familiar figure to thousands – and a mystery even to those who loved him. This is his story.

National security correspondent jim sciutto in jordan. a man who commanded the marine division during the iraq war, james williams. general williams, youre a straight talking man. what is the first element of american advisers? what are they going into? theyve got to assess the situation but now you have shias who are marching in baghdad and theyre ready to confront isis, the sunnis. >> well, you know, first of all, theyre going to have to make contact with the military government in terms of wo...

Listen to this. >> i it talk with mike several times over the last few weeks and what you saw on television with mike was very much his persona. that was not a put-on, halves his every day lifestyle. he was a very outgoing person and very dedicated to finding the killer of mark hasse. >> i understand when he would walk his dog, he would carry his gun, even taking have a care because of what happened to the assistant district attorney in your neck of the woods two months ago, that he took caution...