Easy chair — From the October 2012 issue
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Easy chair — From the October 2012 issue
Readings — From the February 2009 issue
New books — From the February 2007 issue
Palpitations — From the May 1983 issue
Norman Mailer finally gets his Egyptian novel out of his system
Television — From the December 1982 issue
The Executioner’s Song has been poorly adapted, but the author has no one to blame but himself
Article — From the March 1971 issue
About this issue — From the March 1971 issue
About this issue — From the May 1969 issue
Article — From the November 1968 issue
Article — From the March 1968 issue
Books — From the February 1968 issue
The new books — From the April 1965 issue
Years of consideration preceding the inclusion of the word “phat” in Random House’s 1996 Compact Unabridged Dictionary:
Scientists created crash helmets that stink when cracked and fruit flies to whom blue light smells delicious.
In Belize, a construction company bulldozed a 2,300-year-old Mayan temple to make road fill.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”
